EU to debate interim pact with Serbia
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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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European Union leaders headed for a  showdown on Thursday over efforts to overhaul the bloc&#39;s  creaking institutions, but chances of agreement appeared to be  rising after chief critic Poland softened its tone.
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EU ministers are to consider Kosovo's declaration of independence, with members split on how to respond.
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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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EU leaders have squeezed a debate on the possible lifting of an arms embargo against China onto the agenda of a Brussels summit but have no plans to make an immediate decision, officials said.
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The European Union resumed talks on closer ties with Serbia on Wednesday after Belgrade boosted cooperation with the U.N. war crimes tribunal, even though genocide indictee Ratko Mladic remains at large.
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The European Union will resume talks with Serbia on closer ties next week after Belgrade boosted cooperation with the U.N. war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the EU's executive said on Thursday.
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European Union leaders headed for a showdown on Thursday over efforts to overhaul the bloc's creaking institutions, but chances of agreement appeared to be rising after chief critic Poland softened its tone.
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Serbia's parliament was set to adopt a  resolution on Wednesday implicitly rejecting membership of the  European Union and NATO if the West recognizes the independence  of Kosovo.
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A trio of top EU officials was in Moscow  on Monday to try to bridge the gap between Russia and the  European Union over the future of Kosovo.
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The European Union has welcomed the re-election of Serbia's pro-Western president.  Will it get Serbia an early EU entry?
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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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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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European Union leaders headed for a showdown on Thursday over efforts to reform the bloc's creaking institutions, but chances of agreement appeared to rise after chief critic Poland softened its tone.
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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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EU leaders meet in Brussels amid battles over a bid to create a European government with a permanent president and its own diplomatic corps.
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The foreign ministers of Britain, France, Germany and Italy discussed the situation in Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo Saturday, at an informal meeting in Slovenia.