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PM: Serbia enjoys great support from Italy
PM: Serbia enjoys great support from Italy
ROME -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said in Rome Wednesday that Serbia enjoyed great support from Italy, on its European path as well as bilaterally.
He stressed that he would not be begging the EU to open negotiating chapters with Serbia.
Nikolic: Missing Serbs issue should be resolved systemically
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and representatives of the Coordination of the Serbian Associations of Families of Missing Persons from the Territory of Former Yugoslavia agreed Wednesday that it was necessary to adopt a systemic approach to resolving the issue of search for the Serbs who went missing during the wars in the former Yugoslavia in 1990s.
Latvia supports Serbia in opening EU accession chapters
RIGA - Latvia will try to ensure that some chapters in Serbia's EU accession talks are opened during its EU Presidency, starting on January 1, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said Wednesday after a meeting with his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic.
Dacic met in Riga with Latvia's Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma, Parliament Speaker Inara Murniece and the foreign minister.
Vucic: Serbia enjoys great support from Italy
ROME - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said in Rome Wednesday that Serbia enjoyed great support from Italy, on its European path as well as bilaterally, and stressed that he would not be begging the EU to open negotiating chapters with Serbia.
GAZPROM: "Now Europe should build the pipeline"
GAZPROM: "Now Europe should build the pipeline"
- I wouldn't say agreement about "South stream" was reached yesterday in Brussels, athough it was the main subject of the meeting. Project will be possible when political agreement between EU and Russia is reached -Zorana Mihajlović, Deputy Prime Minister stated for "Blic."
Croatian minister to attend Belgrade summit
ZAGREB - Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Vesna Pusic will travel to Belgrade for the summit between China and 16 central and southeast European countries, to be held on December 16-17.
Pusic will attend the meeting of the prime ministers of China and 16 European countries in Belgrade, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said on its Twitter account on Wednesday.
Roma in Serbia enjoy more rights compared to region
BELGRADE - The Roma in Serbia enjoy more rights than in other countries in the region, but the problems of legally invisible persons, poverty and discrimination remain unsolved, said the participants of a National Roma Council conference on Wednesday.
Serbia "can be proud of results achieved in 2014"
Serbia "can be proud of results achieved in 2014"
BELGRADE -- Serbia can be proud of the results it has achieved in 2014, the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia, Michael Davenport, said on Wednesday.
He added that " intensive preparations are under way" to open the first EU membership negotiation chapters "in the coming months."
Croatian FM to attend SE Europe-China summit in Belgrade
Croatian FM to attend SE Europe-China summit in Belgrade
ZAGREB -- Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Vesna Pusic will next week take part in the summit of China and 16 countries of central and eastern Europe.
The summit will be held in Belgrade.
Pusic's ministry confirmed this on Wednesday with a message posted on its Twitter account.
Davenport: Serbia can be proud of results achieved in 2014
BELGRADE - Serbia can be proud of the results it has achieved in 2014 and intensive preparations are under way to open the first negotiation chapters in the coming months, the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia, Michael Davenport, said on Wednesday.
EU Delegation awards EUR 2.4 mil worth of grants to CSOs
BELGRADE - The EU Delegation to Serbia has awarded twenty-two new grants to civil society organizations (CSOs) in the country.
Projects funded by the grants totaling EUR 2,4 million will contribute to the fight against corruption by increasing transparency in the public sector and providing support to people and groups most exposed to discrimination.
"Full normalization with Kosovo needed," says Austrian FM
"Full normalization with Kosovo needed," says Austrian FM
BELGRADE -- Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has said that "full normalization of relations with Kosovo" is needed before Serbia joins the EU.
This normalization, he told the Belgrade-based weekly NIN, would be "confirmed with a legally binding document."
Kurz: Serbia should settle Kosovo issue before joining EU
BELGRADE - Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has told the weekly NIN from Belgrade that Serbia needs to bring its relations with Kosovo completely back to normal before joining the EU, which would be confirmed with a legally binding document.
Basketball Euroleague punishes Red Star, Galatasaray
BELGRADE - A disciplinary judge of the basketball Euroleague has punished Red Star Belgrade and Galatasaray over crowd trouble associated with their Euroleague Round 6 Group D encounter in Istanbul, when Marko Ivkovic, a 25-year-old supporter of the Serbian club, was killed before the game.
Nikolic made Citizen of Honor of the Greek city of Serres
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic received on Wednesday in Belgrade the charter of the Greek city of Serres awarding him the title of Citizen of Honor.
Nikolic met with a delegation of Serres, headed by Mayor Petros Aggelidis.