EU presidency seeks Serbia accord by end Jan
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New European Union president Slovenia said on Tuesday it wanted Serbia to take a key step towards future membership this month, but acknowledged some EU states needed to be convinced.
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The European Union said Monday it would put Serbia and Montenegro back on track for possible membership after the two republics agreed to negotiate with trading bloc.
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BRUSSELS/BELGRADE  - Serbia warned the EU on Wednesday it would not accept any decision on Kosovo taken outside the United Nations and its ally Russia told the United States to stop backing Kosovo independence while talks continue.
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Serbia was politically paralyzed on Wednesday over an invitation from the European Union to sign a pact that nationalists say is simply a trap to get the government to concede the independence of Kosovo.
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The EU sought Monday to boost the election chances of Serbia's pro-European President Boris Tadic, offering to sign a cooperation deal after a poll that is shaping up as a "referendum on Europe".
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The United Nations has agreed to a Serbian request to delay final talks on the fate of breakaway Kosovo province by just over one week to give Belgrade time to appoint delegates, a U.N. mediator said on Friday.
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The European Union will resume key talks with Serbia on closer ties in the coming days, following the arrest of a general wanted for war crimes, EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn announced Friday.
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The EU's foreign policy chief is to visit Kosovo and Serbia to urge talks on a UN plan giving Kosovo self-rule.
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Serbia hopes to sign a key aid and trade pact with the European Union before the end of this month, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said Tuesday, as its province of Kosovo heads toward independence.
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European Union leaders will offer  Serbia a fast-track route to joining the bloc in a bid to  soothe Balkan tensions over Kosovo's push for independence, a  summit draft showed on Friday.
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The EU says a political dispute in Serbia has prompted a delay in signing a co-operation deal.
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"The EU will be ready to give a formal go-ahead to the mission a few days after the election"  The European Union's foreign policy chief said on Tuesday that the EU will sanction the dispatch of a police force to Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo after the country's presidential election. via RIA Novosti
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Italy urged its  European Union partners on Monday to reach out to Serbia in a  bid to resolve diplomatic deadlock over its breakaway province  of Kosovo.
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New European Union President Slovenia said on Tuesday it wants Serbia to move towards membership as soon as possible but acknowledged some EU states needed to be convinced.
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The European Union will this week  spell out to Serbia the exact steps needed for the country to  clinch closer ties with the bloc, mainly by arresting war  crimes fugitives, EU Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Thursday.
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President Boris Tadic will ask major  powers to delay further talks on the fate of Serbia's breakaway  Kosovo province for at least 10 days to allow the country to  convene a new parliament elected two weeks ago.
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Serbia's President expects Russia,  China and some other U.N. Security Council members to back  further talks on the status of Kosovo, though the West says all  avenues of possible compromise have been exhausted.