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BELGRADE - Serbia's chief negotiator in the EU accession talks Tanja Miscevic said Wednesday that the screening process has so far been completed for 20 acquis chapters, adding that the screening on information society and the media will start this week in Brussels.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic attended the European Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction in Milan and expressed hope that the donor conference scheduled for July 16 in Brussels and the EU Solidarity Fund will provide financial aid to Serbia, which was hit by severe flooding in May.

No confirmation of West Nile virus

BELGRADE -- The latest report of Belgrade’s Institute for Biocides and Medical Ecology gives no confirmation that mosquitoes in Serbia carry West Nile virus (WNV).

This is the case despite the May flooding and high humidity that provides these insects with favorable breeding conditions.

BELGRADE - Companies South Stream Serbia and Centar Gas from Russia signed the Contract on the construction of the Serbian section of the main South Stream gas pipeline to the total value of EUR 2.1 billion.

The contract was signed by co-directors of South Stream Serbia Dusan Bajatovic and Aleksandar Siromjatin and Director General of Centre Gas Stanislav Anikeyev on Tuesday.

BERLIN/BELGRADE - A delegation from the German parliament led by Andreas Schockenhoff will arrive in Belgrade on Wednesday to meet with officials of the Serbian government and opposition.

German MPs to discuss EU, economy, Kosovo

BELGRADE -- A delegation from the German parliament led by Andreas Schockenhoff will arrive in Belgrade to meet with officials of the Serbian government and opposition.

PM: Remaining differences will be resolved

MOSCOW -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić says he "achieved a lot"during his visit to Russia, and that a number of issues "have been resolved."

But speaking late on Tuesday he declined to specify where Belgrade and Moscow disagreed.

BELGRADE - A concert entitled Concert for Europe has been held at the residence of the Italian ambassador to Serbia to mark the start of Italy's presidency of the EU, and Ambassador Giuseppe Manzo said at the event Serbia had always been a part of Europe and was drawing ever closer to the start of the accession talks, with Italy's support.

Lawyer: Šešelj did not accept court's conditions

THE HAGUE -- Vojislav Šešelj remains in detention after a deadline expired for him to accept the conditions set out by the Hague Tribunal (ICTY) for his provisional release.

THE HAGUE - Leader of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) Vojislav Seselj said that he does not intend to issue a written statement on whether he accepts the terms set out by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his provisional release, the ICTY's internal memo states.