Serbia

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has expressed hope that the crisis in Ukraine will not last very long, adding that the situation is developing favorably.

Ambassadors on "ways to speed up Serbia's EU integration"

KOPAONIK -- Four western ambassadors taking part in the Kopaonik Business Forum have pointed out that Serbia should be "more active in the negotiating process with the EU."

According to them, this is "particularly when it comes to Kosovo and the rule of law."

5 indicted for war crimes in train abductions case

BELGRADE -- The Serbian War Crimes Prosecution on Tuesday announced that it had indicted five former members of the Bosnian Serb army (VRS) for war crimes.

The indictment concerns the Strpci case, when 20 passengers, mostly Bosniaks (Muslims) were taken from a Belgrade-Bar train 22 years ago, and later killed.

U.S. ambassador: Russia made big mistake

KOPAONIK -- U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby said on Tuesday that "the whole world needed the United States and Russia to have a good relationship."

At the same time, the EU needed to have a relationship with Russia as well, he said.

"Government to decide on hiking electricity price"

BELGRADE -- The government will probably decide increasing the electricity price between March 15 and 20, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said.

Balkan troops train with US Marines

The Platinum Lion 2015 joint exercise gathered hundreds of troops from Serbia, Romania and host nation Bulgaria.

A Romanian soldier accepts an award from a US Marine during the Platinum Lion training exercise that ended January 23rd in Bulgaria. [marines.mil]

GRACANICA - The future community of Serb municipalities will be funded by Belgrade, Pristina and the international community, and the Serbian government will continue to support the Kosovo-Metohija Serbs financially, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, said in Gracanica on Tuesday.

BUJANOVAC- A draft law regulating the number of employees in the state administration and local self-government authorities should be adopted in April, Serbian Minister of State Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki said on Tuesday.

BUJANOVAC- A draft law regulating the number of employees in the state administration and local self-government authorities should be adopted in April, Serbian Minister of State Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki said on Tuesday.

KOPAONIK - The Serbian government will probably decide on ?anging the electricity prices in the period between Mar? 15 and 20, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said at a pre? conference on Mt. Kopaonik on Tuesday.