Serbia

Serbia’s incumbent president Boris Tadic and opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic will contest the second round of presidential elections. Preliminary estimates based on votes

The Serbian police arrested on Friday morning several people who are suspected they have committed war crimes during the Kosovo conflict in the 1990s. The arrests were made in Bujanovac and surrounding villages in south Serbia, an area with predominantly Albanian population. Most of the arrested persons are former members …

Serbian candidate for presidency Tomislav Nikolic said on Wednesday that Serbia should join EU only with Kosovo. “If the EU wants Serbia as its member state, it will not set the conditions that the country cannot meet,” he said.

German and Swedish Foreign Ministers hailed in Berlin an agreement on holding of the Serbian elections in Kosovo. Guido Westerwelle and Carl Bildt also urged Serbia to remain committed to its EU road. “The people in Serbia need to make their own decision,” Bildt stressed commenting the upcoming elections in …

The German government decided on Wednesday to extend the mandate of the country’s troops as part of KFOR troops in Kosovo for another year. The extended mandate maintains the limit on the number of German

Serbia signed an agreement with OSCE on Monday which states that the OSCE will only monitor Serbian presidential and parliamentary elections in Kosovo. Catherine Ashton, the EU High Representative for

Stefan Fule, European Enlargement Commissioner, said on Monday that he hopes the Pro-Europeans to win Serbian elections on Sunday. “If you ask me whether we hope to get an administration that will

Boris Tadic expressed his intention to form a team for EU accession talks if he becomes a president. “The job ahead of us is enormous and it requires a high level of expertise and efficiency. My team of people

KFOR Command Erhard Drews said on Thursday that another 70 German troops arrived in Kosovo. A total of 550 German and 150 Austrian soldiers will be deployed in Kosovo until next Monday. The troops are being deployed in Kosovo at the request of the KFOR commander, motivating that there had …

KFOR Commander Erhard Drews has stated that additional 700 NATO troops are expected to arrive in Kosovo by Friday. The Operational Reserve Forces (ORF) troops, would be sent to KFOR before the Serbian elections that will take place on May 6. The troops will be composed by 550 German and …