Serbia

EU: Serbia Does Not Have to Recognize Kosovo

Enlargement Commissioner repeats that Belgrade and Pristina must normalise ties – but Serbia’s diplomatic recognition of Kosovo is not crucial to its EU integration.The EU Enlargement Commissioner, Stefan Fuele, has denied that the European Union will inist on Serbia’s recognition of Kosovo before it can join the organization.

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Nikolic and Putin to Confer on Gas Pipeline

The two presidents are meeting in Russia to discuss the future of the South Stream pipeline, which will run through Serbia.For the second time since he was elected Serbian President, Tomislav Nikolic is paying a visit to Russia, where he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on September …

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Serbian Leader to Address UN This Month

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will be among the first speakers to address the UN General Assembly at the opening ceremony later in September.President Nikolic is flying to New York at the end of September to address the United Nations General Assembly. Vuk Jeremic, the former foreign minister and the new …

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Serbia Unblocks Participation at Regional Forums

Belgrade has agreed to take part in international meetings alongside Kosovo with a footnote included in the accompanying documents and not the nameplate.Serbia’s government adopted on Sunday evening an instruction to state officials regulating their participation in events also attended by Kosovo representatives.

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Serbian PM Attacks Bosniaks For Honouring ‘Collaborator’

Prime Minister Ivica Dacic has waded into the row over whether Bosniaks [Muslims] have the right to commemorate a man they see as a local hero – but whom Serbs revile as a wartime collaborator.In a speech to parliament Dacic, said that he was against the rehabilitation of collaborators with …

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Serbia won’t join NATO, defense minister says

He stressed that Serbia would not join NATO. The minister explained that Serbia would continue to develop good cooperation with everybody within the Partnership for Peace program. Vučić and Ashenhurst stressed the importance of cooperation in the State Partnership Program which is mutually important and useful in all segments of …

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New Twist in Serbian Fan Murder Case

Lawyer for Serbian hooligans jailed for killing a French football fan demands retrial as new witness comes forward, disputing the circumstances of his death.Retired policemen Dragan C, who was allegedly present when 28-year-old Brice Taton was fatally attacked by Serbian hooligans in 2009, has sent a letter to a Belgrade …

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Progressives Bid For Power in Serbia’s Second City

The city branch of the Progressive Party in Novi Sad is filing a motion seeking the dismissal of the Democrat mayor, Igor Pavlicic.Serbia’s ruling Progressive Party will file a request on Tuesday to convene the city assembly in Novi Sad to discuss the dismissal of mayor Igor Pavlicic, a member …

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