December, 2011

• 13 December

  Serbian President says EU remains main objective

  Serbian President Boris Tadić told Italian journalists on Monday in Trieste that he hopes Serbia will become a candidate for EU membership in March. But that even if the decision is postponed once again, said he, the country will not give up on its pro-European orientation.

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• 13 December

  Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to continue

  Experts teams from the two sides will meet in Brussels to talk about implementation of the border management deal that they reached on December 2. The negotiating teams are set to meet once more before year’s end to flesh out the

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• 13 December

  Serbs allow Russian aid trucks to pass barricade in North Kosovo

  Serbs in northern Kosovo removed a barricade this morning to let through a convoy of Russian humanitarian aid enter northern Kosovo. The barricade was located in front of the Jarnje administrative line checkpoint, in the area that’s part of central Serbia.

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• 12 December

  Stefan Fuele expects more from Serbia for EU candidacy

  As Brussels is encouraging Belgrade to resolve issues with Kosovo in order to get EU candidacy in March, Serbian opposition parties are calling the government to resign. EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele has told Belgrade that the European Commission will help Serbia on its integration path in any way it …

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• 12 December

  Romania to modify constitution after EU summit

  Romania is among the EU members in favour of a tax and budget pact, but it has to change the constitution to meet the challenges. Nine of the ten EU states that are not members of the single currency area – Romania amnong them – have indicated their willingness to …

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• 12 December

  March is not sure for Serbia’s candidacy status, says former EU integration minister

  Serbia’s former European integration minister Bozidar Djelic, who stepped down on Friday, has raised doubts over whether Belgrade would get EU candidacy status by a new deadline next March. “If you’re asking me if the candidacy status is a sure thing in March, the answer is no,” Djelic said. Djelic …

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• 12 December

  Serbian President: Kosovo issue cannot be solved without EU

  Serbia’s future is in the EU and it is only for the EU to be able to solve the Kosovo issue, said Serbian President Boris Tadic. In Tadic’s words, the government’s policy towards Kosovo is not rigid but rather winning and his party will run at the elections following this …

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• 12 December

  Romanian President says EU must send positive signals to Turkey

  Romanian President Traian Basescu has said the EU needs to send positive signals to Turkey, stressing that the EU candidate country brings an important contribution to the EU’s wider neighborhood, including the Middle East and North Africa. “Turkey brings an important contribution and is an important actor in the union’s …

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• 12 December

  Bulgarian President calls for discussions on EU Council decisions

  Bulgaria’s outgoing President Georgi Parvanov called for a debate in his country about Friday’s EU Council decisions regarding the fiscal discipline in the bloc. Parvanov declared he was

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• 12 December

  Albania risks to miss EU train if it does not speed up reforms

  MEPs from the joint EU-Albania Stabilization and Association Committee warned Tirana on Friday to speed up reforms or risk missing out on the integration process. “Albania could miss the train heading toward the EU,” Slovak MEP Eduard Kukan said in a meeting in Tirana with Albania opposition and government MPs.

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