Michael Davenport

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic demanded on Monday an urgent reaction by the international community and a release of two peaceful Serb protesters kidnapped by Pristina's police in Zvecan a week ago.

BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini has named Italian diplomat Sem Fabrizi as new head of the EU Delegation to Serbia.

Fabrizi will succeed the UK's Michael Davenport.

The head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport will soon leave this post because he has been appointed to another job.

The daily Danas is reporting this citing diplomatic sources in Belgrade.

According to the article, Davenport, who came to the helm of the EU mission in Belgrade in June 2013, will likely leave sooner than planned.

The head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport will soon leave this post because he has been appointed to another job.

The daily Danas is reporting this citing diplomatic sources in Belgrade.

Mogherini delivered a speech to parliament in Belgrade on Friday despite booing by the MPs from the Serbian Radical Party who shouted: "Serbia, Russia, we don't need the EU."

MPs from the far-right Dveri members meanwhile held up posters with the slogans: "Serbia doesn't believe in Brussels."

Mogherini however encouraged Serbian lawmakers to continue pursuing EU membership.

EU Delegation head Michael Davenport has expressed his condolences over Tuesday’s fatal explosions at a military facility in Kragujevac, central Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbia could this year present negotiating positions for 13 new chapters in the EU accession talks that primarily relate to the economy, finances, corporate law and the customs union, the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia, Michael Davenport, said Friday.

Serbia could this year present negotiating positions for 13 new chapters in the EU accession talks, says EU Delegation head Michael Davenport.

They primarily relate to the economy, finances, corporate law and the customs union, he said on Friday.

BELGRADE - The European Commission has approved 7.3 mln euros more for Serbia in aid for migration management - the funds will go to the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Veteran and Social Affairs, the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration and the Ministry of Interior.

BELGRADE - The head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport said Thursday the Maltese EU presidency in the first half of 2017 would focus on rule of law and meeting of obligations in that area, and Serbia's chief EU negotiator Tanja Miscevic noted the goal was to reach the standard of a normal, developed, 21st-century Serbia.