Positive del Ponte hints at more Serb handovers
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U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla del  Ponte praised Serbia&#39;s &quot;serious commitment&quot; to the handover of  war crimes fugitives on Wednesday and said &quot;we may have other  positive results&quot; before reporting to the United Nations on  June 18.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 7 (IPS) - The European Union has decided to deepen its  political and economic ties with Serbia, despite suggestions that  the Belgrade authorities could be protecting one of the most  wanted men in the former Yugoslavia.
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Friday&#39;s European papers offer a distinctly cool reaction as the prospect of &quot;Turkey in Europe&quot; appears to move one step closer.
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Spokesperson for the Serbian Government Srdan Duric said on Saturday that the voluntary surrender of Savo Todovic is an important step by the RS in cooperation with the ICTY and stressed that the RS Government ...
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Serbia's pro-Western President Boris Tadic says his re-election shows the strength of Serbian democracy.
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Hopes grew for a breakthrough in negotiations for a new treaty to reform the European Union on Friday as Germany, France and Poland thrashed out a possible compromise involving the core problem of voting rights.
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A Bosnian Serb general accused of complicity in the murder of thousands in the 1992-95 Bosnia war was on his way to the Hague tribunal on Friday, a gesture that may improve Serbia's chances of joining the European Union.
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The U.N. mediator on Kosovo's  future status said on Thursday he was willing to grant Serbia  more time to consider his complex plan that most see as paving  the way for the province's independence from Belgrade.
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UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. mediator on Kosovo's future status said on Thursday he was willing to grant Serbia more time to consider his complex plan that most see as paving the way for the ...Comment
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U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte praised Serbia's "serious commitment" to the handover of war crimes fugitives on Wednesday and said "we may have other positive results" before reporting to the United Nations on June 18.
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"I think Carla del Ponte was the only one who was impressed by Tolimir's arrest"  BELGRADE  - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica greeted the resumption of suspended talks with the European Union on Wednesday by urging the EU to back down on its support for the independence of Kosovo.Linking two issues the EU says are unrelated, Kostunica suggested negotiations on a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) could hinge on EU states accepting that the breakaway province must remain part of Serbia."Today's restart of talks on the SAA offers a good opportunity for the EU to show clearly that it looks on Serbia as a partner, which means full respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia," he said in a statement. Read more
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After Serbia helped arrest a key war-crimes fugitive last week, the EU has promised to resume integration talks.
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Prime ministers of Serbia and Croatia said on Monday that further enhancement of cooperation between their countries is of great importance to stability in southeast Europe.
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GÃ¼nter Verheugen, the German who has been the European Union&#39;s commissioner for enlargement since 1999, was in an optimistic mood last April.
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Sunday's referendum in Transdniestria, a separatist province of Moldova, could boost other regional efforts.
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The European Union wants to send more  officials to the territory of Kosovo than previously envisaged  as part of its planned police and justice mission, a German  newspaper reported on Thursday.
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By Rex MerrifieldHELSINKI - U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte said on Friday she was "not satisfied" that Serbia was carrying out its own action plan to arrest and extradite Bosnian Serb war crimes ...Comment