Accession of Serbia to the European Union

Beta agency is reporting this on Wednesday, citing Bender's interview for the European Western Balkans website.

"For Kosovo the formal accession process has hit a wall. Formally there is no way to move forward for Kosovo now," he said, adding: "With 5 EU member states not recognizing Kosovo, Kosovo has no enlargement perspective. Spain has made this very clear now."

Macron told the European parliament on Tuesday that he will "only support an enlargement when there is first a deepening and a reform of our Europe."

Speaking on Wednesday, Mondoloni added that he "respects freedom of the press - but the headlines in Politika and Novosti (dailies) are not correct."

The pace of the EU accession talks between Brussels and Belgrade continues to depend on progress in the reform process in Serbia, as well as on the dialogue on normalisation of relations with Pristina, says the European Commission report on Serbia's progress on the EU path, to be published on Tuesday, Tanjug reported.

A statement issued by the president's press service after the meeting in Belgrade on Thursday also said that Vucic and Palmer "believe that normalization of relations is of key importance not only for the EU accession process, but also for regional stability and future prosperity in the region."

Spain, Romania and Cyprus have announced they will not participate in the official part of the summit, if Kosovo representatives are present as well.

"This summit is important for the process of European integration, and everyone should take part. I hope everyone will be there," Scott said.

Speaking in the Serbian National Assembly on Thursday, the prime minister noted that the formation of the ZSO was a part of the Brussels agreement - brokered by the EU in 2013, within the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue - and that "it must be implemented."

BELGRADE - Serbia's chief EU negotiator Tanja Miscevic said on Tuesday Serbia would by the end of March be fully prepared to open five chapters in its EU accession talks.

Speaking at a conference on Chapter 30, she said Serbia would by the end of the month also "send" to Brussels the chapter concerning the economic and monetary union.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he does not force Serbia to make a choice between Russia and the European Union.

"I did not want the Serbs to make a choice because they have to have good relations with Russia and have such good relations with Europe as far as it is possible," said the European Commission chief in an interview with Euronews.

BELGRADE - Serbia welcomes the EU enlargement strategy presented by the European Commission earlier this month as it is an encouragement for us to work more quickly on reforms in our country and society, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Monday afternoon with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who is accompanied by EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn.

The meeting in Belgrade's Vila Mir is also attended by Hahn.