Serbia

Top officials in Belgrade on Friday called on Serbs in the north of Kosovo to show unity and participate in the local elections scheduled for November 3.

Chairperson of Bulgaria’s 42nd National Assembly, Mihail Mikov, will be on a working visit to Serbia, the press office of the Bulgarian parliament announced.

Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga has asked for a group of EU observers to monitor the municipal elections that should be held in Kosovo in November. She sent her request to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton.

Serbia “will face huge challenges in the course of its EU accession talks, as it needs to implement European standards in many important and sensitive areas.” The normalization of relations between Belgrade and Priština

The European Commission has called on Serbia to choose a chief negotiator and a team for the membership negotiations with the European Union immediately.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule will arrive on a two-day visit to Belgrade Wednesday. He will meet with Serbia’s senior officials to discuss Serbia’s

Serbian and Montenegrin parliament speakers have said the two countries should continue regional cooperation and inter-parliamentary exchange of experience. This is true especially in the context of European integration, Nebojša Stefanović and Ranko Krivokapić stated in Belgrade on Thursday.

EU foreign policy chief Ashton on Wednesday urged the Kosovo parliament to adopt the controversial amnesty legislation which was voted down last week amid public opposition to a clause that could be used to pardon violent criminals.

NATO’s doors are open for Serbia, said NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. “NATO’s position is that our member states are

Ivica Dačić said after the 13th round of dialogue with Hashim Thaci in Brussels on Monday that some progress was made, but many open issues remain. “We talked about many issues related to the implementation of the Brussels agreement (between Belgrade and