Ivan Bosnjak

Romania actively and firmly supports the accession of Serbia to the European Union and is open to sharing its entire experience and best practices with Serbia, our country having both the expertise and know-how in order to support the European integration of the states from the Western Balkans region, Romanian Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia Oana Cristina Popa told an interview for AGERPRE

BELGRADE - The Council for National Minorities on Wednesday held a constitutive session, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki.

Serbia can say with pride that it represents a multi-ethnic community with around 30 national communities, Udovicki said at the session.

BELGRADE - The drafting of the action plan on realisation of national minority rights, as one of the important points in the accession talks with the EU, has began on Tuesday at the meeting of the working group in the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - A draft version of the new on National Councils of National Minorities is expected next year, while the law itself should be enacted in 2017, State Secretary Ivan Bosnjak said Tuesday.

The new law will ensure greater transparency in spending money, but also an effective de-politicization of the national councils, Bosnjak told Tanjug.

BELGRADE - The governance of public finances in Serbian local self-government authorities is inefficient, State Audit Institution (DRI) President Radoslav Sretenovic said on Tuesday.

Many Roma issued documents, "some still legally invisible"

BELGRADE -- Over the past seven years Serbia issued 107,000 personal identification documents to Roma citizens, but some are still "legally invisible."

This was heard during a meeting in Belgrade dedicated to the problems faced by this minority.

BELGRADE - Serbia has issued 107,000 personal identification documents to its Roma citizens in the past 7 years, but some members of this population are still legally invisible, according to what was said at a meeting on Thursday dedicated to the problems Roma face.