Accession of Serbia to the European Union

BELGRADE - Greece, which currently holds the EU presidency, will do all in its might to help Serbia on its EU pathway, Greek Ambassador to Serbia Konstantinos Ikonomidis stated on Friday.

Ikonomidis said at a debate held at the Belgrade Youth Center that he is honored to serve in Belgrade at the time when Serbia has engaged in the official talks on the EU accession.

On a visit to Belgrade on Thursday, Gerhard Schroeder said he believed that Serbia could join the EU by 2020, as its government was ready to undertake reforms “despite all difficulties on the pathway [to membership]."

BELGRADE - Germany's former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder stated on Thursday that the government in Belgrade has a realistic goal for Serbia to join the EU by 2020 as it is ready to carry out reforms despite all difficulties on the pathway.

Serbia's EU membership by 2020 "realistic goal"

BELGRADE -- Germany's former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder stated on Thursday that the government in Belgrade has "a realistic goal for Serbia to join the EU by 2020."

This is the case as it is "ready to carry out reforms despite all difficulties on the pathway," he was quoted as saying.

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic will take part in a ministerial session of the EU member and candidate states in Athens on Saturday.

The informal meeting hosted by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton will table the integration process of the EU candidate countries, the Eastern and the Southern partnerships.

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic conferred on Wednesday with the head of the EU delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport, who said that the EU foreign policy and security chief Catherine Ashton wishes to visit the Republic of Serbia after its new government has been formed.

Poll: 54 percent support EU membership

BELGRADE -- A majority of Serbian citizens would vote in favor of their country's membership in the EU in a referendum, according to a new survey.

The survey was commissioned by the Beta news agency and conducted by Ipsos Strategic Marketing.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic has invited the Ukrainian embassy charge d'affaires to a meeting to discuss Ukraine's promotional video about joining the EU that featured a map of Europe without Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbia's view concerning the events in Ukraine is known and unchanged, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated.

NOVI SAD - The campaign for the recent early election in Serbia has shown that the country's accession into the EU is a general goal that unifies the ruling and most of the opposition parties, Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport has said.