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KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - A pre-trial judge at the Basic Court in North Mitrovica granted the application of Kosovo's Special Prosecution Office and ordered a two-month extension of detention on remand for Dragoljub Delibasic.

KOPAONIK - Scientific Director of the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Michael Landesmann noted on Tuesday that the issue Serbia should focus on in the coming period is its vast foreign debt.

KOPAONIK - Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic stated on Tuesday that the widest possible consensus on the economic changes is needed, adding that there is no dilemma about the main objectives of the reform process.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said on Tuesday during talks with Azerbaijani Minister of Economy and Industry Shahin Mustafayev that investment in production is the only way for Serbia to emerge from the crisis.

BELGRADE - Serbia needs a treatment facility for hazardous and non-hazardous industrial waste, as inadequate waste management is one of the most serious environmental challenges for the country, stressed the participants of Monday's public debate on municipal and industrial waste management.

BELGRADE - No genocide was committed during the war in Croatia, and even Serbia and Croatia are aware of this, Florence Hartmann, a former spokesperson for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, has said, adding that the two countries' mutual genocide lawsuits will be dropped by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

BELGRADE - The pillars of Serbian statehood, which include the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces, are the institutions the Serbian citizens traditionally trust the most, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said in Belgrade.

NOVI SAD - The initiative to nominate the second-largest city in Serbia Novi Sad as the European Capital of Culture in 2020 has been presented on Monday at the 20th international Book Fair in Novi Sad.

KOSTOLAC - The rehabilitation of B1 block of the thermal power plant (TE) Kostolac in eastern Serbia, an investment worth USD 112 million, has started today.

The rehabilitation of the thermal power block is expected to prolong its lifespan by 20 years, Serbian Energy Minister Zorana Mihajlovic noted at the official start of the reconstruction works.

BELGRADE – Serbia’s Minister without Portfolio in charge of European integration Branko Ruzic and Director of the European Commission’s (EC) Directorate General for Enlargement Jean-Eric Paquet said Monday that Serbia has made substantial progress in reforms.