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Serbia hopeful latest Kosovo border deal will smooth way to EU [Dec 03, 2011] BRUSSELS ? A key new agreement on disputed border crossings between Serbia and Kosovo will help quiet objections to Serbia?s candidacy for European Union membership, the country?s chief negotiator said Saturday. The accord struck on Friday creates joint border crossing controls in northern Kosovo to be shared by Serb and Kosovo authorities. For months, Kosovo?s minority Serbs have blocked roads ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia hopeful latest Kosovo border deal will smooth way to EU [Dec 03, 2011] BRUSSELS ? A key new agreement on disputed border crossings between Serbia and Kosovo will help quiet objections to Serbia?s candidacy for European Union membership, the country?s chief negotiator said Saturday. The accord struck on Friday creates joint border crossing controls in northern Kosovo to be shared by Serb and Kosovo authorities. For months, Kosovo?s minority Serbs have blocked roads ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia hopes Kosovo border deal will help EU bid [Dec 03, 2011] A key new agreement on disputed border crossings between Serbia and Kosovo will help quiet objections to Serbia's candidacy for European Union membership, the country's chief negotiator said Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Belgrade denies border agreement reached with Kosovo [Dec 03, 2011] Belgrade (dpa) - Belgrade?s chief negotiator denied late Friday that an EU-brokered deal had been reached with Kosovo to defuse tensions over the Serbia-Kosovo border."Despite all our efforts today, the deal has not been reached," the state news agency Tanjug quoted Borislav Stefanovic as saying in Brussels, after three days of marathon talks. "Though we came significantly closer, we still need ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia 'won't give up' on EU candidate bid [Dec 02, 2011] (BRUSSELS ) - Serbia and Kosovo returned to talks to ease tension on the Balkan border Friday, with Belgrade's chief negotiator pledging extra efforts to prise open the door to European Union membership. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia, Kosovo fail to make progress in EU-sponsored talks [Dec 02, 2011] Pristina/Belgrade (dpa) - Serbia and Kosovo failed to make progress in marathon talks in Brussels early Friday, Belgrade?s chief negotiator, Borislav Stefanovic, said.The talks, facilitated by the European Union, are intended to resolve issues stemming from Kosovo?s secession from Serbia nearly four years ago.The talks on Wednesday and whole day Thursday focused on tensions over the disputed ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Official: Serbia to implement agreements with Kosovo, despite opposition from local Serbs [Nov 21, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia ? Serbia?s chief negotiator in EU-mediated talks with Kosovo says the Belgrade government will implement all agreements reached during the discussions, in spite of opposition from local Serbs. Borislav Stefanovic said Thursday he expects the talks with Kosovo officials next week in Brussels to result in concrete deals and that the disputed customs posts along the boundary will ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Official: Serbia to implement agreements with Kosovo, despite opposition from local Serbs [Nov 17, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia ? Serbia?s chief negotiator in EU-mediated talks with Kosovo says the Belgrade government will implement all agreements reached during the discussions, in spite of opposition from local Serbs. Borislav Stefanovic said Thursday he expects the talks with Kosovo officials next week in Brussels to result in concrete deals and that the disputed customs posts along the boundary will ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia to implement deals with Kosovo [Nov 17, 2011] Serbia's chief negotiator in EU-mediated talks with Kosovo says the Belgrade government will implement all agreements reached during the discussions, in spite of opposition from local Serbs. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian chief negotiator to visit Kosovo [May 10, 2011] (BELGRADE ) - Serbia's chief negotiator in EU-brokered talks with Pristina will visit Kosovo and meet top officials in a first such move since the end of 1998-1999 war, a government official said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia ready to talk about Kosovo [Apr 24, 2011] Serbia is ready to talk about division of Kosovo, whose independence it has vowed never to recognise, Belgrade chief negotiator Borko Stefanovic said in an interview published yesterday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia says Kosovo status not obstacle for talks [Mar 11, 2011] (BELGRADE ) - Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence, although not recognised by Serbia, should not be an obstacle for EU-brokered talks, Serbia's chief negotiator said Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Belgrade hopes to start Kosovo talks in March [Feb 24, 2011] Serbia's chief negotiator said Thursday that he expected EU-brokered talks between Belgrade and Pristina to start in March and yield results by summer. [via YahooNews] More >>