Serbian government rift over EU mission
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Serbia's coalition government was on the verge of collapse Tuesday over the European Union's plans to send a mission to Kosovo province, just days after the pro-Western Serbian president won re-election.
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Serbian nationalist politicians  accused neighboring Montenegro on Monday of harboring a war  crimes suspect for years, damaging Serbia&#39;s chances of closer  ties with European Union.
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The narrow re-election victory of Serbia's pro-West president, Boris Tadic, drew EU applause Monday but piled pressure on an unstable government in Belgrade as Kosovo prepares to declare independence.
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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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Serbia's threat to turn its back on  EU membership over Kosovo probably has more to do with  electioneering than political reality, incoming EU president  Slovenia said on Thursday.
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Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica&#39;s  party told President Boris Tadic on Sunday to keep out of  foreign policy, as a split in their coalition deepened over  whether Serbia&#39;s future lies with the West or with Moscow.
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International envoys mediating in talks on the future of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo on Monday will try to stop them immediately coming to a standstill on the independence issue, the European Union's envoy said.
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Montenegro -- A European Parliament committee investigating interethnic incidents in Vojvodina is in Belgrade on Monday (31 January), meeting with Serbian government officials.
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EU foreign ministers will debate on Monday whether to sign an interim trade agreement with Serbia -- a move seen as boosting pro-European President Boris Tadic ahead of a February 3 presidential run-off.
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Relations between the United States and Serbia are worsening because of U.S. support for the independence of Kosovo, Serbia's prime minister warned Monday.
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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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President Boris Tadic on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica to stop obstructing Serbia's state institutions in a damaging political rift over European Union integration.
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Serbia's foreign minister has warned of possible renewed conflict in the Balkans if the province of Kosovo becomes independent without the Serbian government's approval, according to comments published Monday.
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The European Commission announced Wednesday that the planned signing of a cooperation deal with Serbia this week had been scrapped, deploring the "obstruction" of Serbia's prime minister.
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The EU's biggest four countries are pushing to impose and oversee independence in Kosovo without a fresh UN mandate, risking the ire of Russia and Serbia
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Serbia's prime minister denounced plans on Tuesday to sign a political accord with the European Union as a trick intended to trap the former Yugoslav republic into accepting the independence of breakaway Kosovo.
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VIANA DO CASTELO, Portugal  - European Union foreign ministers warned on Friday against a partition of the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo, arguing it could reignite conflicts across the Balkans.