When in January officially launched negotiations between Serbia and the European Union, the first intergovernmental conference in Brussels announced that our country will go the European way with steps of seven miles. However, six months since then, the pace of the negotiations taking place does not look very encouraging. Because, Serbia so far has not open any negotiation chapter. The procedure, however, requires a screening of the chapters, which can be a lengthy process.

Brussels-based correspondent and columnist, Augustin Palokaj, remarks that last Friday, on the anniversary of Srebrenica massacre, leaders from the Balkans were taking part in a conference in Dubrovnik aimed at the region’s EU integration. Serbian Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic, failed to condemn the Srebrenica atrocities in his address and instead focused on what the EU should do to sanction its member states which do not respect European values.

A German parliamentary delegation has told Serbia it must implement the EU-led deal with Kosovo in full if it is to realise its EU accession hopes. German parliamentarians, on a two-day visit to Serbia, have told the Belgrade government they want to more action on Kosovo before Serbia can further its aspirations to join the EU The chief request of the delegation led by Andreas Schneckenhof, from the ruling Christian Democratic Union, CDU, “is implementation of Brussels agreement reached with Kosovo.

A delegation of German deputies, led by Andreas Shokenhof, has arrived for an official visit in Serbia.

During the meetings with Serb officials, they stated that Germany stands strongly and unshakable after the seven earlier requests related to Kosovo, made by the Cabinet of the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel to the Government of Serbia.

BELGRADE - Excavations should continue next week at two slopes of a hill near the Rudnica quarry in southern Serbia, a site suspected of holding bodies of ethnic Albanians missing from the 1999 Kosovo-Metohija conflict. Three sites to excavate have been identified in the area of Rudnica, near Raska.

Belgrade - The participation of Kosovo in the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) aims the strengthening of regional cooperation, said to Danas associates of Deputy Prime Minister Kori Udovički, commenting on her participation in the SEECP meeting in Bucharest, when the decision was made on equal treatment of Kosovo in this regional initiative. The office of Deputy Prime Minister explains that starting with the Treaty of regional representation and cooperation and the Brussels Treaty, during the Romanian presidency of SEECP, several informal and formal meetings were organized, inc

Belgrade, Pristina - Serb decision to participate in the central government in Kosovo is a constructive move, given that due to the "encouragement" and "blessing" they’ve got from Belgrade will be able to strongly represent their interests, assessed for Danas political experts. In their view, such an arrangement of representatives of Serbs from Kosovo and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic allows Belgrade to influence decision-making processes in Pristina, or to become an "insider". Henry Bone, director of the office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) in Belgrade, comments for Danas that w