Serbia

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric qualified on Sunday as incorrect and detrimental the statement by European Parliament Vice President Ulrike Lunacek who said that recognition of Kosovo constitutes a condition for Serbia's EU accession.

LESKOVAC - Three individuals from Vranje and its vicinity have been arrested on suspicion that they transported illegal migrants who suffered a traffic accident on the section of the motorway from Vranje to Leskovac, the Serbian Ministry of Interior Affairs released on Sunday.

NIS - One migrant who suffered serious injuries in the traffic accident near Leskovac on Tuesday died at the Neurosurgery Clinic, Nis Clinical Centre Director Zoran Radovanovic told Tanjug on Sunday.

BELGRADE - Belgrade is an exceptional place where heat can be produced using ecologically advanced heat pumps which would provide heating for Belgrade citizens, officials said during a conference on heating and cooling held in Brussels.

BELGRADE - Vice President of the European Parliament Ulrike Lunacek stated on Sunday that her next report on Kosovo would state that certain progress has been achieved concerning the northern part of the province, but she also stated that normalisation of relations and recognition of Kosovo would be a condition for Serbia's EU accession.

BELGRADE- Famous Oscar-winning US actor Richard Dreyfuss is the laureate of the honorary Beogradski pobednik award of the 43rd Fest International Film Festival for his contribution to cinematography.

BELGRADE - President of Republika Srpska (RS) Milorad Dodik stated late on Saturday that RS is turned to peace and freedom for all citizens regardless of their individual differences, but it also wants to be respected and not be bypassed in global processes including EU integration.

DUBAI - Serbian tennis player Nenad Zimonjic and Pakistani player Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi did not manage to win the title in the Dubai ATP in the men doubles category as they lost the final match on Saturday to India's Rohan Bopanna and Canada's Daniel Nestor, 6-4, 6-1.

BELGRADE - The goal of the Serbian government is to accelerate the realisation of all launched projects and the work on closing agreements concerning new infrastructure projects, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic said in the talks with Director of the Directorate-General for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Ne

VIENNA - Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, welcomed the latest progress made in the implementation of Minsk agreements Friday, observing that the situation in Ukraine had entered a phase of de-escalation of conflicts.