NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Serbia's chief strategic goal remains integration into the European Union, President Boris Tadic told an EU official in New York.

BRUSSELS, May 22 (UPI) -- Ankara received pledges of support for its accession to the European Union from the EU presidency and the European Commission despite modest opposition.

BELGRADE, Serbia, March 20 (UPI) -- Serbian war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic says he informed an EU official of an "excellent" Serbian effort to locate war crime perpetrators.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Two top officials with the European Union say the international group should take over supervisory control in Bosnia next year.

BRUSSELS, May 30 (UPI) -- A Finnish member of the European Commission says the recognition of Kosovo as an independent state is up to the individual members of the European Union.

BERLIN, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Serbia is under increasing pressure to contain anti-Western violence after an angry mob torched the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade to protest Kosovo's independence.

BERLIN, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- As Europe remains divided on the recognition of Kosovo, violence has flared up in the former Serbian province.

ZAGREB, Croatia, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Croatia, despite strong EU opposition, Tuesday announced its fishing protection zone is being applied to European Union member states.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The European Union and the Bosnian government have initialed an association agreement, seen as a step toward EU membership.