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BELGRADE - Serbia has set energy and environment as priority issues in the EU accession process and, according to estimates, it will need to invest over EUR 10.6 billion in harmonization with the relevant EU standards by 2030, said the participants of a conference held Wednesday in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - The design studio GRAFT won two interior design awards for their projects at Radisson Blu Old Mill Hotel in Belgrade, which will be presented at the 8th Annual International Design Award Ceremony in Los Angeles on May 5.

BELGRADE - During its first year in office, the government of Serbia has built a solid foundation for economic recovery over the medium term, and it is crucial to continue with the austerity measures in the second half of 2015 and in the next two years, Fiscal Council member Vladimir Vuckovic told Tanjug on Tuesday.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Serbia wants stability and a survival of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija, says the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric.

NOVI SAD - Novi Sad Synagogue hosted a commemoration program on Friday marking the 71st anniversary of the deportation of Jews from the largest city in Vojvodina to notorious concentration camps in Europe.

VRANJE - It is estimated that over 1,000 construction permits have been issued in Serbia through a unified procedure for permit issuance within the maximum period of 28 days which was introduced almost two months ago, Serbian Minister of Construction Zorana Mihajlovic stated on Friday.

LJUBLJANA - A clear European perspective for the Western Balkans will improve reforms in the region and EU enlargement to the countries should remain a strategic priority, it was said at the first part of the meeting of Western Balkan foreign ministers in Brdo pri Kranju, where Serbia is represented by Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.

LJUBLJANA - A meeting of the Brdo Process, which brings together ministers of foreign affairs, including Serbian FM Ivica Dacic, started on Thursday in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia.

BELGRADE - The two-day Capital Summit has kicked off in Belgrade, and City Assembly President Nikola Nikodijevic said on Thursday that officials of cities of the region have already discussed new ideas in formal and informal discussions.

SREMSKA MITROVICA - Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS) Rasim Ljajic stated that his party, a member of the ruling coalition, requests that provincial elections be held in December, since this would be the only solution to a serious political crisis in Vojvodina.