Accession of Serbia to the European Union

BELGRADE - Progress on rule of law and the process of normalisation of relations with Pristina remain substantial for the overall pace of Serbia's EU accession talks, says a declaration adopted by the European Parliament's EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (SAPC) in Belgrade Thursday.

The threat of a new war in the Balkans has made Serbia move closer to Russia, the website Vzglyad is reported on Wednesday, cited by Beta.

According to the Russian website, the United States and the European Union are now "forced to admit that Russia's position in Serbia has strengthened."

BRUSSELS - The opening of two new chapters in Serbia's EU accession talks is positive news, although we are not entirely satisfied as we were ready to open at least three chapters, Serbian European Integration Minister Jadranka Joksimovic said in Brussels late Monday.

BRUSSELS - Serbia opened two new chapters in its EU accession talks at an intergovernmental conference in Brussels on Monday.

The chapters opened were Chapter 6 (Company Law) and Chapter 30 (External Relations).

BRUSSELS - At Monday's intergovernmental conference in Brussels, Serbia will open two new chapters in its EU accession talks - Chapter 6 (Company Law) and Chapter 30 (External Relations).

The EU member states have decided to give the "green light" for the chapters, which will take the number of chapters opened to date to 12.

Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic presented Serbia at the Seventh Intergovernmental Conference in Brussels on Monday, at which two negotiation chapters were opened: 6 - Company Law and 30 - Economic Relations with Foreign Countries.

At an intergovernmental conference in Brussels on Monday, Serbia will open talks on Chapters 6 and 30 of the EU acquis - the body of legal rights and obligations that all EU member states must observe.

The two chapters that will be negotiated between Brussels and Belgrade concern company law and external economic relations.

BELGRADE - Serbia has reasons to be satisfied with the number of chapters it has opened in the EU accession talks and to have great expectations for next year, says Regional Cooperation Council Secretary-General Goran Svilanovic.

The European Investment Bank has invested EUR 5 billion.

EU Delegation to Serbia chief Sem Fabrizi said at an Investing in the European Future of the Western Balkans conference on Dec. 8 that EUR 200 million had been invested a year since the beginning of the negotiating process, or EUR 3 billion over 15 years.

BRUSSELS - Serbia will open two new chapters in its EU accession talks at an intergovernmental conference in Brussels on Monday, December 11.

The final decision to open Chapters 6 (company law) and 30 (external relations) was made by the 28 EU member states without debate at a meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives(COREPER) at ambassadorial level.