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US letter to Serbia makes no mention of EU bid

BELGRADE - The United States' annual message to Serbia to mark its national day made no mention of the country's bid to join the European Union, which Washington has previously supported.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday issued a short statement to extend to Serbia his best wishes and hopes for "a prosperous future", two days ahead of its national day.

Albanian lobby in the US desperately trying to stay on the list of priorities - expert

BELGRADE - According to fake reports paid for by lobbyists of the so-called "Kosovo Republic" appearing in Serbian media over the past couple of weeks, the Serbian-populated northern Kosovo is going to rejoin Serbia in exchange for Albanian-populated southern municipalities becoming part of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo.

Al-Bab in progress, next step is Raqqa: Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu

The Euphrates Shield operation has made important progress  in capturing al-Bab and the next target will be the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said, calling on the new U.S. administration to not rely on the People's Protection Units (PYD) in the expected military offensive on Raqqa. 

‘FYROM not a country – sorry’: Skopje furious after US Congressman suggests partitioning

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of “Macedonia” has expressed its outrage to the US State Department after Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher suggested it was not a country, and should be partitioned by neighbors such as Kosovo and Bulgaria.

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