Jadranka Joksimovic

BRUSSELS - A big donor conference will bring together numerous officials and representatives of international institutions and organizations from Europe and the world in Brussels on Wednesday, in an effort to help remedy the consequences of the catastrophic floods that hit Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) in May.

BRUSSELS – Serbia’s Minister without Portfolio in charge of European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic said in Brussels Tuesday that the foreign policy of Serbia would have to be aligned with that of the EU, but there would still be room to maneuver in the area of domestic affairs.

Foreign policy screening to start in Brussels

BRUSSELS -- The “screening” of Chapter 31 - foreign, security and defense policy - in Serbia’s EU accession process will begin on Tuesday.

BRUSSELS - The “screening” of Chapter 31 (Foreign, security and defense policy) in Serbia’s EU accession process will begin Tuesday.

The Serbian delegation will be comprised of Minister without Portfolio in charge of European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic, Assistant Foreign Minister Miomir Udovicki and head of the negotiating team Tanja Miscevic.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister Without Portfolio in charge of EU integration Jadranka Joksimovic said on Friday Italy was a partner to Serbia and the Western Balkans in the EU enlargement process.

Italy is one of the carriers of the EU enlargement policy, which is very important to Serbia, she said at the Italian embassy in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister without portfolio in charge of European integration Jadranka Joksimovic stated on Thursday that Serbia will have to insist more and more on aligning its foreign policy to that of the EU as it continues to make progress on its EU path and not to try to avoid it.

Prime minister meeting with German MPs

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić is on Thursday meeting with German parliament members Andreas Schockenhoff and Hans-Joachim Falenski.

They are deputy chairman and foreign policy advisor of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, respectively.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister without Portfolio responsible for EU integration Jadranka Joksimovic and Japanese Senior Vice-Minister in charge of disaster management
Yasutoshi Nishimura agreed on Wednesday that the countries could cooperate with a view to training staff for prevention of natural disasters.

BELGRADE - Jadranka Joksimovic, Serbia's minister without portfolio responsible for EU integration, underlined on Wednesday in talks with Jan Kickert, political director at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, that Austria's support is very important for Serbia along the EU path.

BELGRADE - Serbian society needs reforms in order to be able to open specific chapters in the EU accession talks as soon as possible and achieve an economic recovery, Serbia's Minister without portfolio Jadranka Joksimovic said Friday after meeting with Portuguese State Secretary for European Affairs Bruno Macaes.