Austrian Economic Senate

BELGRADE - Next year will be very challenging for the economy, because a whole series of structural laws need to be adopted and the ones already adopted this year need to be implemented, Belgrade Chamber of Commerce President Milivoje Miletic said on Friday.

Only Serbia and Montenegro could join EU "as package"

VIENNA -- Belgrade is against a joint EU entry of all Western Balkan countries "as a package," says Serbia's chief negotiator in EU talks, Tanja Miščević.

"The only such package possible is one that would include Montenegro besides Serbia," she said on Friday.

VIENNA - Belgrade is against a joint EU entry of all Western Balkan countries as a package, and the only such package possible is one that would include Montenegro besides Serbia, Serbia's chief EU negotiator Tanja Miscevic said on Friday.

VIENNA - Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz will visit Belgrade on Wednesday with, as announced, a message of encouragement for the continuation of the reform process.

Kurz will have separate meetings with Serbia's President Tomislav Nikolic, First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, and Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic.