Serbia’s President and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are expected to resume dialogue on Kosovo this after last week’s public spat on Serbia’s role in its former province. Serbia’s President is expected to hold new talks with Germany’s leader following last week’s dispute on Belgrade’s role in Kosovo.

Serbian President Boris Tadic on Thursday raised the possibility that Serbia will not become an EU candidate member state by the end of the year due to the dispute over Kosovo. “We have to frankly tell our citizens that there is a possibilitythat we will not obtain the candidate status …

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Đelić is confident that Serbia will get the EU candidate status in December. He underscored that he would resign if this did not happen.