EU to offer Serbia fast track to candidacy: draft
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European Union leaders are set to  offer Serbia a fast track to candidacy for membership of the  bloc and pledge to step up preparations for a police mission to  stabilize Kosovo, a draft statement for Friday's EU summit  said.
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PRAGUE- The government approved the draft European constitution and decided that Prime Minister Stanislav Gross and Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda will sign the document at this Friday's ceremony in Rome.
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The EU is looking to send up to  1,000 police, judges and other law enforcement personnel to  Kosovo once the future of the U.N.-administered province of  Serbia is settled, an EU official said on Tuesday.
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The European Union will resume talks with Serbia on closer ties next week after Belgrade boosted cooperation with the U.N. war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the EU's executive said on Thursday.
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Serbia hopes to sign a key aid and trade pact with the European Union before the end of this month, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said Tuesday, as its province of Kosovo heads toward independence.
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The EU sought Monday to boost the election chances of Serbia's pro-European President Boris Tadic, offering to sign a cooperation deal after a poll that is shaping up as a "referendum on Europe".
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The European Commission has written to  Serbia, warning that time is running out for it to arrest war  crimes suspect Ratko Mladic if it wants to conclude an  agreement this year on closer ties, an EU official said on  Friday.
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EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said Serbia was close Monday to achieving full cooperation with the UN war crimes court and expressed support for signing a trade and aid pact with Belgrade.
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EU leaders in Brussels are expected to offer Serbia a fast track route to candidacy in a deal linked to Kosovo.
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Serbia and Montenegro has reiterated that Serbia and Montenegro considered status of Kosovo within its state framework.
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European Union nations agreed Monday on an offer to set up regular political ties with Serbia, open up trade and end visa restrictions, but it fell short of a wider deal to prepare Serbia for EU membership.
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The European Union could change  the Balkans at a stroke by giving membership candidate status  to countries still uncertain whether the bloc really wants  them, Serb Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said on Monday.
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"We have seen what happened in former Yugoslavia when the European Union did not take things in hand."  European Union leaders, worried that Kosovo's push for independence could trigger instability in the Balkans, were set to offer Serbia a fast-track route to joining the bloc at a summit on Friday. via Reuters
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BBC News Online explains what the EU draft constitution is all about.
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BELGRADE, Sep 14 (IPS) - Serbia is finalising the procedure for signing the  strategically important Stabilisation and Association Agreement  (SAA) with the European Union (EU) as soon as possible, but  several obstacles are still in the way.
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BRUSSELS (BBC News) - The EU expects Serbia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania to have signed initial deals paving the way for eventual entry into the bloc by the end of 2008, EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said in Brussels on Tuesday. "I expect that in 2008 conditions will be fulfilled and thus we will be able to complete Stabilisation and Association Agreements (SAA) with all countries in the region," EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said in Brussels on Tuesday. He praised Serbia in particular for turning its back on its nationalist past by supporting the work of the UN's war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
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New European Union President Slovenia said on Tuesday it aimed to sign an accord with Serbia that is a first step towards EU membership soon, possibly by the end of this month.