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

Former Milošević aide gets mandate to form new government. Ivica Dačić has been appointed Serbia's first Socialist prime minister since 2000, when Slobodan Milošević,...

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...

EU jumps the gun on Serbia. It emerged toward the end of Sunday afternoon (20 May) that Tomislav Nikolic  was on course to defeat Boris Tadic, the incumbent president of...

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

President's party suffer at the polls. Voters in Serbia on Sunday (6 May) punished the ruling Democrats (DS) of President Boris Tadic for the country's economic...

Nationalists put Tadić and his party on the back foot in presidential and parliamentary elections. Boris Tadić, Serbia's president, will have to face off against Tomislav...

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...

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...

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...

Move follows breakthrough in talks between Serbia and Kosovo; EU leaders to confirm candidacy at summit. Serbia has become an official candidate for EU membership after...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...