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Daily: Germany may change stance on Serbia [Jan 19, 2012] BELGRADE -- If enough EU member states request Berlin not to block Serbia?s EU candidate status, Germany will probably give up on its requests, daily Politika has learned. [via YahooNews] More >>

Solution in line with national interests, president says [Dec 04, 2011] BERLIN -- Serbian President Boris Tadi? said Saturday that the solution reached by Belgrade and Pri?tina was in line with Serbia's national interests. [via YahooNews] More >>

LEAD: Serb president confirms deal with Kosovo on borders Eds: Releads with Tadic comments [Dec 04, 2011] Berlin/Belgrade (dpa) - Serbia and Kosovo have reached an agreement on the contentious issue of border management, Serbian President Boris Tadic told dpa on Saturday."There?s a solution that we agreed on the boundaries," Tadic said in Berlin, on the margins of an international conference hosted by Germany?s Social Democratic Party.He described the development as "positive."Tadic said it was ... [via YahooNews] More >>

"Parallel institutions could only be abolished by force" [Nov 02, 2011] BERLIN -- Belgrade team chief Borislav Stefanovi? voiced belief that the Belgrade-Pri?tina dialogue could be continued soon. He qualified as unacceptable that granting Serbia the EU candidate status be conditioned by abolishment of Serbian structures in northern Kosovo. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia not ready to give in quite yet [Aug 25, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Serbian authorities can't accept the preconditions for European members laid out by Berlin "at the moment," the country's envoy to Germany said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Merkel gives Serbia conditions to join EU [Aug 23, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Berlin says Serbia must make amends with Kosovo in order to join the European Union, though the Serbian president said the situation is very complex. [via YahooNews] More >>

Merkel wants talks between Serbia and Kosovo [Aug 20, 2011] BERLIN (AP) ? German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will push for dialog between Serbia and Kosovo when she visits Belgrade next week. [via YahooNews] More >>

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsGermany's Merkel urges Serbia-Kosovo dialogue [Aug 20, 2011] BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will push for dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo when she visits Belgrade next week. [via YahooNews] More >>

Germany's Merkel pushes for Serbia-Kosovo dialogue ahead of visit to Belgrade [Aug 20, 2011] BERLIN (AP) ? German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will push for dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo when she visits Belgrade next week. [via YahooNews] More >>

"Serbia will fight 'EU or Kosovo' dilemma" [Aug 12, 2011] BELGRADE, BERLIN -- Serbia will do everything in its power so that the Kosovo issue does not become a condition for EU integration, Serbian Ambassador to Germany Ivo Viskovi? says. [via YahooNews] More >>

Trade bans stir Kosovo border tensions [Jul 28, 2011] BERLIN: A masked ethnic Serbian mob wielding petrol bombs set alight a Serbia-Kosovo border crossing two days after Kosovo had raided the post in a growing dispute over tit-for-tat trade embargoes between the two countries. [via YahooNews] More >>

Trade bans stir Kosovo border tensions [Jul 28, 2011] BERLIN: A masked ethnic Serbian mob wielding petrol bombs set alight a Serbia-Kosovo border crossing two days after Kosovo had raided the post in a growing dispute over tit-for-tat trade embargoes between the two countries. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia expects accession talks in 2012, FM says [Jul 09, 2011] BERLIN -- Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremi? told Berlin-based daily Tagesspiegel that Serbia expected to begin the EU accession talks in 2012. He added that Belgrade would not recognize Kosovo's independence. [via YahooNews] More >>

German FM: Serbia made progress on EU pathway [Jul 08, 2011] BERLIN -- German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle stated Thursday after a meeting with his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremi? that Serbia had made progress on its EU path. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia won't change stance on Kosovo, Tadi? says [Jun 28, 2011] BERLIN -- Serbian President Boris Tadi? says that Serbia expects the candidate status for EU membership and, shortly thereafter, the start of accession negotiations. [via YahooNews] More >>