Germany

Serbia won't join sanctions in coming "days, years"

BELGRADE -- President Tomislav Nikolić has said Serbia "will not impose sanctions on Russia at this moment," but that EU membership will mean "a common foreign policy."

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will join troubled nuclear talks in Vienna later Nov. 20, as Tehran showed no sign of softening its position days before a deadline for a deal.

Bulgaria will try to boost visitor numbers by offering combined tourism products including trips to neighboring Balkan countries.

Ukraine has turned down Moscow's suggestion to talk directly to pro-Russian rebels to put an end to the conflict in the eastern part of the country.

Romania's president-elect Klaus Iohannis received German Chancellor Angela Merkel's congratulations for the victory obtained in the presidential elections, in a telephone conversation on Tuesday.

European stocks extended a seven- week high, led by equities from the region’s periphery. US index futures were little changed before the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting.

German businessmen want to reach Russia through Serbia

Unlike official Berlin, who demands that Serbia takes a clear stand toward Moscow, German businessmen are against Serbia's introducing sanctions on Russia. On the contrary, they want to export their goods to Russian market through Serbia.

NIS - Serbia's water polo team opened its World League campaign with a 9-1 (5-1, 0-0, 0-0, 4-0) win against Spain in the first round of Group B in Nis on Tuesday evening.

The team coached by Dejan Savic notched a comfortable win and made the first step towards defending the championship title, which would ensure a place at Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

The World Health Organization cautioned Nov. 18 that a new kind of bird flu hitting European poultry farms would spread among birds, after Britain confirmed its outbreak was of the same strain as in the Netherlands and Germany.
      

EU "not asking Serbia to impose sanctions"

BRUSSELS -- Johannes Hahn, the EU commissioner for neighborhood policy and enlargement, said on Tuesday he had not asked Serbia to impose sanctions against Russia.