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Russian media: EU delivered ultimatum to Belgrade
Russian media: EU delivered ultimatum to Belgrade
MOSCOW -- In the wake of EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn's visit here, the Russian media are reporting about EU's "ultimatum to Serbia to impose sanctions on Russia."
Dacic:I hope we won’t have to choose between Brussels,Moscow
BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said Friday that it was premature to seek from Serbia to fully align its foreign policy with that of the European Union, as negotiations on Chapter 31, which concern this area, had not even begun yet.
"Serbia to join EU defence programs"
"Serbia to join EU defence programs"
BELGRADE -- Numerous opportunities for cooperation with the European Defence Agency (EDA) are opening up to Serbia, EDA Executive Director Claude-France Arnold has said.
She spoke for Tanjug ahead of her first visit to Belgrade.
Brussels: Screening for ecology completed
BRUSSELS - A five-day screening for Chapter 27 - Environment and Climate Change was completed in Brussels on Friday, said Tanja Miscevic, Serbia's chief negotiator in the EU accession talks.
Serbian, Hungarian FMs: South Stream joint interest
Serbian, Hungarian FMs: South Stream joint interest
BELGRADE -- The relations between Serbia and Hungary have reached the highest level - Hungary supports Serbia on its European path, the two countries' foreign minister say.
Serbia joins EU defence programmes
BRUSSELS - Numerous opportunities for cooperation with the European Defence Agency (EDA) are oppening up to Serbia, EDA Executive Director Claude-France Arnold has said ahead of her first visit to Belgrade.
She told Tanjug she looked forward to discussing Serbia's inclusion in EDA's programmes with the defence minister, chief of the general staff and military technology experts.
Dacic, Szijjarto: South Stream a joint interest
BELGRADE - The relations between Serbia and Hungary have reached the highest level - Hungary supports Serbia on its European path, and the two countries are also connected by joint interests such as the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline, the Serbian and Hungarian foreign ministers, Ivica Dacic and Peter Szijjarto, said on Friday.
Kosovo: 29 returnee houses broken into
Kosovo: 29 returnee houses broken into
PEĆ -- Unknown perpetrators have caused damaged to and broken into 29 out of the total of 30 houses belonging to returnees in the village of Ljevoša.
The village is located near the town of Peć in Kosovo and Metohija.
29 returnee houses in Ljevosa in KiM broken into
PEC - Unknown perpetrators have caused damaged to and broken into 29 out of the total of 30 houses belonging to returnees in the village of Ljevosa near Pec in Kosovo-Metohija.
Police Spokesman in Pec Dzevat Ibra confirmed to RTK 2 that the robbery took place in the night between Wednesday and Thursday, and the scene is being searched.
Arrangement with IMF means more investments
BELGRADE - Serbia's new three-year arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will increase competitiveness, boost Serbia's economy and ensure greater inflow of investments, Milivoje Miletic, acting president of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, stated on Friday.
"Exchange rate stable despite pressures"
"Exchange rate stable despite pressures"
BELGRADE -- The exchange rate is "relatively stable and in line with monetary policy goals, despite certain pressures," NBS Governor Jorgovanka Tabaković says.
EU IPA funds for development of Serbian economy
BELGRADE - Jadranka Joksimovic, Serbia's minister without portfolio responsible for EU integration and national IPA coordinator, talked on Friday with Jean-Eric Paquet, director at the Directorate General for Enlargement of the European Commission, who voiced readiness to support the development of small and medium sized enterprises even more strongly.
Dacic: Serbia will need diplomats more and more
BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Friday, during an introductory lecture for the new generation of students of the Foreign Ministry Diplomacy Academy, that Serbia would need diplomats more and more to protect its national interest.
Djuric: Serbia wants stability in KiM
BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said Friday it was Serbia's great interest to see that stability and the rule of law were there in KiM, arguing that the current situation in the province was worse than before the Brussels agreement.
Chinese investors interested in cooperation
BELGRADE - A deleation of the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection led by Minister Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic, officials of the Privatisation Agency, PKB corporation and Belgrade city hall met a delegation of the China Development Bank to discuss possible Chinese investments in the Serbian agriculture.