Serbia

Ivica Dačić and Hashim Thaci will meet on Monday to continue their dialogue on the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Priština. The heads of the two governments will hold the meeting in Brussels, with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton’s mediation.

Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo formed their own parliament on Thursday in a show of challenges against the deal by the European Union forcing Serbia to normalize relations with Kosovo.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić talked with a delegation of the Slovenian parliament led by Parliament Speaker Janko Veber in Belgrade.

Rasim Ljajić says Priština “first accepted the proposed solution for telecommunications but now wants to change what has been agreed.” The Serbian minister of trade and telecommunications added on Wednesday that Belgrade “expects the EU to defend the agreed position.”

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is on a visit to Serbian capital city Belgrade. In the frames of the visit Minister Bildt will meet with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic. Yesterday the Swedish minister met with Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Serbian counterpart Ivan Mrkic.

European Council (EC) President Herman Van Rompuy has said Serbia had full support from the EC on its path to EU membership. The pace of the integration will depend on the commitment and

Cooperation between Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia is very important for the states at this development stage, former Serbian President said.

President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy will on Monday confer with Serbian officials in Belgrade. Several other EU officials will visit next week as a result of the Council’s decision to open membership talks with Serbia.

Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkić will visit Croatia on June 20-July 1 as a member of a Serbian delegation and attend the formal of Croatia’s EU accession. The Foreign Ministry made the announcement on Friday.

Egypt has become the 100th country to recognize Kosovo as independent, the Pristina government said June 26, a milestone for the Balkan country’s pursuit of full international acceptance.