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When Kosovo's then Prime Minister Hashim Thaci read out Kosovo's declaration of independence in parliament on February 17, 2008, days of celebrations commenced in Pristina, but in neighbouring Serbia, mass protests broke out and quickly turned violent, with the US embassy ransacked and set on fire.
 

The report, dubbed, "Putins asymmetric assault on democracy in Russia and Europe: implications for US national security," dedicates an entire chapter to Serbia.

Former Yugoslav foreign minister Vladislav Jovanovic told Sputnik that the initiative coming from US Democrats is two-sided - with one side facing Serbia, and the other Russia.

"Today, I had the special honor to receive congratulations on the year-end holidays from President of the United States of America Donald Trump," Haradinaj wrote.

He interpreted the message as "confirmation of permanent friendship between Pristina and Washington."

The Belgrade Higher Court has handed down suspended sentences of five and six months to four indictees charged with setting fire to the US embassy in 2008.

By the court's decision, three of those accused have been acquitted.

The sentences will not be enforced if the convicted persons refrain from committing new criminal offenses within two years.

Four men were given suspended sentences for setting fire to the US embassy in Belgrade at a protest that broke out in 2008 after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.

The Belgrade Higher Court has handed down suspended sentences of five and six months to four indictees charged with setting fire to the US embassy in 2008.

By the court's decision, three of those accused have been acquitted.

A powerful earthquake in the region of the Iran-Iraq border in the early hours of Sunday to Monday has claimed the lives of nearly 130 people, thousands are wounded. The epicenter is in Sulaimanian province, in the region of northeastern Iraq to the border with Iran. After the initial quake, seismic services recorded another 12 secondary ones with a magnitude of between 3.6 and 4.7.

The EU expects Serbia to make additional efforts to gradually align with the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy by the date of its accession.

This is what the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia, Sem Fabrizi, told Tanjug on Wednesday.

In the wake of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's visit to the US last week and the praise he showered on Greeks living abroad, conservative New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday resubmitted to Parliament his proposal to give diaspora Greeks the right to vote in Greek elections.

The role of the International Monetary Fund in the Greek bailout program is in the spotlight again after it published its fiscal and growth forecasts for Greece last week, ahead of talks between the Fund's Managing Director Christine Lagarde and top Greek officials.