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Serbia's talks with EU must start as soon as possible
BRUSSELS - Democratic Party (DS) leader Bojan Pajtic said in Brussels on Wednesday the accession talks between Serbia and the EU had to start as soon as possible, because they would serve as a tool in the democratisation of Serbia's society and the basis for the country's reforms, the DS, an opposition party in the Serbian parliament, has said in a statement.
VKS president: Defense Ministry did nothing wrong
BELGRADE - President of Serbia's Supreme Court of Cassation (VKS) Dragomir Milojevic has said that the Serbian Ministry of Defense did not do anything wrong when they decided not to provide Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic with documents he had requested concerning an incident currently dealt with in a pre-investigative procedure.
Record number of amendments to resolution on Serbia
BRUSSELS - European Parliament rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister said on Wednesday a record number of amendments to his proposed resolution had been submitted, but that it would not pose a threat to Serbia's EU integration.
Mihajlovic: Law on capital projects to speed up investments
BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic said Wednesday that a systemic law on capital projects is being prepared, with an aim to speed up the realization of investments of national interest.
Croatia dissapointed, Serbia satisfied
VERDICT International Court of Justice dismissed charges Croatia dissapointed, Serbia satisfied
International Court of Justice ruled that there were no genocide during the civil war in Croatia, but the burdan of war past remains present.
Maricki Gadjanski receives Order of Benevolence Gold Cross
BELGRADE - Greek Ambassador to Serbia Constantine Economides presented on Wednesday classical arts professor of the Novi Sad University Ksenija Maricki Gadjanski with the Order of Benevolence Gold Cross.
Maternity ward gets equipment in humanitarian campaign
Maternity ward gets equipment in humanitarian campaign
KRUSEVAC -- As part of the campaign "Together for the Babies" the maternity ward of a Krusevac hospital has received the needed medical equipment.
Joksimovic, Daul on SNS pathway to EPP membership
BELGRADE - Jadranka Joksimovic, international secretary of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), conferred in Brussels on Wednesday with President of the European People's Party (EPP) Joseph Daul on concrete steps the SNS needs to take to the EPP membership.
Difficult chapter in Serbia-Croatia relations closed
BELGRADE - The International Court of Justice's (ICJ) decision to dismiss Croatia's claim and Serbia's counter-claim of genocide put an end to a difficult chapter in relations between the two countries, Director of the Centre for Foreign Policy Aleksandra Joksimovic noted.
Joksimovic: Serbia's EU membership one of priorities
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister without portfolio in charge of European integration Jadranka Joksimovic visited Brussels where she conferred with Chairman of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Countries of South East Europe Eduard Kukan and noted that Serbia's EU membership represents one of the government's priority tasks in terms of foreign policy.
Vucic meets with German investors in Stuttgart
STUTTGART - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met with representatives of German firms interested in investing in Serbia during a business meeting in Stuttgart on Wednesday.
The business conference, titled "Think New Opportunities, Think Serbia," was opened by Minister for the Bundesrat, Europe and International Affairs in Baden-Wuerttemberg Peter Friedrich.
Kurtz: New chapter in Balkans should be opened
VIENNA - Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurtz thinks that the Tuesday verdict by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague is an opportunity for a new beginning and a shared interpretation of history.
Opening first chapters for Serbia to be accelerated
STUTTGART - Peter Friedrich, minister for the Bundesrat, Europe and international affairs of Baden-Wurttemberg, stated on Wednesday that this state will call on Bundesrat to speed up the negotiating process with Serbia.
Pristina "to ask for war reparations and property"
Pristina "to ask for war reparations and property"
BELGRADE -- On the eve of a new phase of the Kosovo talks, "Pristina has prepared a list of demands," the Belgrade-daily Vecernje Novosti is reporting.
Those include "ownership stakes in companies, embassies and army barracks of the former Yugoslavia."
Lajcak: ICJ judgment - opportunity to overcome past
BELGRADE - Slovakia's Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak has said that the judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the mutual genocide lawsuits filed by Croatia and Serbia is a good opportunity for overcoming the past and turning to a common European future.