Hidden sanctions: Serbs to pay fee to enter EU? Davenport: Difficult to amend Serbia's constitution

BELGRADE - The tone of the report of the European Commission on Serbia will be similar to the previous one, said the Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU) in Belgrade Michael Davenport behind closed doors in Brussels, to the members of the Working Group on EU enlargement, adding that Russia's "soft power"in Serbia is far greater than before, reports Deutsche Welle Radio.

Referring to a confidential document of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deutsche Welle says that Davenport, noting that the media presence of Moscow in Serbia is "very big", said that the EU should not only oppose it, but also to tell "a better story".

When asked by German representative how the state of media will be treated in the progress report, Davenport said that he expects that this part of the report is similar to last year's, with the amendment of the difficulties in the...