Ulrike Lunacek

"No new conditions should be imposed on Serbia"

STRASBOURG -- Johannes Hahn has urged the members of the European Parliament (EP) in Strasbourg not to impose new conditions on Serbia in the country's EU accession process.

Official reacts to claim Serbia "must recognize Kosovo"

BELGRADE -- Marko Djuric qualified on Sunday as "incorrect and detrimental" Ulrike Lunacek's statement that recognizing Kosovo was a condition for Serbia's EU accession.

The Austrian politician is the deputy president of the European Parliament (EP).

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric qualified on Sunday as incorrect and detrimental the statement by European Parliament Vice President Ulrike Lunacek who said that recognition of Kosovo constitutes a condition for Serbia's EU accession.

BELGRADE - Vice President of the European Parliament Ulrike Lunacek stated on Sunday that her next report on Kosovo would state that certain progress has been achieved concerning the northern part of the province, but she also stated that normalisation of relations and recognition of Kosovo would be a condition for Serbia's EU accession.

BRUSSELS - The leaders of the three largest groups in the European Parliament (EP) Wednesday welcomed the decision by EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Federica Mogherini to launch an independent investigation into allegations about abuses at top levels of the European rule of law mission in Kosovo (EULEX).

EULEX affair "tests credibility of EU enlargement"

BRUSSELS -- The accusations of corruption within EULEX must be investigated urgently, "along with everything related to that," says Ulrike Lunacek.

The steps taken as the result must be transparent, the European parliament (EP) vice president and rapporteur for Kosovo stated on Wednesday.

VIENNA - The accusations of corruption within EULEX have to be investigated urgently, along with everything related to that, and the steps taken as the result have to be transparent, European Parliament (EP) Vice President and rapporteur for Kosovo Ulrike Lunacek said on Wednesday.

Lunacek said that allegations by a suspended EULEX prosecutor, Maria Bamieh, that a official judge took bribes to close certain high-profile cases "cast a dark shadow" on the reputation of the EU's rule-of-law mission.

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MEPs are to convene Tuesday for the first session of the new European Parliament in Strasbourg.

They will have to decide on the Parliament's leadership and also to set up different Committees, with the latter activity to continue at the next sitting on Wednesday.