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.
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
BELGRADE -- Head of EU Delegation Michael Davenport has said that Serbia, as candidate for membership, should gradually align its foreign policy with the EU.
As he noted, it is also part of the country's obligations under chapter 31 while screening of this chapter would take place by the end of July.
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.
NEW YORK - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic informed in New York on Monday the members of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) about the extent of the damage caused by the May floods in Serbia and invited them to take part in the international donor conference in Brussels on July 16.
He told the ECOSOC Political Forum the success of the donor conference would be very important to Serbia, the Foreign Ministry stated.
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.
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic met in Belgrade Tuesday with the Secretary of the Holy See for Relations with States, Dominique Mamberti.
President Nikolic thanked the Holy See official for the Vatican holding its principles and not recognizing the unilateral proclaimed independence of Kosovo-Metohija.
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.
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".