Latest News from Serbia
"Presidential, maybe parliamentary elections in April"
Serbia will hold presidential elections on April 9 next year, the Belgrade-based daily Blic writes.
According to the same source, early parliamentary elections could also be organized on that day.
FM: Belgrade wants continuation of dialogue, not accusations
Belgrade wants a continuation of the dialogue with Pristina in a status-neutral way, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said.
That also implies that Pristina does not begin every discussion with references to "genocide" or "ethnic cleansing" allegedly committed by Serbia, he told a regular news conference in Belgrade on Thursday.
Nikolic arrives in Prague, meets with Zeman
PRAGUE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Tuesday arrived on an official visit to the Czech Republic.
Nikolic was ceremonially welcomed by his counterpart Milos Zeman, with many citizens gathering outside the presidential palace in Prague to see their encounter, Nikolic's presidential press office said in a statement.
Vucic wants even better cooperation with New Democracy, Greece
BELGRADE - Thanking Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the leader of Greece's New Democracy Party, for visiting Serbia and supporting the Serbian Progressive Party's membership in the European People's Party, PM Aleksandar Vucic said Tuesday he wanted even better relations with the Greek party.
Joksimovic: Serbia has achieved progress on IPAP
BELGRADE - Serbia has achieved progress in nearly all areas of the Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) with NATO, Brigadier General Slobodan Joksimovic from the Strategic Planning Department of the Serbian Ministry of Defence said Monday.
Serbian Minister Admits 'Mistake' Quitting Warsaw Summit
Serbian Foreign Minister Dacic told at a press conference on Thursday that he might have been wrong to walk out of a meeting in Warsaw over comments he said were made by his Kosovo counterpart, Enver Hoxhaj.
"I might have made a mistake, but at that moment that was how I felt," he said.
"Lowest-ever deficit, we are fighting for 4 pct growth"
The Serbian government on Thursday adopted the 2017 budget bills, with a planned deficit of 1.7 pct of GDP - the lowest in Serbia's history.
And if we reach a 4 pct growth rate next year, we will become the first- or second-ranked country in Europe in that regard, PM Aleksandar Vucic said Thursday.
Hague "to block Serbia's EU path because of Radicals"
Serbia will face pressure from Brussels over the case of three SRS party officials whose extradition is demanded by the Hague Tribunal.
"Serbia will help BiH on its EU path"
BELGRADE - A delegation of the Serbian parliamentary committee on European integration on Wednesday visited the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the aim of improving bilateral cooperation and sharing views and experiences related to the European integration process.
PM on possibility of snap elections: Allow me to say nothing
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told reporters Thursday that he "knows nothing" about speculation concerning the possibility of early parliamentary elections.
Vucic was visiting Valjevo, a town in western Serbia, when journalists asked him to comment on media reports that both presidential and parliamentary elections would be held next year.
Nikolic signs book of condolences for Castro
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic signed at the Cuban embassy in Belgrade on Monday a book of condolences for Fidel Castro, the late leader of the Cuban revolution.
It is important that the ideas with which Castro liberated and led Cuba live on in the Cuban nation and leaders, Nikolic wrote in the message.
4th Belgrade NATO Week to begin Monday
BELGRADE - A two-day international conference will begin in Belgrade Monday as part of the 4th Belgrade NATO Week, organised by the Centre for Euro-Atlantic Studies (CEAS).
The event will bring together renowned international experts.
Vucic, Scannapieco: EIB fully supports Serbia
BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on Monday spoke with European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice-President Dario Scannapieco, who praised the very good results of the Serbian government's economic policy, expressing readiness on behalf of the EIB to fully support the further reform process in Serbia.
Contract signed with EIB on upgrading judiciary buildings
BELGRADE - The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Serbian government on Monday signed a financial contract on the upgrading of judiciary buildings.
It was signed by Serbian Minister of Finance Dusan Vujovic and EIB VP Dario Scannapieco, after Scannapieco's meeting with Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic, the EIB said in a statement.
Davenport: Serbia-NATO partnership the right approach
BELGRADE - It is for Serbia to determine its policy towards NATO, and the partnership approach is the right one, the Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia, Michael Davenport, said Monday.
Serbia has made the strategic choice about heading towards the EU, as reaffirmed multiple times, but we have also seen an evolution of Serbia's approach towards partnership with NATO, said Davenport.