Vučić

PM "not surprised" by rector's fake credentials

BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić on Friday reacted to revelations that Megatred University Rector Mića Jovanović falsely claimed to have earned a doctoral title.

The daily Blic is reporting that Vučić said he was "not surprised" by the findings of the Ministry of Education.

Serbia "respects Russia, but wants to join EU"

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić has told German and Swiss newspapers that Serbia "respects Russia as a great power and a partner, but that its goal is to join the EU."

During his first official visit to Germany on Wednesday, Prime Minister Vucic said that recent allegations of censorship in the Serbian media were false.

Ivo Viskovic, a former Serbian ambassador to Germany, says Vucic's meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday will focus on Serbia's EU integration process.

According to him, Serbia can expect German help on its path to EU membership. "This help would be mainly of an advisory and economic character through stimulating German investment in Serbia," Viskovic told BIRN.

Prime minister starts two-day visit to Germany

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić on Wednesday starts his two-day visit to Germany where he will meet Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

PM comments on South Stream, Labor Law

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić has said that when it comes to South Stream "for Serbia, everything is proceeding as planned."

"Any possible decision to the contrary will be made only by the government," the prime minister told a news conference on Monday, held ahead of his trip to Germany later this week.

President Nikolic wants Serbia in Asia

At the time when Serbia Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic is going to be at the meeting with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Serbia President Tomislav Nikolic shall be a host to Aleksandr Lukashenko, the President of Belarus.

Austria "fully supports reforms in Serbia"

VIENNA, BELGRADE -- Austria fully supports the economic and political reforms in Serbia, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić said, recapping his visit to Austria on Wednesday.

Vučić told the RTS that his Austrian hosts fully support the economic reforms in Serbia, as well as the necessary political reforms.

Vučić: Best that Serbs vote in election

VIENNA -- PM Aleksandar Vučić announced that the Serbian government will recommend to the Kosovo Serbs to vote in Sunday's parliamentary elections in Kosovo and Metohija.

Vučić: Serbia pillar of stability in region

VIENNA -- Aleksandar Vučić says Serbia was becoming "a pillar of stability in the region" and was "doing its best when it comes to the negotiation process with Priština."