Stefan Fuele

BRUSSELS - EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele welcomed on Sunday the Belgrade Pride Parade and condemned the threats to the LGBT population coming from right-wing organisations.

The EU commends Serbia's security forces, who protected the participants of the Parade, a statement from Fuele's office reads.

Fuele: First two chapters may be opened by end of year

NEW YORK -- EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele believes that there is a chance for Brussels and Belgrade to cross an important threshold before the year ends.

NEW YORK - EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele believes that there is a chance for Brussels and Belgrade to cross an important threshold before the year ends and to open the first two of 35 policy chapters which Serbia must address to join the EU.

"I think we still believe that would be possible before the end of this year," Fuele said in an interview for Wall Street Journal.

NEW YORK - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic participated in the meeting of foreign ministers from Western Balkan countries with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele and future European High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini on the margins of the 69th UN General Assembly session in New York.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will attend the Conference on the Western Balkans due to take place in Berlin on Thursday at the initiative of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released on Wednesday.

BRUSSELS - The European Commission welcomes the statements by Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic concerning exports of food to Russia, Peter Stano, a spokesman for European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele, said Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbia's EU accession talks are progressing well, but Belgrade will have to comply with the joint foreign policy at the time of joining the EU, says Peter Stano, spokesperson of EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele.

Since the start of Serbia's accession talks with the EU, 18 out of 35 chapters have been subject to analytical screening, Stano said.

The EU Enlargement Commissioner, Stefan Fuele, called on the international donors' conference, which opened in Brussels on Wednesday, to show solidarity when pledging assistance to flood-hit Bosnia and Serbia.

"I hope we can use this moment of solidarity to help ensure that the countries of this region never have to endure the same destruction as we witnessed in May," he said.

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 - A donor conference under the motto “Rebuilding Together” will be held in Brussels on July 16 in order to mobilize further support for Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) after the severe floods that hit the countries in May, the European Commission, which will host the event, announced on Friday.