Serbian mission

BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Serbia has four new ambassadors.

In a statement, it said that, following the publication of a decree signed by President Aleksandar Vucic, Aleksandra Djurovic, Aca Jovanovic, Mirjana Kotlajic and Danijel Apostolovic had been appointed Serbian ambassadors to Hungary, Turkey, Chile and the EU, respectively.

BRUSSELS - In a letter to a Croatian MEP who organised a conference about Croatia's WWII-era Roman Catholic cardinal Alojzije Stepinac in the European Parliament on Tuesday, the Serbian Mission to the EU expressed deep regret over the special highlighting of Stepinac in EP premises as he was a historical figure that opened "painful chapters of the past" in Serbia, diplomatic sources told Tanjug

In the Council of Europe, the discussion on the request of the so-called of Kosovo for admission without a conclusion on the precise date of putting it on the agenda of the Council of Ministers for re-discussion.
Aleksandra Djurovi, head of the Serbian mission to the Council of Europe, told Tanjug.

BRUSSELS - As the 2017 CEFTA chair, Serbia will focus on strengthening and deepening the implementation of the Central European Free Trade Agreement, a Brussels panel was told Wednesday as Serbia presented the priorities of its CEFTA chairmanship.

The Serbian Mission to the EU has reacted to the draft resolution on Kosovo prepared by European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur Ulrike Lunacek.

Serbian representatives said it contains "a series of unfair comments concerning Serbia."

Serbia sends protest note to UN over Pristina's presence

The Serbian UN mission has sent a protest note to the international organization over the presence of representatives of Kosovo at a conference on terrorism.

The conference was organized by the United States.

Serbian mission chairs informal NATO group

BELGRADE -- Serbia's mission at NATO took over the chairmanship of the SEEGROUP during a meeting held on the ambassadorial level on December 16 at NATO's headquarters.

BELGRADE - The Serbian parliament adopted by a majority vote on Friday the amendments to the Criminal Code which envisage prison sentences for the duration of six months to ten years for citizens who take part in wars or armed conflicts abroad or engage in recruitment and organisation of such actions for Serbian citizens.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Foreign Ministry denies allegations about it not allowing the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina to be presented at a forthcoming conference of European regions at Serbia's Mission to the EU in Brussels.

Final donor conference donations figure: EUR 106mn

BELGRADE -- The recent donor conference in Brussels, organized to help Serbia recover from the May floods, raised slightly over EUR 106 million in donations.