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FM: We support alliance against terrorism

FM: We support alliance against terrorism

BELGRADE -- Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dačić has said that Serbia supports "the global alliance of the fight against terrorism."

Antic: Gas storage in Hungary agreed

BUDAPEST - Hungary is willing to help Serbia secure the energy it needs and store natural gas for it, Serbia's Energy Minister Aleksandar Antic said on Tuesday.

500 people evacuated, situation most difficult in Grabovac

KLADOVO - About 500 people who were almost impossible to reach by land have been evacuated from Tekija and other villages in the municipality of Kladovo, eastern Serbia, where rain is still falling, and the situation is most serious is in the village of Grabovac, Belgrade-based B92 media house reports.

Joksimovic discusses EU integration with Verheugen

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister without Portfolio in charge of EU integration Jadranka Joksimovic met with former EU enlargement commissioner Guenther Verheugen on Tuesday to discuss EU integration.

Joksimovic informed Verheugen about Serbia's plan to harmonise its legislation with the EU's, the Serbian government office for media relations has stated.

Tasovac meets with Australian minister Hunt

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac has met with Australia's Minister of Environment Greg Hunt to discuss protection of natural and cultural heritage.

Countries of Danube region support South Stream

BUDAPEST - Hungary, Serbia and Bulgaria, and the chambers of commerce of these countries support the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline, arguing that it will help the economic development of these countries and they therefore expect that the EU and Russia will come to an agreement concerning the project.

Dacic, Meshkov discuss cooperation prospects

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and Russia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexey Meshkov noted on Tuesday that the two countries have forged close and friendly bilateral ties.

Djuric discusses dialogue with Pristina with CoE delegation

BELGRADE - The head of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric discussed with a Council of Europe (CoE) delegation on Tuesday the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and the Serbian government's activities aimed at implementing the Brussels agreements.

Serbia is ready to join EU

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and former European enlargement commissioner Guenter Verheugen said Tuesday that Serbia is ready to join the European Union.

Verheugen said that Serbia is better prepared for the EU membership than the countries that joined the EU in 2004 and later on.

Serbia NATO's reliable partner - minister

Serbia NATO's reliable partner - minister

BELGRADE -- Serbia's attendance of the recent NATO summit "underlines the fact the country is assuming the position of a reliable and credible partner."

President, Russian official on "cooperation and sanctions"

President, Russian official on "cooperation and sanctions"

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić met with Russia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aleksei Meshkov in Belgrade on Tu

Gasic: Serbia reliable, credible partner

BELGRADE - Serbia's attendance of the NATO summit in Wales underlines the fact that the country is assuming the position of a reliable and credible partner and that it is clearly committed to adopting the highest standards in specific fields in cooperation with different countries, Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic said on Tuesday.

Paradox IV supercomputer launched at Institute of Physics

BELGRADE - Supercomputer HP Paradox IV was launched at the Belgrade Institute of Physics on Tuesday, and its installation makes room for multiple increase of resources and computer capacities available to researchers.

Nikolic, Meshkov discuss cooperation and sanctions

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic met with Russia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexey Meshkov in Belgrade Tuesday and told him that Serbia supported in principle the territorial integrity of Ukraine, but it would not participate in any sanctions against Russia.

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