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The number of government demands for personal data in Google accounts has risen by 120% in the last four years. 

In the second half of 2013 governments across the world made 27 000 requests for 42 000 accounts, according to the Google Transparency Report, which the company releases each six months since 2009. 

BELGRADE - The Office for Kosovo -Metohija (KiM) has stated that no referendum on independence was carried out in the territory of KiM, adding that neither Albanians nor Serbs or any other ethnic community living in KiM took part in it.

United Nations General Assembly has condemned Crimea's incorporation into the Russian Federation.

A US and EU-backed resolution, which was proposed by Ukraine, was approved with an overwhelming majority of 100 votes, the New York Times reported.

Only 11 voted against, but a considerable number of states, as many as 58, abstained.

"West wants Serbia to join sanctions against Russia"

BELGRADE -- Western countries are asking from future PM Aleksandar Vučić that Serbia "joins the EU sanctions against Russia because of the crisis in the Crimea."

This is according to an article in Friday's edition of the Večernje Novosti daily.

EU to take measures against dependency on Russian gas

The European Commission will present an energy plan in June.

A construction worker stands in front of a section of Russia's South Stream pipeline near the village of Sajkas, 80 kilometres north of Serbian capital Belgrade on November 24th 2013. [AFP]

Austrian and Serbian presidents on sanctions against Russia

VIENNA -- Serbian and Austrian president Heinz Fischer and Tomislav Nikolić warned on Thursday about the consequences of introducing sanctions against Russia.

Ranko Krivokapic, the speaker of parliament, on Wednesday said parliament will not re-open a probe into the controversial privatization of the telecommunications company Montenegrin Telekom.

Krivokapic said parliament had already done its job by "moving the authorities to start to work on this case. Now the prosecution should do its job".

The US President Barack Obama was received by Pope Francis in The Vatican, in what was the first meeting between the two.

Despite various issues on which Obama and Pope Francis contradict, their talks were reported to have been dominated by topics of social justice and poverty, according to Euronews.

MIAMI - Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Daniel Nestor of Canada failed to reach the doubles semi-finals of the Miami Masters Series 1000 tennis tournament after losing to Ryan Harrison and Jack Sock of the United States 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) early Thursday.

Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund have signed a deal granting a USD 14-18 B package to the country, IMF mission's head Nikolay Gueorguiev has announced.

Under the new agreement, up to USD 27 B more could be allocated to Kiev over the next two years.