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“Serbia plays key role in EU enlargement”
January 18th, 2011 |
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Greek FM Dimitris Droutsas has stated that Greece, which, along with Bulgaria, has assumed the responsibility of ushering neighboring countries into the EU.
Greece is doing everything in its power to promote the idea of the EU enlargement in the Western Balkan region, he said.
Deputy PM on EU integration at EP
January 17th, 2011 |
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Deputy PM Božidar Äelić will address the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee and present Belgrade’s plans for 2011 regarding the EU integration.
Äelić will inform the EP members that Serbia expects to get the EU candidate status in 2011, Tanjug learned in Äelić’s cabinet.
EU enlargement promise “alive”
January 17th, 2011 |
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Luxembourg FM Jean Asselborn says the EU “plans to keep its promise regarding the Western Balkans’ EU perspective despite the current economic crisis”. This, Asselborn explained, taking into account that the region’s admission to the union “represents a peace project”.
EU, U.S., and “differences over Kosovo”
January 17th, 2011 |
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A month after Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty presented his Kosovo report, it is unclear if Belgrade and PriÅ¡tina will start their talks, says the BBC. The British media outlet’s Serbian service is reporting that after strong initial reactions, “especially in the western media, which described Kosovo as a criminal state”, and after Hashim Thaci’s denials and threats of lawsuits against the Swiss senator, “spirits have settled down somewhat”.
Deputy PM on EU integration at EP
January 17th, 2011 |
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Deputy PM Božidar Äelić will address the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee and present Belgrade’s plans for 2011 regarding the EU integration.
Äelić will inform the EP members that Serbia expects to get the EU candidate status in 2011, Tanjug learned in Äelić’s cabinet.
“EU skepticism on rise due to economyâ€
January 16th, 2011 |
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Experts believe that the economic situation is the reason why Serbian citizens’ support for the EU integration is declining.
Next week will be very important for Serbia’s European integration since the European Parliament should adopt the resolution on Serbia and ratify the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA).
Finance minister requests EU stand on excise tax
January 15th, 2011 |
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Serbian Finance Minister Diana Dragutinović has asked the EU Delegation in Serbia to come out with an official stance on the amendments to the Excise Tax Law.
She asked whether the amendments to the Excise Tax Law violated the directives of the EU and Serbia’s Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA).
“Austria supports Serbia’s EU integrationâ€
January 15th, 2011 |
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Austria will continue to support Serbia’s EU integration and it will strongly oppose the EU’s Balkan fatigue, Austrian FM Michael Spindelegger stated on Friday. During the talks with Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić in Vienna, he said that Serbia had made significant progress on its EU path over the past year, the Austrian Foreign Ministry stated in a release.
“Austria supports Serbia’s EU integrationâ€
January 15th, 2011 |
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Austria will continue to support Serbia’s EU integration and it will strongly oppose the EU’s Balkan fatigue, Austrian FM Michael Spindelegger stated on Friday
During the talks with Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić in Vienna, he said that Serbia had made significant progress on its EU path over the past year, the Austrian Foreign Ministry stated in a release.
EU “will protest” over Serbia’s excise taxes
January 14th, 2011 |
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The EU might soon strongly protest against the adoption of dual fuel excise taxes in Serbia, Belgrade’s daily Danas writes.
The newspaper adds that excise on imported oil derivatives is higher. Quoting well-informed sources from the Serbian government, Danas writes that European companies are “discriminated by the move”.
Serbians less enthusiastic about EU
January 14th, 2011 |
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Public support for EU accession in Serbia has dropped to 57 percent, the government EU Integration Office chief Milica Delević said on Friday. She noted that the responses show the EU is seen as a way to a better and more ordered life.
Serbians less enthusiastic about EU
January 14th, 2011 |
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Public support for EU accession in Serbia has dropped to 57 percent, the government EU Integration Office chief Milica Delević said on Friday. She noted that the responses show the EU is seen as a way to a better and more ordered life.
Serbia, EU sign market liberalization protocol
January 11th, 2011 |
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Serbia’s Minister of Economy MlaÄ‘an Dinkić and EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht signed a market liberalization protocol in Brussels on Tuesday. It is part of Serbia’s accession into the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Ministry of Economy announced in Belgrade.
EU to reject Iran’s invitation to nuclear sites
January 8th, 2011 |
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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton says the EU will turn down Iran’s offer to visit its nuclear facilities. She stressed that the EU welcomed Iran’s invitation but that the task should be carried out by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
“EU should offer clear perspective to Serbia”
January 8th, 2011 |
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Hungary took over the EU presidency from Belgium at a ceremony in Budapest yesterday.
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban says that the EU should offer Serbia a clear European perspective.
“After Croatia, EU should admit others”
January 7th, 2011 |
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that the country intended to finalize European Union’s (EU) pre-accession talks with Croatia. He added that other countries of the region should also be admitted to the bloc in order that the work on the unification of the European continent could be completed, Croatian electronic media reported on Thursday.
Intel Looks to Ease EU Concerns Over McAfee Deal
January 6th, 2011 |
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Intel is offering certain promises to European regulators in hopes of alleviating antitrust fears over the chip makers bid to buy McAfee for $7.68 billion. – Intel is offering concessions to European regulators in hopes of gaining approval for its proposed $7.68 billion acquisition of security software maker McAfee.
The deal, which was approved last month by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, is still being reviewed by the European Commission, which re…
Slovak FM on EU, Kosovo, cooperation
January 5th, 2011 |
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Slovak Foreign Minister Mikulas Dzurinda stated on Wednesday that Bratislava will continue to assist Serbia’s EU path.
He underlined that modernization of Serbia is good and necessary “not for bureaucracy, but rather for people”.
“Hungary will help Serbia approach EU”
January 5th, 2011 |
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Hungarian FM Janos Martonyi has said that his country will do everything it can to assist Serbia and other countries in the region to get closer to the Union.
Hungary assumed the rotating six-month European Union presidency on January 1.