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Austria's Gerlinger buys meat processing plant

SREMSKA MITROVICA -- Aleksandar Vucic on Friday attended a ceremony in Sremska Mitrovica where Austria0s Gerlinger Holding took over as the new owner of Mitros.

VIENNA - At a reception held by Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sebastian Kurz in his honor, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic voiced belief that the close and successful cooperation between the two countries will continue.

The largest bilateral reception held in Vienna so far was attended by Austrian officials and more than 700 members of the Serbian diaspora.

Commemorating the Holocaust victims, Turkey is calling on the international community to participate in the efforts to increase awareness of the Holocaust so that such a tragedy never occurs in the future.

VIENNA - Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sebastian Kurz expressed hope late Thursday that the first chapters of Serbia's EU accession talks will be opened as soon as possible.

In a statement to Tanjug, he said that Vienna supports Serbia on its path to the EU because it is confident that Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic is leading the country in the right direction.

"Austria supports Serbia along path toward EU"

VIENNA -- Austria supports Serbia along the path toward full membership in the EU, President of Austria Heinz Fischer said on Thursday.

He added that his country "looks forward to the day when it would be able to congratulate it as the newest member state of the bloc."

VIENNA - Austria supports Serbia along the path toward full membership in the EU, and looks forward to the day when it would be able to congratulate it as the newest member state of the bloc, President of Austria Heinz Fischer said on Thursday.

Slovakia's gas pipeline operator Eurostream is proposing to Bulgaria and Romania to build an interconnection to reduce their dependence on Russian gas supplies, Reuters has reported.

VIENNA - Serbia's path to the EU is clear and irreversible and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic deserves the most credit for that, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sebastian Kurz said ahead of Vucic's visit to Vienna on Thursday.

PM: EU is Serbia's top strategic goal

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vucic says Serbia's top strategic goal is EU integration, while it would be "naive to think Serbia will solve global crises while chairing the OSCE."

BELGRADE/VIENNA - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Vienna on Thursday, where he will confer with Austria's top government officials, Vienna announced.

Vucic will confer with Austrian President Heinz Fischer.