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Serbia to rewrite UN Resolution
Serbia will consult with the EU and Washington on how to rewrite a UN Resolution that those powers do not like and have called Serbia “confrontational” because of it. However, Serbia will not withdraw the resolution on Kosovo it has submitted to the UN General Assembly said Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said after meeting visiting... »
EU pressures Serbia over Kosovo
Certain EU member countries are holding up Serbia’s EU membership over Kosovo, says Serbia’s Deputy PM Bozidar Djelic. “A small number of very influential member states of the EU decided that our candidacy is a tool to pressure Serbia before and during the debate inside the General Assembly of the United Nations over Kosovo,” says... »
French FM Urges Serbia, Kosovo To “Normalize Ties”
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has urged Serbia and Kosovo to normalize their relations, saying it was “a political necessity,” a Serbian daily reported Friday. “The normalization of relations between Serbia and Kosovo is a political necessity,” Kouchner said in an interview with the Vecernje Novosti newspaper. It won’t be a condition for a European Union... »
Kosovo a condition for Serbia’s “EU accession”
Serbia was told by the EU that there is no separation between Serbia’s position on Kosovo and Serbia’s EU membership. In clear terms, sources say, top officials of Belgium told Serbia’s President Tadic that Kosovo and Serbia’s EU membership are not separate issues. Tadic was told by the Belgian officials that granting Serbia the status of... »
Serbia rejects EU offer of joint UN Resolution
Serbian officials have rejected EU’s offer to jointly submit a UN Resolution on Kosovo in which Kosovo is treated as a non-Serbian territory subject to promises of negotiation, report Serbian media. Unofficial sources from the cabinet of Serbia’s President Tadic have told Serbian paper Blic that EU has sent a document in which it offers... »
EU to watch Serbia’s reaction to ICJ ruling
Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme stated in Brussels that the reactions of the Serbian authorities to the opinion of the ICJ about the legality of the declaration of Kosovo’s independence would be monitored very carefully. Speaking at a news conference with President Tadic, who ended his visit to Belgium on July 15, Leterme thus replied... »
Balkan Leaders Discuss EU Integration
European Union and Balkan leaders held talks Friday to discuss the region’s integration into the bloc and the challenges it faces due to the global economic crisis. “All of us here are striving for the same goal — eventual integration of southeastern European countries in the Euro-Atlantic political and security framework,” Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka... »
Kosovo independence advocates increase pressure
Advocates for the illegal Kosovo independence have increased pressure on countries that abide by the UN charter demanding from them they recognize the illegal independence declaration. European Parliament adopted a non binding resolution urging countries that respect international law to disregard their respect for sovereignty of other UN member states and to instead recognize illegal Kosovo... »
Illegal immigrants to be repatriated to Serbia
Serbia can expect the return of up to 150,000 of its citizens living in Europe as illegal immigrants, the Serbian Commissioner for Refugees Vladimir Curic said on Saturday. Speaking before the Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly in Belgrade on Saturday, Curic said these people would be returned according to the Readmission Agreement signed with European Union member... »
Croat, Serb parliamentarians discuss EU
A delegation of the Croatian parliament is on a two-day visit to Serbia to share Croatia’s experience on the road toward the EU with their colleagues in the Serbian parliament. Headed by Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the EU Integration Committee Neven Mimica, Croatian MPs met with the Serbian-Croatian friendship group at the Serbian parliament. According... »
