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Duma speaker: EU is rude towards Serbia

Duma speaker: EU is rude towards Serbia

ASTANA -- Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin said on Monday that an EU official's statement that Serbia must to join the sanctions against Russia was "rude and caddish."

PM once again rejects possibility of joining sanctions

PM once again rejects possibility of joining sanctions

BELGRADE -- "No one can order Serbia how to behave, telling it on whom, when and how to impose sanctions," Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić said on Saturday.

He was addressing the electoral assembly of United Serbia (JS), a member of the ruling coalition.

Mihajlovic to take part in CEI summit in Vienna

VIENNA - A summit of the Central European Initiative (CEI), presided by Austria this year, will be held in Vienna on Monday, with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Construction, and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic as Serbia's representative.

Croatia's reaction to Šešelj "hypocritical"

Croatia's reaction to Šešelj "hypocritical"

BELGRADE -- Vojislav Šešelj is "a hot topic" in Croatia because of the election campaign there, Ivica Dačić has said.

He added that the neighboring country "lacks the courage to resolve issues from the past."

"Serbia understands its EU path obligations"

"Serbia understands its EU path obligations"

BELGRADE -- Serbia understands well its obligations in the EU integration process and will continue to harmonize its positions with the EU.

This was stated by the head of Serbia's team in EU membership negotiations, Tanja Miščević.

Dacic to pay visit to Denmark Monday

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic will pay a visit to Copenhagen on Monday at the invitation of his Danish counterpart Martin Lidegaard.

Ljajic in Riyadh, Saudi delegation visit arranged

BELGRADE/RIYADH - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud agreed in Riyadh on Sunday for a Saudi political and business delegation to pay a visit to Serbia.

UAE hypermarket chain shows interest in Serbian products

BELGRADE/ABU DHABI - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic conferred on Sunday in Abu Dhabi with Managing Director of the LuLu Group Yusuff Ali, who voiced interest in including Serbian food products in the offer of the UAE's leading hypermarket chain.

Dacic: SPS congress will be congress of changes

BELGRADE - The regular congress of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), to be held on December 14, will not be a congress of conflicts, division and disintegration of the party, but a congress of changes, SPS leader Ivica Dacic said on Sunday.

The goals of the party will remain the same, and we will change so that we would not be replaced, Dacic told Belgrade-based TV Pink.

Vlade Divac re-elected to ANOC Executive Board

BAKU - President of the Olympic Committee of Serbia (OKS) Vlade Divac was re-elected on Sunday as member of the Executive Board of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), at the General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in Baku.

Vucic: No one can order Serbia to impose sanctions

BELGRADE - No one can order Serbia around, telling it on whom, when and how to impose sanctions, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Saturday at the electoral assembly of the United Serbia (JS), a member of the ruling coalition.

Gojkovic condemns murder of Crvena Zvezda fan

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic on Saturday strongly condemned the murder of Crvena Zvezda fan Marko Ivkovic (25) in Istanbul and urged Turkish authorities to react immediately and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Vucic demands urgent investigation into Serbian fan death

BELGRADE - In a telephone call to Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Saturday, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu expressed his condolences on the death of Crvena Zvezda supporter Marko Ivkovic (25).

The Serbian prime minister voiced outrage at the despicable crime committed against a citizen of Serbia, the government's media cooperation office said in a release.

Minister Rasim Ljajic to visit Saudi Arabia on Sunday

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic will pay an official visit to Saudi Arabia on Sunday, at the invitation of Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

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