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PM to meet with EU representative after controversy

BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will on Tuesday meet with EU Delegation head Michael Davenport, it has been announced by the Serbian government.

The meeting comes after Vucic accused the EU of financing media to publish articles against his cabinet.

Prime Minister Vucic said on Monday that Serbia was still on its way towards membership of the EU despite press speculation about whether he could maintain good relations with Brussels after he accused the EU of helping to spread lies to destabilise his administration.

Vucic said however that Belgrade also has an "independent policy, created with no influence from any other source".

Vucic meets with Iranian envoy, talks "independent policy"

BELGRADE -- Serbia is pursuing an independent policy, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said during a meeting with Iranian Ambassador Majid Fahimpour on Monday.

BELGRADE - Leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vucic congratulated Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz on re-election as the leader of the youth branch of the Austrian People's Party, with the wish for him to continue successfully running the party.

Vucic on Saturday slammed European Commission criticism of his allegations that BIRN is being funded by Brussels to spread lies to destablise his administration.

The Serbian premier accused Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson for the European Commission for neighbourhood policy and enlargement negotiations, of trying to muzzle him.

The European Commission said on Saturday that it strongly rejected "baseless claims" by the Serbian PM that BIRN is being funded by Brussels to spread lies to destablise his administration.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic announced on Friday that he will withdraw from the office as the head of the Bureau for Coordination of Security Services, and added that personnel changes in the Bureau would soon follow.

BELGRADE - Serbia condemns the terrorist attack and terrible crime that occurred in Paris, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday in comment to the recent attack on the French weekly Charlie Hebdo, which left 12 dead.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic sent a telegram of condolences to French Prime Minister Manuel Valls over the Wednesday terrorist attack in Paris which claimed lives of ten journalists and two police officers.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated on Wednesday that he expects Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic to provide considerable support to Serbia's OSCE presidency.

"I expect everyone to engage in this major task and help Serbia improve its reputation during the OSCE presidency," Vucic told the Belgrade-based Television Pink.