The Stabilisation and Association Agreement, which Serbia signed with the EU five years ago, became active on Sunday as Belgrade made another step towards membership of the European club.

On Sunday, First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić offered Tanja Miščević the post of Serbia’s lead negotiator in EU membership talks, which she accepted. Vučić conferred with Miščević in the Serbian government building, after

Pakistan’s Supreme Court Friday issued a notice to the government to comment on a petition, seeking a ban on President Asif Ali Zardari from leaving the country, court officials said. President Zardari’s tenure will complete on September 8.