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• Spanish envoy "convinced" candidate bid will succeed February 22, 2012

  Spanish Ambassador to Serbia Arturo Laclaustra Beltran expressed his conviction that Serbia will become candidate for membership in the EU on March 1.
  
  The country deserves this because of the efforts it has made and continues to make on its European path, said the diplomat.

• DS official thinks party should "apologize to voters" February 22, 2012

  Ruling Democratic Party (DS) official Goran Ješić said on Wednesday the DS "must convince voters that it is prepared to tackle economic reforms with resolve".
  
  At the same time, said Ješić, who is also mayor of the town of Inđija, the Democrats "should also to apologies for the mistakes made during the tenure of the current government".

• “U.S. may use Kyrgyzstan base in Iran strike” February 22, 2012

  U.S. army base in Kyrgyzstan could be used for an attack on Iran, Russia’s Foreign Ministry stated on Wednesday.
  
  “We cannot rule out a possibility that the infrastructure will be used in a possible conflict with Iran,” Russian Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Aleksandr Lukashevich.

• PM says agreement with IMF "not in jeopardy" February 22, 2012

  Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković said on Tuesday in Belgrade the country's arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was "not in jeopardy".
  
  The government will continue to implement a responsible fiscal policy, in keeping with the earlier agreement with this financial institution, Beta news agency quoted him as saying.

• War crimes suspects arrested in Bosnia February 22, 2012

  Three persons suspected of war crimes against Serbs in the Dretelj camp were arrested in Mostar, Ljubuški and Tešanj on Wednesday morning.
  
  Members of the State Investigation and protection Agency arrested Srećko Herceg and Ivan Medić from Ljubusko, Ivan Zelenika from Mostar and Marina Grubešić Fejzić from Čapljina, who is currently residing in Tesanj, Radio and Television of Republic of Srpska has reported.

• Elections in Kosovo "delicate issue", says speaker February 22, 2012

  Parliament Speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović says holding of local elections in Kosovo is "a delicate issue due to the cooperation with international community".
  
  “The fact is that the issue of realization of the local elections in Kosovo and Metohija is delicate because there are certain segments of the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 that require cooperation with the international community,” she told weekly Novi magazine.

• UN inspectors barred from Iranian nuclear site February 22, 2012

  The UN nuclear watchdog says talks with Iran have failed over its disputed atomic activities.
  
  After two days of negotiations a senior team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been unable to get permission to visit the key military site at Parchin. They suspect it is being used as a test centre for weapon development.

• We are ready for agreement, team chief says February 22, 2012

  Belgrade team chief Borislav Stefanović says Kosovo representation and a number of problems regarding integrated border management will be discussed Wednesday.
  
  Ahead of the dialog, Stefanović told reporters he did not expect the talks to go easy and they could take another day to complete.

• "Difficult to predict outcome of EU candidate bid" February 22, 2012

  Serbian Deputy PM Ivica Dačić told Frankfurt-based Serbian language daily Vesti that it is difficult to say whether Serbia will get the EU candidate status.
  
  He added during his visit to Switzerland that everything depended on the Belgrade-Priština dialogue in Brussels.

• State of emergency measures to be lifted February 22, 2012

  Serbia's Interior Minister Ivica Dačić will declare Wednesday an end to the state of emergency for the entire territory of Serbia.
  
  The state of emergency will, however, stay in effect in some 15 municipalities, Interior Ministry Emergency Situations Sector Head Predrag Marić told Tanjug.

• Tadić "must say clear no" to DS-SNS coalition February 22, 2012

  United Regions of Serbia (URS) leader Mlađan Dinkić has said that Democratic Party (DS) leader Boris Tadić must not agree to a coalition with the Progressives.
  
  “As long as Democratic Party (DS) leader Boris Tadić does not state publicly, loud and clear, that he will not enter a coalition with Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikolić under any circumstances, a post election coalition between the two is possible,” the former minister pointed out.

• Football hooligan extradited to Serbia February 22, 2012

  Partizan fan leader Miloš Radisavljević aka Kimi, who was arrested in Macedonia yesterday, was extradited to Serbia during the night.
  
  Macedonian police have announced they will release details and recording of his arrest on Wednesday.

• Govt. official expects deal in Kosovo talks February 22, 2012

  The Belgrade-Priština talks should be continued in Brussels on Wednesday and the main topic should be Kosovo’s regional representation.
  
  Serbian government's Media Office Chief Milivoje Mihajlović has stated that it is realistic to expect that Belgrade and Priština will reach an agreement today or tomorrow.

• Belgrade-Priština talks postponed for Wednesday February 21, 2012

  The negotiations between teams of Belgrade and Priština were set to continue on Tuesday in Brussels, but the meeting has been postponed for Wednesday.
  
  This was announced after it became clear that the Priština delegation, that was scheduled to arrive in Brussels on Monday evening, only left for the Belgian capital around noon on Tuesday.

• Russian envoy warns about "price of joining EU" February 21, 2012

  Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Konuzin says his country is not opposed to Serbia joining the EU, but that Serbia should decide on the price it was ready to pay.
  
  "I do not wish for the price to be a deterioration of relations with Russia," Konuzin told reporters in the central Serbian town of Čačak on Tuesday.