Serbian Ministry of Interior

"That is, in fact, the real reason, and everything else is more or less a side issue... We are improving cooperation, although Serbia is neutral and we don't strive to be part of any military alliance," said the president.

"It's a platform for first responders to learn from each other in order to receive the real experiences together and to better prepare for times when we face life's emergency situations," Stoltenberg said in Mladenovac, near Belgrade, on Monday.

He thanked President Aleksandar Vucic for his personal contribution in order for this exercise to be realized.

According to a press release, during the visit Stoltenberg will meet with President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Ana Brnabic.

On October 8, Stoltenberg will join Vucic for the opening ceremony of the civil emergency exercise "Srbija 2018", co-organized by the NATO Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Center (EADRCC) and the Serbian Ministry of Interior, NATO said.

This agreement refers to the activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in Serbia.

Avramopulos said that this would enable Frontex to, in cooperation with the Serbian Ministry of Interior, conduct border checks of migrants, thereby increasing the security of EU's external borders.

The commission will now also deal with murders and abductions of journalists in Kosovo and Metohija in the period from 1998 until 2001, and the killing of journalists in the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995.

The Serbian Ministry of Interior said Slovenia will not accept any more migrants who attempt to enter its territory without valid visas and passports.

The information, passed to Serbia by counterparts from Croatia on Tuesday, cements the
de-facto closure of the so-called Balkan refugee route.

BELGRADE - Serbian Police Director Milorad Veljovic met in Belgrade Tuesday with the police director from Pristina, Spend Madjuni, to discuss the issue of increased influx of migrants from Kosovo-Metohija in the countries of the European Union, the Serbian Ministry of Interior said in a release.

PM: B92 reporter to retain police security

BELGRADE -- The Serbian Ministry of Interior has not yet responded to a request of B92 to publicly disclose the reasons for assigning security to Brankica Stankovic.

BELGRADE - The number of attempted illegal crossings on the Serbian-Hungarian border has dropped, Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has said during a meeting with Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner.

Stefanovic met with Mikl-Leitner late Wednesday to brief her on the current situation in the field of illegal migrations.

Interior minister: Fewer attempts to illegally cross border

BELGRADE -- The number of attempted illegal crossings on the Serbian-Hungarian border has dropped, Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has said.

He made the statement during a meeting with Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner.