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 …
Read More »Bosnia to mark 20 years since 1992 war on Friday
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.
Read More »Serbia detains two policemen from Kosovo
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 …
Read More »EP adopts resolution on Serbia with great majority
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.
Read More »EU mediator for Belgrade-Pristina dialogue calls on the two sides to be responsible
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 …
Read More »EU Commissioner Stefan Fule says that Serbia could start EU talks in 2012
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 …
Read More »EP to vote resolution on Serbia
On Thursday, The European Parliament will vote on a new resolution on Serbia. This resolution praises Serbia’s reforms and efforts and it says that the EU accession talks should be opened as soon as possible. “I believe Serbia is ready for accession talks. Negotiations should
Read More »Serbia sent a request to Hague for Seselj temporary release on bail
The Serbian government has sent a request to the Hague Tribunal for temporary releasing Vojislav Seselj’s on bail. Rasim Ljajic, Head of the Serbian council for cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, has addressed a letter to the Hague Tribunal, in which Ljajic assures that his country is willing to consider …
Read More »EP to discuss resolutions on Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro
European Parliament (EP) MPs will discuss on Wednesday resolutions on Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro. The resolutions (already been adopted as drafts by the EP Foreign Affairs Committee), are built using reports sent by rapporteurs to Committee members who made some amendments. The EU praised Belgrade for the efforts to speed …
Read More »Serbian President’s Cabinet dismisses possible meeting between Boris Tadic and Hashim Thaci
The Cabinet of Serbian President Boris Tadic dismissed the rumors spread from media in Kosovo that Tadici will meet Hashim Thaci. Tadic’s cabinet rejected the possibilities for a meeting between the two.
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