Serbia

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said on Sunday evening he saw last week's Brussels meeting with the chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina as the final round of discussions on the dinar issue but reiterated he was ready to host another meeting on this if the parties demonstrated "genuine willingness to reach an agreement."

BELGRADE - "I am going to New York to fight, with all my strength and all my heart, for the future of our country," Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday morning after attending a religious service led by Serbian Patriarch Porfirije at the Church of St Sava in central Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic welcomed Gabonese counterpart Raymond Ndong Sima outside the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade on Monday.

The welcoming ceremony was followed by a tete-a-tete meeting between Vucevic and Ndong Sima and a plenary meeting of Serbian and Gabonese delegations.

According to a recent survey by the Washington-based International Republican Institute, Serbian citizens exhibit the highest level of Euroscepticism in the Western Balkans. In contrast, Albanians demonstrate the greatest enthusiasm for joining the European Union, reports the institute.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic hosted a lunch for Serbian Patriarch Porfirije, the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church and Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik on Friday to thank them for their assistance in the fight against the adoption of a UN General Assembly resolution on Srebrenica.

BUDAPEST - Serbian FM Marko Djuric, who is visiting Hungary on his first bilateral trip abroad, met with Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto in Budapest on Friday afternoon.

Thanking Szijjarto for Hungary's positions on the so-called Kosovo's Council of Europe (CoE) membership bid and a resolution on Srebrenica, Djuric said Hungary would always have Serbia's support.

BELGRADE - Due to the proposed UN General Assembly resolution on Srebrenica, Serbia will seek a resolution on the plight of Serbs at the hands of Germany and Croatia during WWII, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Friday.

Vucic said adopting a Srebrenica resolution would open a Pandora's box.

BELGRADE - Prior to Friday's meeting with Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church and Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija were targeted by brutal persecution that was not easy to stop, but noted that Serbia would never accept an independent "Kosovo".

BELGRADE - On Friday, May 17, Air Serbia marked one year since the launch of direct flights between Belgrade and Chicago.

"Over the past 365 days, the Serbian national airline has carried more than 40,000 passengers and almost 750 t of cargo between the capital of Serbia and the Windy City," Air Serbia said in statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric spoke with Algerian counterpart Ahmed Attaf on Thursday about further advancement of bilateral cooperation in all areas of interest to Serbia and Algeria.

Djuric noted trade was one of the strongest ties in the cooperation between the two countries, the Serbian MFA said in a statement.