The newly elected chairman of the ‘Friends of Serbia’ informal group in the European Parliament (EP) Emilian Pavel believes that when it came to the recognition of Kosovo, Romania should align its position with that of other European Union members. Assessing last week's statement of Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta, who said that Bucharest could recognize Kosovo, Pavel said that so far, Kosovo has received about 110 diplomatic recognition, including recognition of 23 out of 28 EU member states.

The head of Serbia's negotiating team with the EU, Tanja Miscevic said that this week will be in the light of reactions to the latest action plans for Chapters 23 and 24. "First Director for the Western Balkans in the European Commission, Jean Eric Paquet, will talk in Belgrade on the subject at the ministerial level, and then the talks will continue at the technical level.

Political analysts Aleksandra Joksimovic and Dragan Djukanovic agreed that the talks that Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic had in Brussels and Berlin are a step forward in the European integration of our country. Joksimovic said that it is a move in the right direction, pointing out that it was very encouraging that the Prime Minister had a good response from all the representatives of the EU Member States in Brussels. His visit to Berlin was positive from the other side, because Berlin is the centre of bringing decisions in this process, she said.

The first chapter in the Serbia's negotiations to join the European Union "could be opened in October, with the consent of Germany." According to the agency, "agreement has been reached in principle for a formal decision to be taken during the ministerial meeting in September." "Concrete chapters" would then open in October - something that Germany - "until recently reserved on this issue" - has now reportedly agreed to. According to Tanjug's diplomatic source, Monday's "Friends of Serbia" meeting in Brussels was "a good opportunity for ministers to informally specify the positions of their

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday that he was confident that Serbia would open the first chapters in its EU accession negotiations before the end of the current year. “I hope and expect that it will happen in September, but I have still not lost hope that we can get the first chapters even earlier.

The head of the negotiating team for negotiations on Serbia's accession to the EU, Tanja Miscevic said today that between Belgrade and Pristina, there is no agreement on the status of Community/Association of Serbian municipalities in Kosovo and added that this dialogue affects the European integration of our country. "We are not hostages of this dialogue.

State leaders are setting red lines to the demands that lead to the recognition of Kosovo's independence. Nikolic: If they continue to seek from us to recognize Kosovo, it means that they do not want us.

Interview: Miguel Angel Moratinos, the former head of Spanish diplomacy, and honorary citizen of Belgrade Serbia has formally started accession negotiations with the European Union in January 2014. However, negotiating chapters have not been opened. It is obvious that the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina is one of the most important conditions.

Brussels-based correspondent Augustin Palokaj notes in his opinion piece that “the European Union and NATO have invested so much energy and attention to the ‘name issue’ that for years they have ignored the real and increasing problems in Macedonia”. According to Palokaj, “NATO and the EU have proved powerless vis-à-vis an irrational Greek blockade, and at the same time they have kept silent over the degradation of democracy and the corruption in Macedonia”. “Now we have the latest case in Kumanovo, and no one knows what has happened exactly.