Tanjug

BELGRADE - The head of Serbia's standing parliamentary delegation to the Council of Europe (CoE) Parliamentary Assembly Biljana Pantic-Pilja said on Friday CoE rapporteur Dora Bakoyannis had recommended that the so-called Kosovo be admitted the organisation, and added that its Committee on Political Affairs would decide on this at an extraordinary session scheduled for March 25.

This article was produced by Tanjug in collaboration with European news agencies as part of the European Newsroom (ENR) project.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Thursday a statement by the Council of Europe (CoE) rapporteur for the so-called Kosovo, Dora Bakoyannis, that CoE membership for the so-called Kosovo would enable better protection for Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija was scandalous and a culmination of hypocrisy and double standards.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko on Tuesday and presented to him a letter for Vladimir Putin in which he congratulated the Russian president on his re-election and explained the difficult situation Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija are in.

BELGRADE - The March 17-18, 2004 pogrom against Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija had only one goal - independence of the so-called Kosovo, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday evening.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with the head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Jan Braathu and US Ambassador Christopher Hill on Friday, noting the significance of cooperation in the past years.

Brnabic said she hoped the successful cooperation would be continued in the future as well, with the next Serbian government and with her personally.

BRUSSELS - The next meeting of chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina will be held in Brussels on Tuesday, March 19, European Commission spokesperson Peter Stano confirmed on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic met with Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) Secretary General Christophe Bernasconi in Belgrade on Thursday, underscoring Serbia's commitment to respect of international law as one of the postulates of its foreign policy and noting the HCCH's significant contribution to unification of the rules of private international law.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic and members of her cabinet on Tuesday laid wreaths on the site where former Serbian PM Zoran Djindjic was assassinated 21 years ago.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Sunday evening he had proposed that new local elections in Belgrade be held on June 2.