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Serbian war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic denied allegations that Belgrade was not prosecuting high-ranking war crimes suspects, arguing that it was the Hague Tribunal’s job.

The issue of a special court to try former Kosovo Albanian fighters is expected to feature in UN Security Council session that meets on Friday to discuss Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's latest quarterly report on Kosovo.

BELGRADE – A contemporary art project under the title “Transformations”, based on connections and cultural dialogue between visual artists of contemporary artistic expression coming from Eastern and Western Europe, will be shown at the Heritage House in Belgrade starting from September 9.

BERLIN - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said he was pleased with Western Balkans conference held in Berlin, stressing that some Serbian proposals met with approval there.

BELGRADE - Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird will arrive in Belgrade on Friday at an invitation from his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic, the Serbian Foreign Ministry has stated.

This is the first visit to Serbia by a Canadian foreign minister since 2001.

Dacic and Baird will meet on September 1, the statement says.

BELGRADE – Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said Friday that he had requested an urgent meeting with representatives of EULEX and KFOR following an attack on police officers in the Ground Safety Zone in the Kursumlija municipality on Thursday.

“I expect that it (the meeting) will take place in Belgrade in the next few days,” Stefanovic said for Belgrade-based TV Pink.

BERLIN - The first conference on the Western Balkans has been held in Berlin, sponsored by the German government, and the leaders of the region were given support for their countries' EU integration, with an additional note that the pace of that integration depended on themselves.

Rama will be visiting Serbia on October 22, "a final date, following the invitation of Prime Minister [Aleksanadar] Vucic,” he said during the summit of Western Balkan countries in Berlin.

Rama said that he had many things to discuss with Vucic, because Tirana and Belgrade had much potential to cooperate and work together.

BERLIN - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that he expects the meeting with Albania's Prime Minsiter Edi Rama in Belgrade on October 22 to be a discussion on serious topics between responsible people.

This is the first meeting of the two countries' leaders in 68 years, since the meeting between Josip Broz Tito and Enver Hoxha in 1946, he told reporters in Berlin.

Minister wants "urgent meeting" with EULEX, KFOR

BELGRADE -- Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović says he has requested an urgent meeting with representatives of EULEX and KFOR after the killing of a Serbian policeman.