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Tomislav Nikolic, seen here in May 2008, has ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - Tomislav Nikolic, seen here in May 2008, has stepped down as acting leader of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) following disagreement on the country's rapprochement with the European Union. Photo:Marko Djokovic/AFP

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana (R) talks ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:04:00 GMT

(Reuters) - European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana (R) talks to France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner before the family photo during the second day of the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 6, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner answers questions ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:03:00 GMT

(Reuters) - France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner answers questions from the media as he arrives for the second day of the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 6, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (C) talks to European ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (C) talks to European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana (R) and European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner during the family photo on the second day of the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 6, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana (R) speaks ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana (R) speaks to France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner before the family photo during the second day of the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 6, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini drinks a cup of coffee ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini drinks a cup of coffee during the second day of the Informal EU foreign ministers meeting ( GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 6, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini arrives for the second ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini arrives for the second day of the Informal EU foreign ministers meeting ( GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 6, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik answers questions ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik answers questions from the media as she arrives for the second day of the Informal EU foreign ministers meeting ( GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 6, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana answers questions ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana answers questions from the media as he arrives for the second day of the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 6, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

Greece's Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis arrives for the second ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Greece's Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis arrives for the second day of the Informal EU foreign ministers meeting ( GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 6, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) talks with European ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) talks with European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana before the informal European Foreign Ministers' summit in Avignon, southern France, September 5, 2008 . REUTERS/Dominique Faget/Pool (FRANCE)

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner waits for the arrival ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner waits for the arrival of his European Union counterparts before the informal European Foreign Ministers summit in Avignon, southern France, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Dominique Faget/Pool (FRANCE)

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana attends a ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana attends a news conference for an informal EU foreign ministers meeting (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

France's Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner speaks during ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - France's Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner speaks during a news conference for an informal EU foreign ministers meeting (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

Greece's Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis (R) talks with her ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:40:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Greece's Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis (R) talks with her counterpart from Cyprus Markos Kyprianou before the start of the informal European Foreign Ministers' summit in Avignon, southern France, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Dominique Faget/Pool (FRANCE)

Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekunas arrives ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekunas arrives for the Informal EU foreign ministers meeting (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

Angolan electoral agents wait at a polling station ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - Angolan electoral agents wait at a polling station in Luanda. Angola's first peacetime election was marred by chaos as the ruling party looks set to extend its three-decade rule in Africa's top oil producer which was ravaged by a 27-year civil war Photo:Gianluigi Guercia/AFP

Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini arrives for the Informal ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini arrives for the Informal EU foreign ministers meeting ( GYMNICH) in Avignon, Southern France, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

French Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner reads a document ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - French Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner reads a document before the start of the Informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Dominique Faget/Pool (FRANCE)

Portugal's Foreign Minister Luis Amado answers questions from ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Portugal's Foreign Minister Luis Amado answers questions from the media as he arrives for the Informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

France's Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) arrives ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:50:00 GMT

(Reuters) - France's Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) arrives with companion journalist RFI radio deputy general director Christine Ockrent (R rear) and EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner at the TGV train station in Avignon, southern France, ahead of a EU foreign ministers meeting on September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Michel Gangne/Pool (FRANCE)

Finland's Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb arrives for the Informal ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Finland's Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb arrives for the Informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

France's Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner (C) arrives ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - France's Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner (C) arrives with companion journalist RFI radio deputy general director Christine Ockrent (R rear) at the TGV train station in Avignon, southern France, ahead of a EU foreign ministers meeting September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Michel Gangne/Pool (FRANCE)

Malta's Foreign Minister Tonio Borg arrives for the Informal ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Malta's Foreign Minister Tonio Borg arrives for the Informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs Kinga Goncz arrives for ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs Kinga Goncz arrives for the Informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

REFILE - CORRECTING ABBREVIATION European Foreign Policy Chief ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - CORRECTING ABBREVIATION European Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana arrives for the Informal EU Foreign Ministers Meeting (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

REFILE - CORRECTING ABBREVIATION France's Foreign Affairs Minister ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - CORRECTING ABBREVIATION France's Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner arrives with Avignon's mayor Marie-Jose Roig (R) for the Informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GYMNICH) in Avignon, Southern France, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

REFILE - CORRECTING ABBREVIATION Britain's Foreign Affairs ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - CORRECTING ABBREVIATION Britain's Foreign Affairs Minister David Miliband arrives for the Informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

REFILE - CORRECTING ABBREVIATION Luxembourg's Foreign Affairs ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - CORRECTING ABBREVIATION Luxembourg's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean Asselborn arrives for the Informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

CORRECTING ABBREVIATION Germany's Foreign Affairs Minister ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - CORRECTING ABBREVIATION Germany's Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrives for the Informal EU Foreign Ministers Meeting (GYMNICH) in Avignon, southern France, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE)

Estonia's Minister of Finance Ivari Padar listens to the media ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Estonia's Minister of Finance Ivari Padar listens to the media during a news conference in Trakai, about 20 km (12 miles) from capital Vilnius, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LITHUANIA)

Latvia's Minister of Finance Atis Slakteris (L), Lithuania's ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Latvia's Minister of Finance Atis Slakteris (L), Lithuania's Minister of Finance Rimantas Sadzius (C) and their Estonia's counterpart Ivari Padar attend a news conference in Trakai, about 20 km (12 miles) from capital Vilnius, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LITHUANIA)

Latvia's Minister of Finance Atis Slakteris (L) speaks to the ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Latvia's Minister of Finance Atis Slakteris (L) speaks to the media as Lithuania's Minister of Finance Rimantas Sadzius and their Estonia's counterpart Ivari Padar listen during a news conference in Trakai, about 20 km (12 miles) from capital Vilnius, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LITHUANIA)

Estonia's Minister of Finance Ivari Padar attends news conference ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Estonia's Minister of Finance Ivari Padar attends news conference in Trakai, about 20 km (12 miles) from capital Vilnius, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LITHUANIA)

Lithuania's Minister of Finance Rimantas Sadzius smiles during ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Lithuania's Minister of Finance Rimantas Sadzius smiles during a news conference in Trakai, about 20 km (12 miles) from capital Vilnius, September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LITHUANIA)

Serbian President Boris Tadic speaks at a news conference at ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Serbian President Boris Tadic speaks at a news conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels September 3, 2008. EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Wednesday that Serbia could be granted the coveted status of a candidate for EU membership in 2009, later than the end-2008 target initially set by Belgrade. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM)

(L-R) Serbian President Boris Tadic, European Commission President ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - (L-R) Serbian President Boris Tadic, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn hold a joint news conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, September 3, 2008. Barroso said on Wednesday that Serbia could be granted the coveted status of a candidate for EU membership in 2009, later than the end-2008 target initially set by Belgrade. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM)

(L-R) Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, Prime Minister Mirko ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:19:00 GMT

(Reuters) - (L-R) Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic, President Boris Tadic, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn hold a joint news conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, September 3, 2008. EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Wednesday that Serbia could be granted the coveted status of a candidate for EU membership in 2009, later than the end-2008 target initially set by Belgrade. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM)

Serbian President Boris Tadic and European Commission President ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Serbian President Boris Tadic and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) hold a joint news conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, September 3, 2008. Barroso said on Wednesday that Serbia could be granted the coveted status of a candidate for EU membership in 2009, later than the end-2008 target initially set by Belgrade. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (2nd R), France's Foreign ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (2nd R), France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (2nd L), European foreign policy chief Javier Solana (L) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) hold a joint news conference at the end of a European Union leaders emergency summit in Brussels September 1, 2008. REUTERS/Yves Herman