Christian Danielsson

Maintaining the macroeconomic stability and fully implementing the reforms required to tackle the basic structural deficiencies of the Serbian economy will be the main challenge for the economic policy, says Sebastian Sosa, head of the IMF Office in Serbia.

A European Union official is urging leaders in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to focus on reforms necessary for the country to join the bloc, after Greece ratified a deal ending a nearly three-decade long dispute over use of the name "Macedonia."

The gathering is held in Sarajevo, and hosted by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia-Herzegovina Igor Crnadak, the Serbian government has announced.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic spoke with Christian Danielsson, Director General for Enlargement at the European Commission, on the fringes of the Belgrade Security Forum (BSF) on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The economic reforms being implemented by Serbia are impressive, and next Monday's intergovernmental conference, at which Serbia will open Chapters 20 and 26 in its EU accession talks, will be a step forward, says Christian Danielsson, the European Commission's Director General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic and Christian Danielsson, the European Commission's Director General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, on Friday discussed Serbia's progress in European integration in the field of transport policy.

OBRENOVAC - The European Commission's Director General for Enlargement Christian Danielsson toured on Friday the Nikola Tesla power plant complex in Obrenovac and underscored on the occasion the EU's strong support for the modernisation of Serbia.

With the opening of another two chapters in the EU accession process on Monday, Serbia will make further steps forward, Danielsson said.

BELGRADE - The initiative for a revision of the ICJ ruling on Bosnia and Herzegovina's genocide lawsuit against Serbia - launched by Bakir Izetbegovic, the Bosniak member of the BiH Presidency - is deeply contrary to efforts to achieve comprehensive reconciliation in the region, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic has said, noting this was a threat to the stability of BiH and the region.

BELGRADE - Serbia expects the EU accession process to be sped up in the coming period, as the country has demonstrated a big capacity for reform, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic underlined in a conversation with the European Commission's Director General for Enlargement Christian Danielsson.

BELGRADE - Serbian EU Integration Minister Jadranka Joksimovic and Christian Danielsson, the European Commission's Director General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, on Thursday welcomed the planned opening of Chapters 20 and 26 in Serbia's accession talks, noting their pace was solid and a positive signal for further reforms and progress on the European path.