Latest News from Serbia

Media situation affects accession talks

BELGRADE - Media Vice President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Tanja Fajon has said that the media situation in Serbia would have an impact on the opening of the first chapters in the accession talks between Serbia and the EU.

Town in Kosovo hit by series of jolts - "but no quake swarm"

BELGRADE -- A 2.8-magnitude earthquake was registered late on Monday in the area of the town of Pec in western Kosovo and Metohija.

It "caused no material damage despite upsetting residents," the deputy director of the Seismological Survey of Serbia (RSZ), Branko Dragicevic, told Tanjug on Monday.

PM visits Finland, says Serbia "wants to be like it"

Helsinki -- Aleksandar Vucic was in Helsinki on Monday to discuss "Serbia's EU integration, chairmanship of the OSCE, relations in the region and the situation in Ukraine."

The Serbian prime minister was meeting with his Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb.

Minister "doesn't believe Croatia will block Serbia"

BELGRADE -- Serbian Minister of Justice Nikola Selakovic says he believes Croatia will pursue a policy of good neighboring relations, and will not block Serbia's EU patg.

Joksimovic: Serbia's priority to strengthen regional ties

BELGRADE - Jadranka Joksimovic, Serbia's minister without portfolio responsible for EU integration, met with Hungarian Ambassador to Serbia Attila Pinter on Monday, and underscored that strengthening regional cooperation is one of Serbia's foreign policy priorities, for which Serbia-Hungary relations are of great importance.

Selakovic: Croatia not to block Serbia's EU pathway

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Justice Nikola Selakovic expressed belief that Croatia will pursue a policy of good neighboring relations, and that it will not block Serbia's EU pathway.

Vucic: We would like to be like Finland

HELSINKI - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met in Helsinki on Monday with Finland's Prime Minister Alexander Stubb to discuss Serbia's EU integration, chairmanship of the OSCE, relations in the region and the situation in Ukraine.

RSZ: 18 quakes rattle Pec area in eight days

PEC - A 2.8-magnitude quake on the Richter scale was registered late Monday in the Pec area, Kosovo-Metohija, but caused no material damage despite upsetting residents, the deputy director of the Seismological Survey of Serbia (RSZ), Branko Dragicevic, told Tanjug on Monday.

Amendments to Law on enforcement by mid-2015

BELGRADE - Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic said on Monday that intense efforts are being invested in the preparation of the Law on Enforcement and Security, and added that the new solutions should be ready for adoption in mid-2015.

Serbian agriculture reports rising trade surplus

BELGRADE -- Agriculture Minister Snezana Bogosavljevic-Boskovic says exports of agricultural and food products increased to EUR 2.1 billion in the first 11 months of 2014.

Serbian agricultural exports reached EUR 2.1 bn in 2014

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic-Boskovic said that the exports of agricultural and food products increased to EUR 2.1 billion in the first 11 months of 2014.

NGO against marking of St. Sava's Day in schools

BELGRADE -- The Movement for Enlightened Society NGO has said that the marking of St. Sava's Day as the patron saint day of schools "violates the principle of secularity."

They also asked if the feast was "meant for all students or only for those of Orthodox faith."