Latest News from Serbia
Most severe demarche delivered to Albanian ambassador
BELGRADE - Albanian Ambassador in Belgrade Ilir Bocka received the most severe demarche in the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Aff airs on Wednesday over the provocations involving the flag of a Greater Albania during the football match between Serbia and Albania late on Tuesday.
Dacic, Murphy on improvement in Serbia-U.S. cooperation
BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and Chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on European Affairs Christopher Murphy discussed on Wednesday further improvement in political dialogue and cooperation between the two countries.
Vucic: We will continue to fight against tobacco smuggling
SENTA - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic put into operation the new super slim cigarette making machine at the Japan Tobacco International (JTI) plant in Senta on Wednesday, and stressed that Serbia will continue to fight against illegal tobacco trade.
World Heritage in China exhibition opens
BELGRADE - The exhibition entitled "World Heritage in China" was opened in Kalemegdan Park on Wednesday as part of cultural cooperation between China and Serbia, it was announced by the public company "Belgrade Fortress."
Talks with Putin to deal with concrete issues
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that on October 16 he will talk with Russia's President Vladimir Putin about concrete issues relating to economic cooperation.
Wilhelm: Care for German cemetery - good signal from Serbia
BELGRADE - By deciding to restore the monuments of the German military cemetery from the time of the First World War, Serbia is sending a positive signal to the world, German Ambassador to Serbia Wilhelm Heinz said Wednesday, adding that relations between Serbia and of Germany had never been better.
Vučić meets with U.S. senator
Vučić meets with U.S. senator
BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić met on Wednesday at the Serbian government with U.S. Senator Christopher Murphy.
Nikolic: Incident was intended to destabilise whole region
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has condemned the incident at the Serbia-Albania football match on Tuesday and demanded that the security services, the police and customs services treat the event as the final warning, because the next such case could result in human casualties.
Drecun: Tirana behind diversion, minister not responsible
BELGRADE, Oct 15 (Tanjug) - Chairman of the Serbian parliament Committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun qualified the incident during the football match between Serbia and Albania as a carefully planned diversion masterminded by official Tirana, and added that he does not see any responsibility as resting on Minister of Interior Affairs Nebojsa Stefanovic.
PM: Gravest political provocation, possibly because of Putin
SENTA - The incident during the Serbia vs Albania soccer match is the gravest political provocation aimed at making an attempt to humiliate the Serbian nation and spark long-term instability in the Western Balkans, in particular in Serbia, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday, adding that there are certain indications about who operated the drone.
"Only thing missing was bomb" - president
"Only thing missing was bomb" - president
BELGRADE -- Top Serbian officials believe that the Serbia-Albania football match incident was a deliberate, planned provocation aiming to destabilize Serbia and the region.
Vucic, Murphy: Bilateral relations have improved
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Wednesday at the Serbian government with US Senator Christopher Murphy, who expressed gratitude for Serbia's commitment to the fight against terrorism, and the adoption of a law that prevents Serbian citizens from participating in armed conflicts abroad.
Montenegrin students fight after Belgrade game
Montenegrin students fight after Belgrade game
PODGORICA -- Students of a high school in Tuzi near Podgorica were on Wednesday involved in a fight over the abandoned Serbia-Albania football game.
Leaders should show restraint, Rama's visit should go ahead
Leaders should show restraint, Rama's visit should go ahead
BELGRADE -- German Ambassador Heinz Wilhelm expressed on Wednesday his regret over the incident that occurred during the football match between Serbia and Albania.
He also called on political leaders of both countries to show restraint.
Ethnic Albanians in Montenegro join Pristina's celebration
BELGRADE - The interruption of Wednesday's Euro 2016 qualifier match between Serbia and Albania, caused by a drone suspending a flag with signs of the so-called Greater Albania above the pitch, has been celebrated by ethnic Albanians in Ulcinj, Plav and Tuzi in Montenegro.