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Djuric urges UNMIK chief to encourage Kfor, Eulex
BELGRADE - The director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric urged Farid Zarif, the head of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), on Monday to additionally encourage Kfor, Eulex and the Pristina authorities to ensure security to Serbs in the province.
First Albanian PM Visit to Serbia in 70 Years Postponed
A trip of Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama to Serbian capital Belgrade was put off for November after Rama spoke to Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic, officials say.
The unprecedented visit was scheduled for last week, but heightened tensions over an abandoned football game prompted Belgrade and Tirana to change plans.
"Conflicts are in somebody's interest"
"Conflicts are in somebody's interest"
BELGRADE -- Marko Đurić says he asked UNMIK chief Farid Zarif to further encourage KFOR, EULEX and the Priština authorities to ensure the safety of Serbs in Kosovo.
EU-Southeast Europe Summit starts in Bucharest with policy discussions
An EU-Southeast Europe Summit called 'On the road to stability and growth,' started on Monday In Bucharest, organised by The Economist.
The summit started with policy discussions. Opening the event were former prime minister of Italy Enrico Letta and former Greece Prime Minister George Papandreou, who underscored the important part Romania could play in the region.
FM welcomes postponement of visit
FM welcomes postponement of visit
BELGRADE -- Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dačić has said ti was "good the visit of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to Belgrade has been postponed."
According to Dačić, "tensions need to be calmed" after the Serbia-Albania football match incident last week.
Dacic: Decision to postpone Rama's visit positive
BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic stated on Monday that the decision to postpone the visit of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to Belgrade is positive, and added that Serbia has the political will to overcome problems.
Massive hacker attacks on websites after match with Albania
BELGRADE - After the abandonment of a football match between Serbia and Albania that followed the appearance of a drone with a flag depicting the so called Greater Albania, massive hacker attacks organized by Albanians were carried out against Serbian news websites, Zoran Zivkovic, president of the Association of Information Security Serbia, has said.
Visit of Albanian PM postponed for Nov. 10
Visit of Albanian PM postponed for Nov. 10
BELGRADE -- The official visit of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, scheduled originally for October 22, has been postponed for November 10.
This has been announced by the Serbian government.
Rama's visit to Belgrade postponed for November 10
BELGRADE - The prime ministers of Serbia and Albania, Aleksandar Vucic and Edi Rama respectively, agreed on Sunday in a telephone conversation that the official visit by the Albanian prime minister to Serbia should be postponed for November 10.
Mosque door set on fire in Subotica
SUBOTICA - Imam Selmo Drekovic of the Muhajir Mosque in Subotica said on Sunday that unknown persons attempted to set fire to the mosque door in Subotica, north of Serbian province of Vojvodina.
Drekovic said that on Sunday morning around half past four, a mosque door caught fire, but it was extinguished after only a few minutes.
Albania flag burning in Belgrade aggravates tensions
Albania on Oct. 19 condemned the burning of its flag during a football match in Serbia, the latest in a series of incidents aggravating political tensions between Belgrade and Tirana.
Djuric condemns attacks against ethnic Albanians
BELGRADE - Marko Djuric, director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija, condemned on Sunday the attacks on property of members of the Albanian minority in Serbia that took place over the last few days in several cities in Serbia following the incident at the football match between Serbia and Albania.
Pajtic: Province to help reconstruction of demolished shops
NOVI SAD - The provincial government will help the reconstruction of bakeries and other shops owned by ethnic Albanians that were damaged or demolished in several towns in Vojvodina, President of the Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Bojan Pajtic said on Saturday.
Serbian Police Guards Albanian Embassy Ahead of Derby
Serbian police increased security measures around the Albanian embassy in Belgrade ahead of tonight's football match between two major clubs, Partizan and Crvena Zvezda.
The derby is expected to start at 7pm on Saturday evening.
Backa Eparchy, Islamic Community condemn attacks on Muslims
BELGRADE - The Diocese of Backa of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) has called on all citizens, particularly the Diocese's believers in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, to refrain from any form of violence towards their fellow citizens of Albanian ethnicity and Muslim religion.