Serbia

Foreign minister meets new French ambassador

BELGRADE -- Serbia's Deputy PM Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić met on Wednesday with France's new Ambassador to Serbia Christine Moro.

They discussed "relations between the two nations, Serbia's EU integration and French investments," said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Belgrade hosts informal regional conference

BELGRADE -- An informal meeting of foreign and finance ministers of the West Balkan dedicated to economic management and cooperation, is taking place on Thursday.

It was announced by the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Serbia wants agreement with IMF "as soon as possible"

BELGRADE -- Serbia wants to sign an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as soon as possible, Finance Minister Dušan Vujović said on Wednesday.

A Beşiktaş club striving for European success will face Partizan in a maiden Belgrade visit tonight as the Serbian black-and-whites look to end their UEFA Europa League Group C scoring drought – not to mention their long wait for a group stage win – as their similarly appareled Turkish counterparts visit.

Serbia seeks to defuse tensions in Sandzak

Extremist statements have authorities concerned about ethnic strife.

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BELGRADE - Serbia wants to sign an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as soon as possible, Finance Minister Dusan Vujovic said on Wednesday, underscoring that it is the Serbian government's intent to put reforms in place "calmly and resolutely" in the next three years with the high-impact package of measures in 2015.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met on Wednesday with France's new Ambassador to Serbia Christine Moro to discuss the relations between the two nations, Serbias EU integration and French investments.

ISTOK - A house owned by the Serb returnee family Pantic in the village of Ljug, Klina municipality, was set on fire, the head of the Pec District Vinka Radosavljevic told Tanjug.

The incident occurred last night, said Radosavljevic, adding that the part of the house that caught fire was empty as the Pantic family no longer lives in it.

Only six Serbs have remained in Istok.

The Albanian ambassador to Greece, Dashnor Dervishi, praised Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos and President Karolos Papoulias on Wednesday for their “measured and careful” response to the abandonment of a soccer game between Serbia and Albania in Belgrade last week.

PRISTINA - Kosovo Minister of Foreign Affairs Enver Hodzaj and Minister of Economic Development Fadilj Ismailji will take part in the ministerial meeting of regional countries in Belgrade on Thursday, Prime Minister Hasim Taci in the outgoing Pristina government announced.