Serbian President Boris Tadić stated on Friday he could not say that Serbia would get the EU candidate status on December 9 but that it would fight for it. He noted that he was optimistic, but also aware of the dangers and risks of the entire process.

The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) on December 5 will deliver its judgement in Macedonia’s case against Greece for breaching the 1995 Bilateral Interim Accord by blocking country’s accession to NATO at a summit in Bucharest in 2008.

Serbian President Boris Tadić conferred Friday in Brussels with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy. Van Rompuy expressed satisfaction over the progress made in the Belgrade-Priština dialogue but also pointed out the importance of the implementation of the agreements that had already been agreed.