European Union offers Serbia closer ties
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European Union nations agreed Monday on an offer to set up regular political ties with Serbia, open up trade and end visa restrictions, but it fell short of a wider deal to prepare Serbia for EU membership.
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The EU signs visa deals with five Balkan states, making it cheaper and easier for their nationals to travel in Europe.
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The European Union will not sign a pact on ties with Serbia this week as planned after its nationalist prime minister blocked the move, a top EU official said on Wednesday.
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The European Union welcomed a Serbian &amp;quot;action plan&amp;quot; to achieve full cooperation with UN prosecutors seeking to try war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic and urged Belgrade to put it into practice.
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BELGRADE, Dec 26 (IPS) - As the European Union (EU) drops boundaries between  its countries and its people, Serbia plans to introduce new ones  against its disputed southern province, Kosovo.
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The European Union (EU) said on Thursday that further US efforts to eliminate trade and investment barriers would strengthen the transatlantic economic relationship.
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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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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 European Union will resume partnership talks with Serbia, probably this month, after a Bosnian Serb general accused of genocide in the 1992-95 Bosnia war was delivered to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
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European Union leaders are set to offer Serbia a fast track to candidacy for membership of the bloc and pledge to step up preparations for a police mission to stabilize Kosovo, a draft statement for Friday's EU summit said.
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European Union's largest countries also formally recognize the independence of Kosovo from Serbia.
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European Union leaders are set to  offer Serbia a fast track to candidacy for membership in the  bloc and pledge to step up preparations for a police mission to  stabilize Kosovo, a draft statement for Friday's EU summit  said.
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The European Union is considering  signing an interim pact on trade and cooperation with Serbia  before a February 3 presidential election to try to boost the  pro-European incumbent, diplomats said on Friday.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio Serbian President Boris Tadic met with state officials Friday to discuss a new military partnership with Ohio, another sign of closer ties between the United States and the former Yugoslav ...
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THE European Union has offered to start membership negotiations with Turkey, opening the way for the EUâs borders to reach Iraq and Iran, and for a poor Muslim nation in Asia to become the largest member of the Union.
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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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PARIS, Dec. 14 -- European Union leaders on Friday pledged 1,800 police and administrative officials to Kosovo, part of a package of aid and diplomacy intended to facilitate a well-choreographed, quick and peaceful march to independence for the breakaway Serbian province.