President of the European Commission

Barroso meets with Pajtic

BELGRADE - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso met with Democratic Party leader Bojan Pajtic on Sunday.

The meeting was held at the Hyatt Regency Belgrade hotel after Barroso's meeting with New Democratic Party leader Boris Tadic.

The separate meetings with Tadic and Pajtic were also attended by the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport.

Bulgaria's Stanishev to Lead PES Talks on Future EU Policies

Socialist leader Sergey Stanishev has been authorized to conduct talks on the future EU Commission's policies on behalf of the Party of European Socialists (PES).

Stanishev, who is also the President of PES, renounced his seat as Bulgarian lawmaker earlier this week in order to become MEP. Parliament approved his resignation Friday.

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