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KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - According to figures released by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), 32.57 pct of registered voters in Kosovo-Metohija have voted in the Serbian presidential elections by 6 pm on Sunday.

OSCE Mission in Kosovo head Jan Braathu said in Kosovska Mitrovica earlier the elections were proceeding without trouble.

President Serzh Sarksyan's ruling Republican Party won elections in Armenia on April 2, official results showed, laying the foundation for a new parliamentary system of government, while international observers said the voting was tainted.

PRISTINA - Last Sunday's Serbian early parliamentary elections were conducted in Kosovo in a regular, incident-free manner, says Senad Sabovic, spokesman of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Kosovo.

The OSCE had personnel in every unit where the process was under way and they had clear instructions and precise training, Sabovic told Tanjug.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - A total of 23,484 voters in Kosovo-Metohija have voted in the Serbian parliamentary elections by 2 pm on Sunday, making the turnout 21.86 percent, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has announced.

A total of 106,094 people in Kosovo-Metohija are eligible to vote in the Serbian parliamentary elections.

John Kerry will visit Belgrade on December 3 to take part in the annual ministerial council of Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, OSCE, organized by Serbia, the country chairing the organisation in 2015.

A Russian inspection group is in Bulgaria on a three-day visit in order to oversee military activities, reported the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The inspection is a clause of the Vienna Document, established in 2011 by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), of which both Bulgaria and the Russian Federation are members.

KRUPANJ - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic qualified as positive on Wednesday the fact that the EU reacted to the statement by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama concerning the possibility of unification of Kosovo and Albania.

It is high time redrawing of borders in the Balkans stopped, Prime Minister Vucic said.

WASHINGTON - The Chairperson-in-Office of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, will on Wednesday continue his visit to Washington, where he will take part in a debate on Serbia's OSCE chairmanship before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Dacic plans to visit Ukraine "in next few weeks"

VIENNA -- OSCE chairperson and Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic announced that he is planning to travel to Ukraine in the next few weeks.

He also "stressed that the implementation of the Minsk agreement and ceasefire is necessary," Tanjug reported.

VIENNA - Continuous breaches of the ceasefire in Ukraine may lead to uncontrolled violence, says the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, adding that "this is a critical moment for Ukraine."