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Serbian officials react to prosecutor's report

BELGRADE -- Government's Kosovo Office head Marko Đurić says Serbia "welcomes any activity that leads to uncovering of war crimes and their perpetrators."

BELGRADE - Serbia men's national water polo team celebrated the European Championship title with several thousand supporters in downtown Belgrade on Tuesday.

Parliament hosts exhibition on outbreak of WW1

BELGRADE -- The "July 1914 - in the Documents of the Archive of Serbia" exhibition opened in the Serbian parliament building in Belgrade on Monday.

This came on the 100th anniversary since the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on the Kingdom of Serbia, starting the First World War.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic conferred on Tuesday with U.S. Ambassador Michael Kirby on a series of issues, especially those connected to Serbia's EU path.

Commenting on the opening of Chapter 35 (which covers the Kosovo issue), Vucic underscored that he hopes the Kosovo government would be constituted soon so that the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue could continue.

Serbians still in critical condition after deadly crash

SKOPJE -- Two Serbian citizens are in the hospital in Macedonia in a critical condition after a traffic accident late on Monday that killed an 8-month-old baby.

Serbian citizens advised to leave Libya immediately

BELGRADE -- The Serbian Foreign Ministry advises all Serbian citizens to leave Libya immediately, and refrain from traveling there, FM Ivica Dačić said on Tuesday.

The advisory was made in view of the escalating armed conflicts in Libya and the extremely volatile security situation in Tripoli.

Final donor conference donations figure: EUR 106mn

BELGRADE -- The recent donor conference in Brussels, organized to help Serbia recover from the May floods, raised slightly over EUR 106 million in donations.

BELGRADE - The recent donor conference in Brussels, organised to help Serbia recover from the May floods, raised slightly over EUR 106 million in donations.

A list of donations to Serbia has been published on the website of the Serbian Government Office for Reconstruction and Flood Relief, which said that a total of EUR 106,867,611 was raised.

Serbia "loyal to EU - but not at expense of economy"

NIŠ -- PM Aleksandar Vučić has said that Serbia's loyalty to the EU is not in question, but called on Brussels to respect the vital national interests of the country.

He urged the organization "not to expect Serbia to cause harm to its own economy for the sake of the EU path."

Popularity Swedish furniture retailer IKEA, a byword for design and practicality throughout the Western hemisphere, is opening near Zagreb, Croatia, on 21 August.

The IKEA centre in Zagreb is the result of an investment of 91 million euro and is the first such store in the Western Balkans, where it is expected to act as a regional hub.