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BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic met on Tuesday in Rome with President of the Italian Society for International Organization and former Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini to discuss Serbia's progress towards EU membership and the economic reforms implemented by the Serbian government.

ROME - Thanks to IPA project funds, Serbia will be able to forge better ties with regional countries and other European Union states in the fight against organised crime and corruption, Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said in Rome on Tuesday.

ROME - Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic met with his Italian counterpart Angelino Alfano in Rome Monday to discuss setting up joint investigative teams that would fight organized crime and corruption, as well as terrorism and illegal migration, more effectively.

Pope Francis has voiced his hope for the opening of the Turkey-Armenia border, during a flight back to Rome after a three-day visit to Turkey.

The pope voiced hope that gestures over the coming anniversary year of the 1915 incidents would bring the two nations closer together, and he specifically voiced hope that Turkey would open its border with Armenia.

By the time this article is published, Pope Francis will have left Turkey after having spent a busy weekend both as a head of state and as the head of the “Christian Church of the West,” one of two Greek Orthodox bishops, who briefed us on the pope’s visit to Turkey, explained to us.

Pope Francis on Friday called for interfaith dialogue and religious tolerance and urged more help for refugees from Syria and Iraq.

In a speech in Ankara the pontiff also called for renewed efforts to bring peace to the Middle East, which "for too long has been a theatre of fratricidal wars".

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has been invited by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to visit Italy December 10, Tanjug has learned from diplomatic sources.

During his official visit to Rome, Serbia's prime minister will also meet with the country's president, Giorgio Napolitano and President of the Senate Pietro Grasso.

Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov has met with a delegation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) which has arrived in Bulgaria at his invitation.

Iraq’s government will restart the transport of oil to Turkey for the first time since March after it settled a long-lasting revenue row with the regional Kurdish government last week, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said at an energy conference in Rome on Nov. 19.

LONDON - Serbia's Novak Djokovic has clinched the number one position on the ATP list by winning his third consecutive and fourth career title at the season-ending London Masters late Sunday.

With 11,150 ATP points, Djokovic has a considerable advantage over Roger Federer of Switzerland, who currently has 9,700 points.