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Vucic invites Slovenian companies to invest in Serbia
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Monday with Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Jankovic and invited Slovenian companies to invest in Serbian economy, particularly in agriculture.
Stefanovic: Support to Serbian EU path
LONDON - Great Britain continues to support Serbia's EU path and internal reforms, Serbian Minister of the Interior Nebojsa Stefanovic said Monday after a meeting with David Lidington, Minister of State for Europe at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Vucic: Serbia wants stronger presence of German investors
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic Monday met with Niels Annen, spokesperson on foreign affairs for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) group in the German Bundestag, and pointed to the importance of increased presence of German investors in Serbia.
Former secret service head elected as Kosovo parl't speaker
PRISTINA - Kadri Veseli, deputy leader of Hasim Taci's Democratic Party of Kosovo (DPK) was elected speaker of the Kosovo parliament on Monday.
The new parliament speaker is the former head of Kosovo secret service, known as Shik, and one of the founders of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA, a former ethnic Albanian paramilitary formation).
Govt. asked to grant 1-year asylum to all asylum seekers
Govt. asked to grant 1-year asylum to all asylum seekers
BELGRADE -- The Center for Protection and Assistance to Asylum Seekers has asked the Serbian government to grant 1-year asylum to all seekers currently in the country.
Request for 1 year asylum to all seekers currently in Serbia
BELGRADE - The Centre for Protection and Assistance to Asylum Seekers appealed to the Serbian government on Monday to grant a 1 year asylum to all seekers currently in the country.
SPS MP: Belgrade expects dialogue to be resumed soon
BELGRADE - Djordje Milicevic, deputy head of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) group in the Serbian parliament, said Monday that Belgrade expected its dialogue with Pristina to be resumed as soon as the political situation in Kosovo allowed and a community of Serb municipalities was set up.
Medvedev blames EU for South Stream
Medvedev blames EU for South Stream
BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has discussed the South Stream gas pipeline project with Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.
FM "expects German support in EU talks"
FM "expects German support in EU talks"
BELGRADE -- Serbia is ready for EU accession negotiations, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said on Monday.
He made the statement during a meeting with Niels Annen, a member of the German parliament.
Dacic expects German support in Serbia's EU accession talks
BELGRADE - Serbia is ready for EU accession negotiations, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said Monday at a meeting with Niels Annen of the German Bundestag.
Drunk driver caught with 5.5 per mil blood alcohol
Drunk driver caught with 5.5 per mil blood alcohol
BELGRADE -- A drunk driver in Uzice, western Serbia, has had his license revoked and was ordered to pay RSD 150,000 after causing a traffic accident.
The man crashed into a parked car and then fell asleep. The police determined that his blood alcohol content was 5.5 milligrams per milliliter.
Serbia contributes to stability and development of region
BELGRADE - Serbia promotes stability in the region, Minister without Portfolio in charge of EU integration Jadranka Joksimovic said on Monday, stressing that it also contributed to the region's development and overcoming problems rooted in the past.
Vucic, Medvedev discuss South Stream
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic discussed the South Stream gas pipeline project with Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev over the phone Monday.
Vucic told the Russian prime minister that Serbia had taken the news about the decision to drop the project very hard.
"Germany blocks opening of first chapter in EU talks"
"Germany blocks opening of first chapter in EU talks"
BELGRADE -- By the end of this year, Serbia will not open the first chapter in the accession negotiations with the EU, a daily writes.
The Belgrade-based Vecernje Novoti is reporting that this topic has already been "removed from the agenda."
S. Stream "sobering for Serbia," says German paper
S. Stream "sobering for Serbia," says German paper
BERLIN -- It was "sobering for Serbia to learn that in the NIS sale contract had no clause on compensation or extra payment in case of the South Stream pipeline failure."
This is what German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung writes in an article it dedicated to relations between Serbia and Russia.