"Serbia getting ever closer to EU"
Source: Tanjug, Večernje novosti
BELGRADE, ATHENS -- Serbia is coming closer to the EU with every passing day and important steps have been taken on that path, says Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis.
Dora Bakoyannis (FoNet, archive)
"It’s well known that Greece is Serbia’s friend and that we firmly support her EU path. Among the encouraging signs are Serbia’s cooperation with the International Court of Justice, the progress Serbia has registered in the area of structural reforms, and her consistent pro-European position on the international arena,“ Bakoyannis told daily Večernje Novosti.
She stressed that she believed that Serbia had much to offer the EU and vice versa.
“The Serbs and the Greeks have long had a special relationship. We understand one another and throughout history we’ve always got on. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that I’ve easily achieved cooperation with Serbian politicians that I’ve had the chance to meet. I have the utmost respect for President [Boris] Tadić, and I have a close, sincere and fruitful relationship with Foreign Minister [Vuk] Jeremić,“ said the minister on relations between the two countries.
četvrtak 16.10.2008 | 16:18 | Source: B92, Beta | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The government has unanimously decided that Serbia will begin implementing the Interim Trade Agreement with the EU starting January 1, 2009.
četvrtak 16.10.2008 | 16:08 | Source: B92 | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- On the day the government marks its 100th day in office, the tight majority it has in parliament has been brought into jeopardy.
četvrtak 16.10.2008 | 15:42 | Source: Beta, Tanjug, Večernje novosti | Comments: (10) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- President Boris Tadić says that a compromise could be reached over EULEX between Belgrade and Brussels.
četvrtak 16.10.2008 | 15:07 | Source: Beta | Comments: (1) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Parliament has resumed its debate on amendments to the draft law on confiscation of assets acquired through criminal enterprise.
četvrtak 16.10.2008 | 11:05 | Source: Beta, Večernje novosti | Comments: (12) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- President Boris Tadić says that the problems that currently exist with Montenegro and Macedonia cannot be allowed to last indefinitely.
četvrtak 16.10.2008 | 09:20 | Source: B92 | Comments: (19) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- The authorities in Priština have chose British expert Michael Wood to head the Kosovo team at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
sreda 15.10.2008 | 17:00 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (12) | Send comment
ČAGLAVICA -- European Union Special Envoy to Kosovo Pieter Feith says that it is possible to receive some sort of approval from the UN for the EULEX mission in Kosovo.
sreda 15.10.2008 | 16:52 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dačić has named former basketball star Vlade Divac and lawyer Toma Fila as his new advisers.
sreda 15.10.2008 | 16:38 | Source: FoNet, Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE, BANJA LUKA -- Working groups from Serbia and Montenegro are continuing talks on dual citizenship, says Interior Minister Ivica Dačić.
sreda 15.10.2008 | 14:45 | Source: B92 | Comments: (3) | Send comment
NOVI SAD -- The Vojvodina assembly has adopted the province’s new Statute.
sreda 15.10.2008 | 13:35 | Source: B92 | Comments: (22) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Đukanović says that delaying recognition of Kosovo’s independence would have been “political blindness”.
sreda 15.10.2008 | 11:16 | Source: Beta, Večernje novosti | Comments: (2) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- EULEX mission chief Yves de Kermabon says that the deployment of the EU mission in Kosovo is not linked to Serbia’s EU accession.
sreda 15.10.2008 | 10:03 | Source: Beta | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Deputy Prime Minister Mlađan Dinkić is traveling to Brussels on a two-day visit, where he will be meeting with EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn.
sreda 15.10.2008 | 09:37 | Source: Večernje novosti | Comments: (8) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The International Court of Justice in The Hague will not be considering Serbia's motion on Kosovo independence in urgent procedure, says daily Večernje Novosti.
sreda 15.10.2008 | 09:26 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (29) | Send comment
BRUSSELS -- European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says that Kosovo cannot be a precedent for the secession of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
utorak 14.10.2008 | 23:45 | Source: B92, Beta | Comments: (29) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- United Arab Emirates have recognized Kosovo Albanians' declaration of independence, reports said on Tuesday.
utorak 14.10.2008 | 23:38 | Source: B92, FoNet, Beta | Comments: (2) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković’s cabinet has survived its first 100 days in office, and at midday the PM presented the results of the government’s work.
utorak 14.10.2008 | 17:06 | Source: Beta | Comments: (4) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- Kosovo government spokesman Memli Krasniqi says that Kosovo and Macedonia will establish formal diplomatic relations next week.
utorak 14.10.2008 | 17:04 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Instead of debating draft data protection laws in parliament today, the opposition launched a debate on the government.
utorak 14.10.2008 | 15:22 | Source: Beta | Comments: (0) | Send comment
NOVI SAD -- Former Novi Sad Mayor Maja Gojković has filed the documentation for registering a new party under the name of the National Party.
utorak 14.10.2008 | 15:21 | Source: Beta | Comments: (1) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- IM Ivica Dačić has highlighted the need for a set of laws in the areas of internal affairs and the judiciary to be adopted by the beginning of November.
utorak 14.10.2008 | 15:11 | Source: Politika | Comments: (1) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- According to daily Politika, a new draft law will ensure that only people screened by the security services (BIA) will be able to access classified information.
utorak 14.10.2008 | 14:44 | Source: Beta | Comments: (10) | Send comment
BRUSSELS -- The EU Council of Ministers has approved the U.S.’s participation in the EULEX mission in Kosovo, it was announced in Brussels today.
utorak 14.10.2008 | 13:13 | Source: Politika, Tanjug | Comments: (16) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- If the ICJ rules that Kosovo independence is illegal, Serbia’s position will thus become the position of international law, says a leading expert.
utorak 14.10.2008 | 11:13 | Source: B92 | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The Vojvodina assembly will today discuss the adoption of the Autonomous Province’s draft Statute.
utorak 14.10.2008 | 10:12 | Source: Beta, Dnevnik | Comments: (3) | Send comment
NOVI SAD -- Swedish FM Carl Bildt says the deployment of the EULEX mission in Kosovo is not a condition for the ratification of the Stabilization and Association Agreement.
ponedeljak 13.10.2008 | 21:15 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (23) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was received with a ceremony in front of the government HQ as he arrived here on a one-day visit on Monday.
ponedeljak 13.10.2008 | 17:17 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (5) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- Supporters of the ethnic Albanian Self-Determination Movement have started a campaign against EULEX and its chief Yves de Kermabon.
ponedeljak 13.10.2008 | 15:39 | Source: FoNet | Comments: (11) | Send comment
KRAGUJEVAC -- Ambassador Aleksandr Konuzin says that Serbia can always count on Russia's support in preventing the country from being "torn apart".
ponedeljak 13.10.2008 | 15:18 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The Serb Radical Party (SRS) has filed charges against its former deputy president Tomislav Nikolić, and Banca Intesa.
ponedeljak 13.10.2008 | 14:35 | Source: Danas | Comments: (4) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Tibor Varadi says that, "to the best of his knowledge", the UN General Assembly did not ask for urgent procedure for Serbia's ICJ resolution.
ponedeljak 13.10.2008 | 14:20 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said on Monday in Belgrade that Serbia could receive EU candidate status in 2009.
ponedeljak 13.10.2008 | 12:46 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- A Montenegrin opposition leader says the Đukanović cabinet has worked against the stability in the region with its Kosovo recognition.
ponedeljak 13.10.2008 | 12:42 | Source: Večernje novosti | Comments: (15) | Send comment
BRUSSELS -- A spokeswoman for Javier Solana told a Belgrade newspaper that the EULEX mission is the main instrument for achieving stability in Kosovo.
ponedeljak 13.10.2008 | 11:31 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg has arrived in Serbia on Monday.
ponedeljak 13.10.2008 | 11:15 | Source: FoNet, Blic | Comments: (17) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- British Ambassador Stephen Wordsworth told a Belgrade daily that London is concerned over Belgrade's recent decision to expel two ambassadors.
ponedeljak 13.10.2008 | 10:03 | Source: B92, Beta | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BRUSSELS -- The French EU presidency has stated that there will be no debate on issues regarding the Western Balkans at the Union's Luxemburg summit.
nedelja 12.10.2008 | 17:51 | Source: FoNet | Comments: (23) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- A Kosovo official says "defense plans for the legality of Kosovo's independence proclamation before the International Court of Justice are nearing completion".
nedelja 12.10.2008 | 16:54 | Source: Beta | Comments: (1) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- The International Civilian Office (ICO) in Priština is very satisfied with its cooperation with the Kosovo government, an Albanian language daily writes.
nedelja 12.10.2008 | 14:41 | Source: Beta | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Next week, the government headed by Mirko Cvetković will mark its first one hundred days in office.
nedelja 12.10.2008 | 13:02 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (9) | Send comment
NOVI PAZAR -- The Islamic Community in Serbia has formed a working group to put together a program of urgent internationalization of the issue of Muslim religious freedoms.
nedelja 12.10.2008 | 12:46 | Source: B92, Beta, Blic | Comments: (9) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The European Commission will give its first appraisal of the possibility to abolish visas for Serbian nationals in November, Olli Rehn says.
nedelja 12.10.2008 | 10:57 | Source: Beta | Comments: (63) | Send comment
GORA -- Kosovo Albanian authorities have torn down a school built from the Serbian government funds in the Gora area.
nedelja 12.10.2008 | 10:27 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (15) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Economic and other forms of cooperation with Macedonia and Montenegro will continue, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković said on Saturday.
subota 11.10.2008 | 20:51 | Source: B92, FoNet, Beta | Comments: (3) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The anti-fascist rally ended in Belgrade on Saturday with only minor incidents reported.
subota 11.10.2008 | 14:38 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send comment
BRUSSELS -- The EU Council of Ministers will not discuss unfreezing the Interim Trade Agreement with Serbia at its meeting on Monday, Tanjug understands from Brussels.
subota 11.10.2008 | 13:27 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
NOVI SAD -- The Vojvodina Executive Council has adopted five amendments to the Vojvodina draft Statute and submitted it to the provincial assembly for further debate.
subota 11.10.2008 | 12:36 | Source: Večernje novosti | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- It is stipulated that all exiting laws in Serbia have to be brought into line with the Constitution by Dec. 31, though the chances of this happening look slim.
subota 11.10.2008 | 10:53 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (11) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Serbia will continue talks with Montenegro on a dual citizenship agreement in spite of Podgorica’s recognition of Kosovo, says Interior Minister Ivica Dačić.
subota 11.10.2008 | 10:48 | Source: VOA | Comments: (34) | Send comment
WASHINGTON, BELGRADE -- Daniel Serwer, an analyst at the Washington Institute of Peace, believes the UN’s resolution on Kosovo is not a good idea from the aspect of regional stability.
subota 11.10.2008 | 10:05 | Source: B92, Beta | Comments: (10) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Macedonia believes Belgrade’s decision to expel her ambassador, Aleksandar Vasilevski, was hasty and inappropriate.
subota 11.10.2008 | 09:35 | Source: B92 | Comments: (14) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić is confident that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule Kosovo’s ilateral independence declaration illegal.
petak 10.10.2008 | 17:08 | Source: Beta | Comments: (15) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- World agencies believe that Montenegro’s decision to recognize Kosovo is a blow to Belgrade’s efforts to counter the secession of the province.
petak 10.10.2008 | 16:46 | Source: FoNet | Comments: (7) | Send comment
PRIŠTINA -- The Kosovo Interior Ministry has begun issuing new personal ID cards carrying Republic of Kosovo insignia.
petak 10.10.2008 | 15:53 | Source: FoNet, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (23) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Opposition MPs and the ruling United Serbia have called for a special parliamentary session to debate the Macedonian and Montenegrin recognitions of Kosovo.
petak 10.10.2008 | 14:46 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The Serb Progressive Party (SNS) has been officially registered today.
petak 10.10.2008 | 14:39 | Source: B92, FoNet, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (52) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The Macedonian ambassador has joined his Montenegrin counterpart on the list of personae non gratae in Serbia, a day after the two countries recognized Kosovo
petak 10.10.2008 | 12:27 | Source: VOA | Comments: (5) | Send comment
WASHINGTON, BELGRADE -- Political analyst Obrad Kesić says the vote in the United Nations is just part of a strategy that Serbia needs to build in relation to Kosovo.
petak 10.10.2008 | 10:51 | Source: Beta, Dnevnik | Comments: (13) | Send comment
NOVI SAD -- Due to failure to meet its obligations and the parliamentary impasse, citizens won't be able to enjoy visa-free travel to the EU till early 2010, says Dnevnik.
petak 10.10.2008 | 09:50 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (21) | Send comment
WASHINGTON, PODGORICA -- The U.S. has expressed its support for Montenegro and Macedonia’s recognition of Kosovo.
