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Germany supports reforms in Serbia

BERLIN - Serbian Minister without portfolio in charge of European integration Jadranka Joksimovic continued her official visit to Berlin on Tuesday by a working breakfast with Undersecretary of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Michael Roth.

Former DSS leader Koštunica leaves party

BELGRADE -- The founder and long-time leader of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) Vojislav Koštunica has announced that he is leaving the party.

Mihajlovic: Full gender equality is among priorities

BELGRADE - Accomplishing full gender equality is one of the priorities of the Serbian government and the work on that will involve all the ministries, Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said on Tuesday.

PKS: Serbian companies exhibit at Moscow agricultural fair

BELGRADE - Serbian companies took part in the agricultural technology exhibition "Golden Autumn 2014" in Moscow with notable success, and reached agreements with the Russian partners on a number of export deals for companies which have not exported their products to the Russian market before, the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) stated on Tuesday.

Full gender equality among govt. priorities

b -- Accomplishing full gender equality is one of the priorities of the Serbian government and the work on that will involve all ministries, Zorana Mihajlović says.

Serbia has a respectable army

BELGRADE - Zoran Dragisic, professor at the Belgrade University Faculty of Security, said Tuesday that it was important to hold the military parade in Serbia as a sign of returning to antifascist tradition, and that Serbia was sending a message that it was a serious country with a respectable army.

"Serbia to join EU in foreseeable future"

BELGRADE -- Serbia will become an EU member state "in the foreseeable future," German Minister of Food and Agriculture Christian Schmidt has said.

He also described Serbia as "a major factor of cooperation in the region."

Djuric: Jihadists reach Kosovo-Metohija

BELGRADE - Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija, stated on Tuesday that fundamentalist ideology of the Islamic State has penetrated the pores of the society in the region.

Schmidt: Serbia to join EU in foreseeable future

OBRENOVAC - Serbia will become an EU member state in the foreseeable future, and it is a major factor of cooperation in the region, says German Minister of Food and Agriculture Christian Schmidt.

Dacic receives new head of CoE office in Belgrade

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, who is also foreign minister, has received Tim Cartwright, the new head of the Council of Europe (CoE) office in Belgrade, who assumed the position on October 1.

Serbia sets up joint teams for Ebola prevention

NOVI PAZAR -- Minister of Health Zlatibor Lončar announced on Monday that all preventive measures have been implemented to stop the Ebola virus from spreading to Serbia.

Joint expert teams have also been set up to this end, he explained.

"Chronicle of Threats" awarded in Slovenia

BELGRADE -- The Saatchi & Saatchi Belgrade advertising agency has won the Silver Drum award in Portorož in the integrated campaigns category, for "Chronicles of Threats."

The festival held in the Slovenian town is one of the most prestigious events of its kind in the region.

Serbia on the occasion promised USD 50,000 worth of aid for recovery of Palestine in 2015.