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The European Union and countries of Western Balkans are reinforcing cooperation in the fight against Islamist terrorism, especially in the light of new terrorist threats coming to light in some countries in Western Europe. Countries in the region have also been identified as potential targets.

Belgrade wants Trepca put on dialogue agenda

BELGRADE -- Marko Djuric has said that the Serbian government was fully committed to finding a solution for Trepca during the talks between Belgrade and Pristina.

Around 725 Kosovo Albanian miners in the middle and southern chain of the Trepca mining complex on Thursday decided to continue their strike, announced at 4 pm, around six hours after starting a meeting on Thursday.

They said the strike would continue and they would soon send their full list of requests to the Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa.

Prime Minister Vu?i? for Swiss newspaper "Blick" Serbia is not a Russian puppet

- I came to Davos to learn something, to meet people who would like to invest in my country. As a Prime Minister, I need friends, and I think this is the place where I will find them - Aleksandar Vu?i? said in an interview for Swiss newspaper "Blick", yesterday in Davos.

President and Church share "close views" on Kosovo

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic met with Serbian Patriarch Irinej on Thursday "to discuss his proposal for a final settlement for Kosovo."

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic stated on Thursday that he and Serbian Patriarch Irinej have discussed a draft platform for Kosovo-Metohija which, as he put it, will be acceptable for Serbia and will not jeopardize its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Agenda of Brussels meeting "still not agreed"

BELGRADE -- Ivica Dacic said Thursday that the agenda of a new round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina had not yet been drawn up.

Serbia expects the implementation of the Brussels agreement to continue from where it was left off, said the country's foreign minister.

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said Thursday that the agenda of a new round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina had not yet been drawn up and that Serbia expected the implementation of the Brussels agreement to continue from where it was left off.

"Compensation for Trepca" report is false - official

BELGRADE -- Marko Djuric has rejected as false the claims that the government is considering "accepting the loss of Trepca in exchange for compensation."

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic has dismissed claims that Serbia is making the Brussels dialogue conditional on Pristina giving up on nationalising the Trepca mine.