EU set for Serbia deal on Kosovo
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EU leaders in Brussels are expected to offer Serbia a fast track route to candidacy in a deal linked to Kosovo.
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Kosovo was poised to become the world's newest state on Sunday, albeit under the guidance of the European Union and the United States, as it prepared to declare independence from Serbia.
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The European Union will this week  spell out to Serbia the exact steps needed for the country to  clinch closer ties with the bloc, mainly by arresting war  crimes fugitives, EU Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Thursday.
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EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said Serbia was close Monday to achieving full cooperation with the UN war crimes court and expressed support for signing a trade and aid pact with Belgrade.
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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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Serbia said on Wednesday it would shun any offer of membership of the European Union or NATO if they recognized the breakaway province of Kosovo as an independent state.
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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.
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The European Union must be ready to guide Kosovo on an unstoppable path to independence after the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on the Serb province's future, the incoming EU presidency said on Thursday.
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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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The EU says talks with Serbia will resume soon as Belgrade is co-operating over war crimes suspects.
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United Nations special envoy Martti Ahtisaari will hand over his plan for the future of Kosovo on Friday to Serb authorities braced for proposals that will set the breakaway province on a path to independence.
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Kosovo is ready to offer  Serbia a treaty guaranteeing cordial relations after the  breakaway province becomes independent, Kosovo&#39;s ethnic  Albanian leaders said on Monday.
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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.
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A high-level European Union delegation arrived in Belgrade on a mission to convince Serbia to back a United Nations plan on the future of its breakaway province of Kosovo.
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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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Serbia said on Wednesday it would shun  any offer of membership of the European Union or NATO if they  recognized the breakaway province of Kosovo as an independent  state.
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New European Union President Slovenia said on Tuesday it aimed to sign an accord with Serbia that is a first step towards EU membership soon, possibly by the end of this month.