http://euparl.net/9353000/1/j9vvhskmycle0vf/vh9if1ear39f Nieuws bij Toetreding Servië tot de Europese Unie nl 2013-06-19T03:21:12+00:00 PDC daily 1 1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 http://euparl.net/9353000/1/j9vvhskmycle0vf/vjaknhglkvz4?ctx=vh9if1ear39f&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw The Minister for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton TD, met the Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic today (Monday). The meeting was an opportunity to discuss the implementation of the April agreement on the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue. 2013-06-16T22:00:00+00:00 http://euparl.net/9353000/1/j9vvhskmycle0vf/vja3lz1immxr?ctx=vh9if1ear39f&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw BRUSSELS - Deadlines for taking the first steps on a Kosovo-Serbia pact expire at midnight on Friday (31 May), with Balkan officials racing against the clock. 2013-05-31T14:09:02+00:00 http://euparl.net/9353000/1/j9vvhskmycle0vf/vja1d46dhxw6?ctx=vh9if1ear39f&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw Ethnic Serbs in north Kosovo have created their own parliament in an act of defiance against an EU-brokered deal for Belgrade to let Pristina take control of the breakaway territory. A Kosovo Serb spokesman, Marko Jaksic, told AFP the move is designed to "defend us from the Brussels agreement." 2013-05-29T08:13:13+00:00 http://euparl.net/9353000/1/j9vvhskmycle0vf/vja1iz27tnz4?ctx=vh9if1ear39f&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw Serbia's 19 April deal with Kosovo, and the roadmap agreed on 22 May to implement it, were hailed as a remarkable achievement by Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs in a debate with Serbia's Prime Minister Ivica Dačić on Wednesday. Putting the deal into effect swiftly is now crucial, they stressed, reiterating that the Council should set a date at its next meeting for starting EU accession talks with Belgrade, provided Serbia sticks to its reform course. 2013-05-28T22:00:00+00:00 http://euparl.net/9353000/1/j9vvhskmycle0vf/vj9zbgunu2z1?ctx=vh9if1ear39f&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw EUROPEAN UNION 2013-05-26T22:00:00+00:00 http://euparl.net/9353000/1/j9vvhskmycle0vf/vj9wf9cf6sv1?ctx=vh9if1ear39f&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw Jan Marinus Wiersma is senior visiting fellow van Instituut Clingendael 2013-05-24T09:56:00+00:00 http://euparl.net/9353000/1/j9vvhskmycle0vf/vj9ur77vylyk?ctx=vh9if1ear39f&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw EUROPEAN UNION 2013-05-21T22:00:00+00:00 http://euparl.net/9353000/1/j9vvhskmycle0vf/vj9tbhf9e1yy?ctx=vh9if1ear39f&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw Serbian and Kosovar prime ministers are to meet in Brussels on Tuesday to improve relations between the two nations, reports AFP. An EU-brokered deal in April saw Serbia lift its objections to Kosovo joining international institutions. EU leaders now want the deal implemented. 2013-05-21T06:47:06+00:00 http://euparl.net/9353000/1/j9vvhskmycle0vf/vj9tvrqoxtxo?ctx=vh9if1ear39f&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw EUROPEAN UNION 2013-05-20T22:00:00+00:00 http://euparl.net/9353000/1/j9vvhskmycle0vf/vj9pjpvyvmwz?ctx=vh9if1ear39f&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw BERLIN - German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle will travel to Belgrade and Pristina Sunday and Monday to help speed up the implementation of a deal that would have "parallel Serbian structures" removed from Kosovo. Westerwelle's spokesman Friday said Bundestag approval is required for further EU steps, with a decision pending in June. 2013-05-17T12:27:57+00:00