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Intelligence Leak Reveals US Surveillance in Balkans

The document published on Tuesday by the Washington Post said that the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in 2010 gave the National Security Agency, NSA the right to target every country in the world recognised by the US except Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

The document was part of a cache leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

NSA spying "not good, Serbia powerless" - FM

NSA spying "not good, Serbia powerless" - FM

BELGRADE -- Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić has said that surveillance conducted by the NSA is "not good practice", but that Serbia is "powerless to change anything."

Dačić added that U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) activity "caused mistrust among states."

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Vigenin to Visit Serbia July 3

Bulgaria's top diplomat Kristian Vigenin is due to visit Serbia to meet counterpart and Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic on Thursday.

The trip comes upon the invitation of Dacic, Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has reported in a statement to the media.

Vigenin is also to hold talks with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic.

Blic: U.S. taps our calls with foreigners

BELGRADE - Serbia has officially appeared on the list of countries whose calls are tapped by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), reads the Wednesday issue of the Belgrade-based daily Blic.

RATEL expects digitalization to be completed by end of 2014

BELGRADE - Director of Serbia's Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communication and Postal Services (RATEL) Milan Jankovic said Wednesday that this regulatory body expects the digitalization process in Serbia to be completed by year-end, before the official deadline set to mid 2015.

Platinum Wolf exercise under way at Base South

BUJANOVAC - Platinum Wolf 2014 - a military exercise involving 270 servicemen from Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Azerbaijan, Macedonia, Croatia and the United States - is underway at Base South in Bujanovac, southern Serbia.

Joksimovic, British ambassador discuss EU integration

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister without portfolio in charge of European integration Jadranka Joksimovic conferred with newly-appointed Ambassador of Great Britain Denis Keefe in Belgrade on Wednesday concerning Serbia's EU accession process and enhancement of cooperation between the two countries.

Linta: Croatia is responsible for "technical vacuum"

BELGRADE - Head of the Coalition of Refugee Associations Miodrag Linta said on Wednesday the responsibility for the "technical vacuum" in the relations between Serbia and Croatia lay on the Croatian side.

Dacic meets with Japanese ambassador

BELGRADE – Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic met with Japanese Ambassador in Belgrade Masafumi Kuroki Wednesday and thanked him for the aid Japan had sent during the flooding that had devastated Serbia in the second half of May.

Serbia sends condolences over killing of Israeli teenagers

Serbia sends condolences over killing of Israeli teenagers

BELGRADE -- The Serbian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday extended the deepest condolences to the families of three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped and murdered.

Norway's 12-year assistance to Serbia totals EUR 2.5 million

NIS - Norwegian Ambassador in Serbia Nils Ragnar Kamsvag in Nis on Wednesday that his country sent around EUR 2.5 million worth of assistance over the course of 12 years.

In the talks with Nis Mayor Zoran Perisic, the Norwegian ambassador said that his country's main focus in the time to come would cover the high unemployment rate in Serbia.

Bulgarian Tourists Prefer Serbia's Belgrade for City Breaks

More and more Bulgarian tourists choose the Serbian capital Belgrade for short holidays or the so-called city breaks.

For the first five months of 2014 the number of Bulgarians, who have traveled to the Serbian capital, increased by 60 percent on an annual basis, said Miodrag Popovic, Director of the Tourist Organization of Belgrade, as quoted by Dnevnik.

NSA could be spying on Serbian officials - daily

NSA could be spying on Serbian officials - daily

BELGRADE -- Serbia has been officially found on the list of countries whose communications are spied on by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), writes the daily Blic.

Production of wheat drops by one fifth

BELGRADE – Serbia expects to produce 2.1 million tons of wheat in 2014, down 19.6 percent against last year, a result of inclement weather, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (RZS) has said in a release.

Estimates show that raspberry production will amount to 62,202 tons, a decrease of 9.1 percent.

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