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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...

A delicate understanding of national identity in the Balkans helped Kiro Gligorov keep Macedonia out of the Balkan wars. Angelina Jolie's new film, “In the Land of Blood...

The mood in Helsinki towards enlargement has not changed. Your article entitled “German veto threat to Serbia's EU candidacy” (1-7 December) has an anonymous reference...

Germany leads opposition because of situation in Kosovo. Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, dealt a blow to Serbia's pro-European leadership under President Boris Tadic by...

Germany had led opposition to Serbia's candidacy because of violent clashes at border with Kosovo. EU leaders have postponed a decision on granting Serbia the status of a...

Germany is concerned about the country's actions toward Kosovo. National leaders are expected to postpone a decision to grant Serbia the status of a candidate for membership...

EU affairs ministers cannot reach agreement, so controversial issue will be discussed by EU leaders on Friday. National ministers for EU affairs have been unable to reach...

Breakthrough reached after two days of talks; but agreement on regional co-operation still elusive. Serbia and Kosovo have agreed new arrangements for managing border

Germany is threatening to stop Serbia being made a formal candidate for membership of the European Union at next week's European Council. The leaders of the 27 member states...

Border crossings have been blocked for months; candidate status to be discussed in December. Serbia must dismantle roadblocks in Kosovo and return to negotiations with the...

EU mediator blames Serbs for breakdown of talks, while Serbs say they will not talk while there is violence. EU-mediated talks between Serbia and Kosovo have collapsed in...

Kosovo accuses Serbia of preventing goods from crossing border. A row between Serbia and Kosovo over two border crossings is threatening to delay EU-brokered talks scheduled...

Recommending a book arguing that the EU places too much emphasis on non-governmental organisations in the Balkans yet also turns them into mere project managers. Behind the...

The EU's diplomatic mediation between Kosovo and Serbia does little to address the underlying conflict. The deadly violence that flared at Kosovo's border with Serbia last...

Kosovo imposes retaliatory restrictions on imports as EU mediation fails to resolve customs dispute. A flare-up of violence on Kosovo's border with Serbia is threatening to...

Boost for Serbian EU candidacy after arrest of last Serb wanted by UN court. The European Union's top officials have welcomed the arrest by Serbia of Goran Hadžić, the...

Europe's borders, and those of the European Union, are the product of awkward geography, as in the case of Lampedusa, or of historical accident, with Kaliningrad and Ceuta...

Negotiations on practical matters to resume in September, chief mediator says. The European Union has cancelled talks between Serbia and Kosovo that were scheduled to take...

Boris Tadic is the personification of power in Serbia. When, or if, the full story of the capture of the suspected war criminal Ratko Mladic emerges, it is likely that...

The arrest of Mladic has elevated Serbia's status and boosted the image of its president. The arrest of General Ratko Mladic came on the morning of a visit to Belgrade by...