Vienna

Senior career diplomat Mithat Rende of Turkey has been elected as chair of the Executive Committee of the Paris-based Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Foreign Ministry has announced.

Ambassador Rende has been serving as the head of Turkey’s Permanent Delegation to the OECD since the summer of 2013.

"Technical reasons prevent EU enlargement in next 5 years"

VIENNA -- EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn has said that EU's enlargement will not be possible during the next five years, "for technical reasons."

The suspects were detained on Friday in a police operation codenamed Palmira which was aimed at alleged terrorists and recruiters of fighters in foreign conflicts such as Syria. 

Around 900 police and other officials were involved in the operation which was described by the Austrian authorities as the biggest "in the history of Austrian state security".

Slovenian PM: Serbia should support sanctions

VIENNA -- Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar has recommended to Serbia to "support EU's sanctions against Russia."

Speaking for the Vienna daily Presse, and asked whether Serbia should participate in the sanctions, Cerar said he "leaves that to Belgrade," and added:

"Time not right" to disclose details of IMF deal

BELGRADE -- NBS Governor Jorgovanka Tabaković said on Tuesday the contents of the arrangement reached with the IMF "are not being kept secret from the public."

However, she added that "the details cannot be revealed just yet until the agreement with the international financial institution is officially signed."

BELGRADE - Governor of the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Jorgovanka Tabakovic underscored on Tuesday that the contents of the arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are not being kept secret from the public, but the details cannot be revealed just yet until the agreement with the international financial institution is officially signed.

Drivers could lose cars as result of traffic violations

BELGRADE -- "Unconscientious drivers" could in some "drastic" traffic violation cases permanently lose their vehicles, the Serbian police have announced.

Djukanovic said on Monday that Brussels still hasn't got a complete and consistent policy on the Western Balkans and needs to create an investment framework for the full integration of the region into the EU.

VIENNA - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic said in Vienna on Monday that Serbia is a stable partner and wishes to have an even more active role in the future, especially in energy, infrastructure and transport interconnections.

Iran and world powers failed in an enormous diplomatic push to seal a landmark nuclear deal by a Monday deadline, deciding instead to give themselves seven more months to reach agreement.