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Another round of talks are underway between Serbia's Ivica Dacic and Hashim Thaçi of Kosovo Serbia and Kosovo yesterday appeared to be inching closer to a deal on how...

Tentative deal in Brussels heightens Serbia's chances of starting EU membership talks later this year. Serbia and Kosovo last night reached a tentative deal on how to...

There are 15 points in the agreement initialled by Prime Minister Ivica Dacic of Serbia and Hashim Thaçi, his opposite number from Kosovo, most of them no longer than...

Commission says Serbia, Kosovo should be allowed to take next step toward EU after a landmark bilateral deal. The European Commission today asked the European Union's member...

Enver Hoxhaj welcomes today's historic agreement. A historic agreement struck between Serbia and Kosovo in Brussels today constitutes Serbia's recognition of its former...

The situation in the Balkans is an embarrassment for the EU. It was hilarious to read Slovakia's current and former foreign ministers opine on Serbia's refusal to cut a deal...

Last “formal” EU-brokered talks break up without a deal, but Kosovar and Serbian leaders still hope to strike an agreement by...

Serbia may aspire to join the EU, but the case of a jailed businessman shows why the Union will need to demand more on the rule of law In times of crisis, it is tempting to...

Serbia and Kosovo talks continue with closer EU ties an incentive for both sides. Fifteen years ago, Hashim Thaçi was a political leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army,...

Provisional deal on Serbia-Kosovo border in EU-mediated talks. Ivica Dačić, Serbia's prime minister, and Hashim Thaçi, prime minister of Kosovo, have reached a...

EU brokers first direct talks between Serbian and Kosovar leaders since Kosovo declared independence in 2008. Ivica Dačić, prime minister of Serbia, and Hashim...

Balkans to be warned about asylum numbers. The European Union is ratcheting up pressure on Serbia and Macedonia to stop a rise in migrants from those countries arriving in...

As enthusiasm for EU membership decreases it becomes harder to use the carrot of EU membership as an incentive for further reforms. You are, I fear, correct in your analysis...

European Commission adopts its enlargement strategy for the coming year. The European Commission's annual progress reports on the nine countries seeking to join the European...

Member states' mood also changing on enlargement. The European Commission's annual reports on the would-be members of the European Union are supposed to lay out the progress...

Serbia's new president tells EU leaders that he intends to stick to EU-brokered deals with Kosovo. Tomislav Nikolić, Serbia's new president, has told the European Union's...

Tomislav Nikolić beats Boris Tadić in second round of presidential election. Serbian voters yesterday (20 May) picked Tomislav Nikolić, a conservative populist, as the...

But Serbian government will proceed with plans to let Serbs in north Kosovo vote for their local assemblies. Boris Tadic, the president of Serbia, has given in to pressure...

Romania drops reservations over rights of Vlach minority. Serbia's candidacy for EU membership can be formally approved by EU leaders after Romania dropped its objections to...

EU leaders to approve Serbia's candidate status this evening. National leaders will tonight (1 March) grant Serbia the status of candidate for membership of the European...