Serbia

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has expressed hope the Serbian people will vote in favor of continuing down the European path. “As the moment when Serbia will make important internal decisions approaches, I wish to express

On Wednesday, Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, has urged Belgrade and Pristina to implement agreements they’ve reached. Clinton called on the two sides to fully implement the agreements they reached at an EU-facilitated dialogue. “We urge both countries to stay committed to the dialogue and to fully implement …

Belgrade has protested to the international community over this week attacks of Albanians on Serbs in Kosovo. Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic

Serbian President Boris Tadic and EC Director General for Enlargement Stefano Sanino will attend an EU accession group meeting in Belgrade on Wednesday. The meeting will concentrate on Serbia’s future steps towards EU and will present the experience and analysis of past and future activities aimed at Serbia’s efficient preparation …

Serbian President Boris Tadic will resign so that Serbia will hold joint parliamentary and presidential elections on May 6. “I decided to shorten my mandate to allow presidential elections to be held on May 6. I will be a candidate,” Tadic said. Serbia announced last month that parliamentary, regional and …

Bosnia will mark on Friday 20 years since the 1992 war, a war that has left deeply divided the country’s Muslims, Serbs and Croats. War started on April 6, 1992, the same date when Bosnia was recognized as an independent country. 

Serbian Interior Minister, Ivica Dacic announced in Belgrade that it seized two policemen from Kosovo on Serbian territory. The authorities in Pristina, say in turn that the two were kidnapped inside the territory of Kosovo. Belgrade said the two men were detained in the area of Merdare for breaching Serbia’s …

Members of the European Parliament adopted on Thursday with great majority a resolution on Serbia that recommends fixing a date for starting talks on Serbia’s EU membership. The MEPs also urged Belgrade to restrain from organizing elections in Kosovo.

Robert Cooper, the EU mediator in the Belgrade dialogue with Pristina commented the recent arrests in Kosovo by urging Belgrade and Pristina to act responsibly. He said that political problems must be solved through dialogue and not through arrests. “The European Union expects from both sides to fulfill the commitments they …

EU Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule said that Serbia could start the EU accession talks this year. His declaration came in parallel to a vote for the resolution on Serbia at the European Parliament (EP). Fule said that 2011 was full of challenges for Serbia. According to him, the country …