A violent standoff in northern Kosovo risks halting its fragile dialogue with Serbia, and the latter's EU candidacy process, says the International Crisis Group. More »

Serbia is looking at Northern Ireland's "double sovereignty" model as a solution to the Kosovo issue, Serbian President Boris Tadić has said. Beta, EurActiv's partner agency in Serbia, reports. More »

The postponing of Serbia's EU candidate status will not deter the country from pursuing further reforms, closer ties with the Union, and a resolution of the Kosovo issue, says Konstantin Samofalov, a Serbian member of Parliament from the leading Democratic Party. More »

Serbia is unlikely to be granted candidate status at the 9 December EU summit, "unless the impossible happens", top EU diplomats close to the ongoing discussions told Euractiv. More »

Denmark's permanent representative to the EU said today (23 November) that he does not foresee the start of accession talks with Serbia under the coming Danish presidency, despite high expectations created in Belgrade by the arrest of war crimes fugitives. More »

Serbia's new Anti-Corruption Agency faces high expectations to reduce graft among high-level officials. In an exclusive interview with EurActiv Serbia, the organisation's director, Zorana Marković, presented her plan to make institutions "corruption-resistant" and warned that the country's existing legislation is insufficient to protect whistleblowers. More »

Serbia's new Anti-Corruption Agency faces high expectations to reduce both graft among high-level officials and the need for citizens to 'grease the wheels' of the bureaucracy to receive permits and basic public services. In an exclusive interview with EurActiv Serbia, the organisation's director, Zorana Marković, presents her plan to make institutions 'corruption-resistant...

The foreign ministers of Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia and Bosnia signed a joint declaration in Belgrade yesterday (7 November), with the aim of finding a solution for the remaining refugees and displaced people in the region. BETA, EurActiv's partner agency in Serbia, reports. More »

Croatian President Ivo Josipović said that he is willing to broker an agreement to defuse tensions with Serbia, which indicted Croatian nationals on war crimes charges stemming from the fratricidal wars between 1991 and 1995. More »

Russian officials inaugurated a "humanitarian centre" yesterday (17 October) in the Serbian city of Niš, situated 100 km from the Kosovo border, but denied suggestions that Moscow was in fact setting up a military base. The development took place days after the European Commission dampened Serbia's EU accession hopes.  More »