Serbia officially applied for EU membership in 2009, and the ongoing dispute with Kosovo and the recent bloodshed that implicates Belgrade is the biggest obstacle to EU membership. Kosovo formally ...

Kosovo also accuses Serbia of hiding the locations where the bodies of more than 1,600 people still listed as officially missing are buried. The EU rule of law mission in Kosovo, or EULEX, says it ...

Kosovo and Serbia are risking to be left behind when other regional partners are moving quicker towards Europe,” he said. Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic, right, EU Special Representative ...

Kosovo and Serbia have reached an agreement on implementing a European Union-backed deal to normalise ties, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said late on Saturday, though the two leaders said ...

Kosovo’s Serbs view themselves as part of Serbia, and see Belgrade as their capital, rather than Pristina. Attempts to "normalize relations" between the two countries have mostly been abortive ...

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo met in Brussels on Tuesday only to agree on joint work in finding the missing persons in their talks on the implementation of a European Union-backed plan to ...

Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic, left, and Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti, right, at an EU-facilitated meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on May 2, 2023. EU Council/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images ...

Kosovo and Serbia have agreed to back a proposed European Union plan for normalization of relations, but, in a sign of persisting differences about its implementation, stopped short of signing it.

This article first appeared on the Carnegie Europe Strategic Europe site. Good news is in short supply in the Western Balkans. But this could change after Kosovo and Serbia signed a landmark ...

The EU has mediated negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo since 2011, but few of the 33 agreements that have been signed were put into action.

The EU has spent 12 years facilitating negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo. Kosovo declared independence in 2008, but Serbia does not recognize its statehood.

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo meet in Brussels on Tuesday May 2, 2023 to continue talks on the implementation of a European Union-backed 11-point plan to normalize ties between the two, but ...