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BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with representatives of the Council of the EU Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA) on Thursday.

Ljubljana – Prime Minister Janez Janša met with representatives of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the EU (COMECE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) on Friday. They discussed the global role of the EU, religious freedom and the ongoing pandemic, said the PM’s office and the Slovenian Bishops’ Conference (SŠK).

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Parliament Speaker Vladimir Marinkovic met in the Serbian parliament building on Friday with a delegation of the Council of the EU Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA) to discuss Serbia's EU integration.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic on Wednesday received members of the Council of the EU Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA) to discuss Serbia's European integration process to date and in the future.

BELGRADE - Belgrade is interested in continuing the dialogue with Pristina, Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric said Wednesday at a meeting with members of the Council of the EU Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA), expressing concern over the fact that expert teams had not met in Brussels since November.

BRUSSELS - Following Friday's meeting of the Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA), Serbia looks almost certain to also open Chapter 25 in its EU accession talks along with Chapter 5 (public procurement) next Tuesday.

After Belgium's Wallonia region, the capital region of Brussels has also refused to ratify the free-trade agreement between Canada and the EU (CETA).

At present, two out of the three regions in the country have declared that they do not support CETA.

BELGRADE - The National Convention on the EU (NKEU) appealed to the Serbian government on Wednesday to take immediate steps focused towards opening the first chapters of the accession talks with the EU as soon as possible and towards speeding up the EU integration process.

Serbia "expects EU to appreciate its efforts"

BELGRADE -- Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić says he expects EU members "to recognize and appreciate the efforts Serbia is investing in the process of EU integration."

In his opinion, this would allow the planned pace of the opening of first negotiation chapters by the end of 2014 to be maintained.

Serb List to seek postponement of assembly session

BELGRADE -- The Serb List will request postponement of the planned continuation of the inaugural session of the Kosovo assembly, scheduled for Friday.

This was revealed on Thursday by the director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Đurić.