Ahead of vote, EU offers Serbs visa-free prospect
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Days before presidential polls in  Serbia pitting a pro-EU liberal against a nationalist, the  European Union announced on Friday it would launch discussions  on offering Serbs visa-free access to the bloc.
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Serbia will offer near complete autonomy to Kosovo during the first face-to-face negotiations with rival ethnic Albanians in New York later this week, a Serbian official said Monday.
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European Union leaders agreed on Friday to send administrators and police to Kosovo ahead of an expected declaration of independence from Serbia.
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Serbs went to the polls in local  elections on Sunday in the first test of voter opinion since  they chose pro-Western President Boris Tadic in June.
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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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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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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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Serbs face a choice between a  nationalist who leans towards Russia and a liberal favoring the  West in a presidential election run-off next month.
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The European Union is set to approve a first step toward closer ties with Serbia and Montenegro Monday after a Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect turned himself in to the U.N. tribunal for former Yugoslavia, ...
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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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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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European Union leaders agreed on  Friday to send administrators and police to Kosovo ahead of an  expected declaration of independence from Serbia.
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New European Union President Slovenia said on Tuesday it backed signing an accord with Serbia that is a first step towards EU membership as soon as possible, possibly by the end of this month.
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Serbia's foreign minister was to press his country's claim to Kosovo with European lawmakers on Wednesday, one day after NATO peacekeepers intervened to defend two border posts from angry Serbs.
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War crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte is confident that Ratko Mladic will soon be handed over for trial. That's because Serbia's government wants to get on with joining the EU
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Serbia's central bank governor has said the country is currently in no condition to join the European Union, and called on politicians to draw up a plan quickly to lead it in the direction of membership.
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Serbs face a choice between a nationalist who leans towards Russia and a liberal favoring the West in a presidential election run-off next month.