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Kosovo Wins Right to Compete in Olympics

Athletes from Kosovo are celebrating the IOC decision to grant Kosovo full membership, which means they will be fielding their own national team for the Brazil Olympics.

The decision was reached at the 127th session of the IOC held in Monaco and follows an earlier decision in October by the IOC to grant Kosovo provisional recognition.

PM talks about corruption, singles out inefficient judiciary

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated on Tuesday that the fight against corruption "has to be a continuous mission of the society."

Unfinished business in fight against corruption

BELGRADE - Serbia has still much to do in the fight against corruption, in particular in terms of creating anti-corruption mechanisms that are efficient in practice, Transparency Serbia (TS) said in a statement marking the International Anti-Corruption Day.

Parties lack anti-corruption mechanisms

BELGRADE - Political parties in Serbia either lack the mechanisms and procedures to fight corruption, or they are inefficient, said the participants of a conference on fighting corruption in Serbia and the role of political institutions.

Dacic to visit Latvia to discuss accession talks and OSCE

BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic will visit Latvia on Wednesday, where he will meet with some top officials of that country, which is set to take of the Presidency of the EU on January 1.

Corruption must be tackled "by whole of society"

BELGRADE -- The whole of society needs to be involved in the fight against corruption, but the government must take responsibility, a conference held in Belgrade has heard.

The gathering was held on International Anti-Corruption Day, December 9.

Nobody is asking us to recognize Kosovo

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Tuesday that nobody was asking Serbia to recognize Kosovo.

Commenting on media reports about Germany laying out 11 requirements to open chapters in accession negotiations with the EU, Vucic stressed that it was nowhere written that Serbia had to recognize Kosovo.

Fight against corruption - society's continuous mission

BELGRADE - The whole of society needs to be involved in the fight against corruption, but the government is the one that has to take responsibility, participants in a conference on the fight against corruption in Serbia, held in Belgrade on International Anti-Corruption Day, December 9.

Government expects economic growth next year

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday that the government expects economic growth next year, despite opposite projects from the IMF.

"We expect economic growth next year, which will come as a great surprise in the first year of fiscal consolidation," he told reporters in Belgrade.

"Nobody's asking Serbia to recognize Kosovo"

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told reporters in Belgrade on Tuesday that "nobody is asking Serbia to recognize Kosovo."

Montenegro Lawyers Face Penalties for Abusing Serbian Strike

The head of the Montenegrin Bar Association, Zdravko Begovic, said action will be taken against any Montenegrin attorneys taking advantage of the strike by Serbian lawyers to represent suspects before courts in Belgrade.

Kosovo granted full IOC membership

MONACO - Kosovo has been granted full International Olympic Committee (IOC) membership, the IOC decided in its session held Tuesday in Monaco.

This paves the way for Kosovo to participate in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the IOC said

OSCE: Still no solution for return of displaced to Kosovo

PRISTINA - As many as 15 years after the Kosovo conflict, there are still no lasting solutions for the return or integration of around 220,000 people displaced outside Kosovo and the 17,000 internally displaced living in Kosovo, shows the latest report of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

Vucic in Rome on Wednesday

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Rome on Wednesday at an invitation from his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi, Tanjug learned from Vucic's office on Tuesday.

According to diplomatic sources, Vucic will meet Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and Senate President Pietro Grasso as well while in Rome.

Photo Tanjug/D. Stankovic (archive)

Placido Domingo thrills audience in Belgrade

BELGRADE - Spanish tenor Placido Domingo, one of the most recognizable opera singers in the world, thrilled the audience at Belgrade's Kombank Arena.

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