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Both governments approve roadmap for implementing April deal; Serbia commits itself to dismantling security structures in Kosovo by mid-July. The governments of Serbia and...

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...

EU-mediated talks lead to breakthrough in relations, paving way for closer ties with Union. Serbia recognises Kosovo's sovereignty, says Kosovo minister Serbia and...

Friday is last chance to strike agreement ahead of EU decision on closer ties with the two Balkan countries. The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo are to resume last-ditch talks...

Leaders have “some hours left” to find compromise. The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have just “hours” left to strike a deal that would...

Serbia and Kosovo have until 16 April to rescue talks. Kosovo and Serbia have set back their chances of opening talks this year about admission to the European Union by...

Deal could pave the way to membership talks. The leaders of Kosovo and Serbia are expected to meet on Tuesday (2 April) for talks that could determine whether their countries...

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...

Two interesting, but flawed, books on Kosovo's recent history. In the months after Slobodan Miloševic, Serbia's strongman, signed the Dayton accords that ended the wars...

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

A delicate balancing act for the EU's man in Kosovo. Shortly after Samuel Žbogar took up his posting as Slovenia's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations in...

Kosovo's foreign minister calls on the EU to make clear to Serbia that it must withdraw ‘police and security units' from northern Kosovo. Enver Hoxhaj, the foreign minister...

Delays by the European Union are an impediment to security in the western Balkans. The era of bloody inter-ethnic wars in the western Balkans ended in the last century;...

Serbia and Kosovo strike name deal and Commission plans first formal link with Kosovo. No sooner had Serbia's and Kosovo's chief negotiators found a compromise in Brussels...

Compromise paves way for Serbia to become EU membership candidate and for Kosovo to get pre-accession agreement. Serbia and Kosovo have agreed how Kosovo can present itself...

Progress made in talks with Kosovo. Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, is this week expected to give the green light for Serbia to be made a candidate for membership of the...

EU leaders should not be under any illusion about the nature of Serbia's new-found pragmatism on Kosovo. Serbia has made sufficient concessions over Kosovo to advance to the...

Diplomats fear nationalist backlash in Serbia. Serbia is expected to resume talks with Kosovo in Brussels next week in a bid to gain official recognition as a candidate for...

Compromise sought on how reference should be made to Kosovo in international meetings. Negotiators from Serbia and Kosovo are expected to meet in Brussels in the coming weeks...