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Drecun: Rama is trying to provoke Serbia

BELGRADE - Head of the Serbian parliament committee on Kosovo Milovan Drecun said on Thursday Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama was making extreme statements in an effort to make his visit to Serbia ss and place the blame for it on Serbia's shoulders.

Conference successful, next one in Pristina

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic expressed satisfaction on Thursday that the regional conference of ministers of foreign affairs and finance ministers in Belgrade has been successfully organised and added that the next meeting will be organised in Pristina upon constitution of the local government.

Hodzaj: Belgrade, Pristina should sign peace agreement

BELGRADE - Belgrade and Pristina should sign a peace agreement before Serbia joins the European Union, Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hodzaj said on Thursday.

The legally binding agreement that is being referred to in the EU is nothing else but a peace agreement to us, Hodzaj told reporters ahead of a regional conference on economic management, held in Belgrade.

UEFA to Rule on Serbia-Albania Match Mayhem

European football's governing body was expected to deliver a ruling after meeting on Thursday to consider the disastrous first-ever football match between the national teams of Serbia and Albania.

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Rama's visit will be planned in coordination with Belgrade

BELGRADE - Albania's Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati said on Thursday that the programme of Prime Minister Edi Rama's visit to Serbia would be drawn up in coordination with the Serbian authorities, with mutual respect, trust and by taking advantage of the best practices out there.

Arrivals show increase in January-June 2014 period

International travelers coming to Greece were up by 15.6 percent compared to 2013, according to a report released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority, ELSTAT, on Thursday. The report referred to a Frontier Statistical Survey conducted by The Bank of Greece in the January-June 2014 period.

Police interrogate suspects for attack on Telep cake shop

NOVI SAD - Six Novi Sad minors aged 17 were interrogated in the local police station on suspicion that they broke the window shop by throwing stones at the Telep cake shop in Novi Sad, northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, the Novi Sad Police Department released on Thursday.

Regional ministerial conference in Belgrade on Thursday

BELGRADE - An informal meeting of foreign and finance ministers of Western Balkan countries, dedicated to economic management and cooperation, will take place in Belgrade on Thursday, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Regional ministerial conference kicks off in Belgrade

BELGRADE, Oct 23 (Tanjug) - An informal meeting of foreign and finance ministers of Western Balkan countries on economic management and ties started in Belgrade on Thursday.

Albanian PM wants Serbia "to recognize Kosovo"

Albanian PM wants Serbia "to recognize Kosovo"

TIRANA -- "The sooner Serbia formally recognizes that Kosovo will never again be its part, the better for Serbia and the region," says Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama.

In an interview for the AP, he added that he "firmly felt and believed" that "they have already recognized it without saying so."

Belgrade hosts informal regional conference

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.

Black-and-white night in the White City

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.

Albanian ambassador to Greece praises leaders for tact

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.

Vucic: We will amend law on financing of political parties

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic signaled on Wednesday changes to the law on financing of political parties, which had been passed when the Democratic Party (DS)-led coalition had been in power.

Albania MPs Call for Top Justice Officials to Go

The parliamentary investigative commission, which has been boycotted by the opposition Democratic Party, is expected to recommend the dismissal of the deputy chairman of the High Council of Justice, Elvis Cefa, and one of its members, Lulzim Lecaj.

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