Serbia

The closing arguments for both the defence and the prosecution in the case of Vojislav Seselj will begin on Monday and last until March 15. “It is expected that the prosecution will complete its

Serbian President Boris Tadic had a phone conversation with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in which he thanked for latter’s principle position of support to the decision of the European Council for giving Serbia a status of EU member state candidate.

Serbia’s next EU goal – obtaining a start date for accession talks – depends on further progress in talks with Kosovo, Enlargement Commissioner says . After the country became an EU candidate last Thursday, President Boris

The EC will recommend a date for the start of Serbia’s accession talks “as soon as it reaches agreements with Priština on energy and telecommunications”. This was heard from EU Enlargement

A convoy of EULEX vehicles with cisterns and customs booths was stopped at about 11:00 CET in the village of Banov Do near Zvečan, in northern Kosovo. “The vehicles were stopped on a section of the

New Bosnian Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija says European integration is more of a priority now that neighbouring Serbia has obtained candidate status. Serbia’s success this week in obtaining EU candidate status should encourage Bosnia to

EU leaders and Serbian ministers hailed the decision to grant Serbia candidate status, though Serbia’s main opposition leader said the achievement would mean little if the country remained under the same government. President Boris Tadic congratulated Serbia on obtaining EU candidate status late on Thursday night.

A two-day summit of EU leaders will begin in Brussels on Thursday and the final decision on Serbia’s EU candidate status is expected to be made tonight. According to a schedule, the EU leaders should discuss whether to grant Serbia the

The Serbian Radical Party has announced that it will struggle with all means against Serbia’s EU bid. On Wednesday the party submitted a petition of about 200,000 signatures against

Serbian President Boris Tadić said Tuesday night that the EU accession was a complex process during which every EU member state could impose its own condition. He stressed, however, that Serbia would not agree to