News archive of April 2017

BELGRADE - At the invitation of FM Borge Brende, Serbia's First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic is on a two-day visit to Norway, where he will speak with his counterpart and meet with members of the standing parliamentary committee on foreign affairs and defence.

Dacic will also visit the headquarters of telecoms giant Telenor, which has a significant market share in Serbia.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government and China's telecoms giant Huawei on Wednesday signed an agreement on strategic partnership, and Deputy PM Rasim Ljajic said the plan was to provide all citizens with an internet speed of 30 Mbps, and give 100 Mbps to at least 50 pct of homes.

BELGRADE - Ramus Haradinaj cannot be extradited to Albania merely on account of having Albanian citizenship as it is not a basis for seeking extradition, the Serbian Justice Ministry has said.

BELGRADE - The EU's door is open to Serbia and all Balkan countries, Swedish Parliament Speaker Urban Ahlin told his Serbian counterpart Maja Gojkovic in Belgrade Wednesday, noting that, for him, Serbia's EU membership was not a matter of whether, but when.

BELGRADE - Serbia has taken the opportunity of enhancing cooperation with China, says Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Li Manchang, noting that "the scale of China's investment in ongoing projects and in the pipeline totals about 10 bln dollars."

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Wednesday conferred with a Swedish parliamentary delegation headed by Speaker Urban Ahlin, noting Serbia had for years been trying to pursue a policy of maintaining regional stability.

Serbia is exceptionally appreciative of Sweden's support on the path to EU membership, Nikolic said.

The Leaders of the 27 EU contries are meeting in Brussels to adopt a common position on conducting negotiations with Great Britain over its exiting the Bloc, BNR reported.

In the Belgian capital, Bulgaria is represented by President Rumen Radev.

Three workers were killed and three were injured due to the collapse of an under-construction mosque in the Black Sea province of Samsun on April 29, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The collapse occurred in Samsun's Atakum district around noon on April 29.

Ambulances and rescue crews were dispatched to the area after the incident.

Varna Airport has reopened after it was closed earlier today over a suspicious piece of luggage in the checking zone of its Terminal 2.

Following the alert for a possible explosive in a piece of luggage the flight to London originally scheduled for 9 am local time was delayed.

At this stage through, Varna Airport has returned regular operations.

A massive public security operation has seen almost 1,628 people detained across Turkey, the police department said early on April 29, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.