Jose Manuel Barroso

BRUSSELS - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic met President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso and Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Bakir Izetbegovic before the beginning of the donor conference in Brussels on Wednesday.

Brussels hosts donor conference for Serbia and Bosnia

BELGRADE -- An international donor conference will be held in Brussels on Wednesday to raise funds for the reconstruction of areas affected by floods in Serbia and Bosnia.

A majority in the European Parliament has approved Jean-Claude Juncker to be President of the European Commission, reports BBC.

He got 422 votes out of the 729 total cast in the secret ballot, despite strong opposition earlier from Britain. Juncker got well over the 376 votes minimum that he needed.

There were 250 votes against him, 47 abstentions and 10 spoilt ballots.

The European Parliament is expected to approve on Tuesday the nomination of former Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission.

If backed by a majority of MEPs, he will succeed incumbent Jose Manuel Barroso of Portugal in November.

Last month,  Juncker won the backing of 26 out of 28 leaders of the EU.

The European Commission cannot set a time frame for the recovery of payments under the OP Environment and requires further financial corrections from Bulgaria.

BELGRADE - Head of the EU's Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport has said that further progress in the negotiations with the EU will require fresh momentum for reforms, and noted that the first chapter in the negotiations could be opened by the end of the year.

BELGRADE - President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso visited Belgrade on Sunday and told Serbia's top officials the EU would continue to support the country's EU integration, while the Serbian side stated that EU membership was still a priority for the government.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has thanked European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso for the support for Serbia on its path towards the EU, adding that Barroso has come to visit "Serbia, the next member state of the EU."

"EU to continue support to Serbia's accession"

BELGRADE -- The EU will continue its strong support to Serbia's European pathway to enable the country to become a full-fledged member as soon as possible.

This is according to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, who spoke in Belgrade on Sunday.

BELGRADE - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso met with Democratic Party leader Bojan Pajtic on Sunday.

The meeting was held at the Hyatt Regency Belgrade hotel after Barroso's meeting with New Democratic Party leader Boris Tadic.

The separate meetings with Tadic and Pajtic were also attended by the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport.