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Serbia warns of new Balkan war if Albania unites with Kosovo

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said an interview with Politico he cannot rule out a union between Albania and the breakaway province of Kosovo – formerly part of Yugoslavia – if the country’s EU membership bid is off the agenda.  Rama added that such an alliance with Kosovo was not his own wish “but a possible alternative to the closed door of the European Union”.

Albanian president visits Serbia's south; Vucic reacts

Albanian President Bujar Nishani arrived in Bujanovac shortly after noon on Tuesday, marking the start of his one-day visit to Bujanovac and Presevo.

Nishani was greeted in front of the municipal building by Mayor of Bujanovac Saip Kamberi and Mayor of Bujanova Jonuz Musliu, who is also president of the National Council of Albanians in Serbia.

Albanian President Makes Landmark Visit to Serbia

President Bujar Nishani on Tuesday became the first Albanian head of state to visit Serbia since Communist dictator Enver Hoxha in 1948.

Nishani visited Bujanovac and Presevo, two municipalities in the south of Serbia where the majority of people are ethnic Albanians, but did not meet any Serbian state officials and got a frosty reaction from politicians in Belgrade.

Agriculture minister visits south of central Serbia

PRESEVO - Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic-Boskovic met with businessmen and representatives of the southern Serbian municipalities of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac on Wednesday.

Bogosavljevic-Boskovic told Tanjug that the businessmen were seeking to start production at once very productive slaughterhouse Jugokop.

Serbia has around 150,000 Roma

BELGRADE - Serbia has a total of 147,604 Roma people, making up 2.05 percent of the population, according to a study titled Roma People in Serbia, by Svetlana Radovanovic and Aleksandar Knezevic of the Faculty of Geography in Belgrade.

The study was done based on data from the census conducted by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia in 2011.

Serbia, Ohio National Guard mark years of partnership

Serbia, Ohio National Guard mark years of partnership

Military-to-military co-operation is the most developed segment of the partnership between the Serbian Army and the Ohio National Guard.

A member of the Ohio National Guard stands between Serbian Army soldiers during a joint drill near the Serbian town of Nis. [AFP]

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