What Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Evangelos Venizelos, Štefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement, Prime Minister of Serbia Ivica Dacic and First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said after the First Intergovernmental conference that marked the official start of EU membership negotiations with Serbia. – Gratitude to Catherine Ashton.
The first Intergovernmental conference is an opportunity to share general attitudes between representatives of the EU and Serbia, present EU Negotiating framework, present Serbia`s negotiating team and propose calendar of meetings within the screening process that precedes essential negotiations.
On the occasion of the First Intergovernmental Conference between Serbia and the European Union, a press conference will be held in Brussels on Tuesday, January 21st, 2014, starting at 10:00.
The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, issued the following statement today:
Statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on developments in the Ukrainian Parliament.
Brussels Agreement between Belgrade and Pristina is important for the whole region and it is important that Kosovo and Serbia continue dialogue and tackle new challenges and reform their societies, emphasised European Commissioner for Enlargement at the European Parliament session. Kacin: For less than a week Serbia will step on a historic road, which will lead this largest Western Balkans country to the full membership in the European Union.
528 MEPs voted in favour of report, 43 voted against it, while 51 abstained.
Statement of Michael DAVENPORT, Head of the European Union Delegation to the Republic of Serbia, on the arrest of suspects for the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija.
Dialogue between Serbia’s Prime Minister Ivica Dačić and Kosovo`s Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi will be continued on 27 January in Brussels and it will be facilitated by High Representative of the European Union Catherine Ashton, her spokesperson Maja Kocijančič announced.
What does the latest report on economic trends in the EU candidate and pre-accession countries show? In Serbia, domestic product increased but so did the government dept, while deficit remains high.
