EU presses Serbia on Kosovo, new government
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Serbia's President Boris Tadic poses with EU Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana and Germany Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier prior to a meeting in Belgrade.Comment
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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.
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Serbia's foreign minister urged the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to oppose Kosovo's expected declaration of independence and called on the secretary-general to order that any proclamation be declared null and void.
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European Union foreign ministers meet on Monday to study ways to end the impasse over Kosovo&#39;s future status and examine the first full draft of a new treaty of sorely-needed EU reforms.
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The EU is looking to send up to  1,000 police, judges and other law enforcement personnel to  Kosovo once the future of the U.N.-administered province of  Serbia is settled, an EU official said on Tuesday.
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EU leaders, fresh from signing a treaty that overhauls the way the bloc runs, will strive Friday to present a united front on Kosovo as the Serbian province prepares to move to independence.
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"We have seen what happened in former Yugoslavia when the European Union did not take things in hand."  European Union leaders, worried that Kosovo's push for independence could trigger instability in the Balkans, were set to offer Serbia a fast-track route to joining the bloc at a summit on Friday. via Reuters
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VIANA DO CASTELO, Portugal  - European Union states will seek to maintain a common front over the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo on Saturday, amid growing concern that it will declare independence unilaterally.
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United Nations special envoy Martti Ahtisaari has appealed to Serbian and Albanian leaders to commit to new talks in order to achieve a compromise over the status of Kosovo.
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European Union leaders decided Friday to deploy a vast police mission to Kosovo as the Serbian province edges toward independence, a move that could fuel tensions with Russia.
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Diplomats from the European Union, Russia and the United States held talks with Kosovo Albanian representatives Thursday at the start of another round of diplomacy to try to resolve the future of the breakaway Serbian province.
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BELGRADE, Serbia, Jan. 4 The European Union is to decide whether to accept Serbia along with its mainly ethnic-Albanian Kosovo province or recognize an independent Kosovo. via Earth Times
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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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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.
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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 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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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.