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BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday received Ambassador of Kazakhstan Nurbach Rustemov, who handed to him invitations from Kazakhstan's president and PM to visit the country.

BELGRADE - There can be no referendum in Serbia's Vojvodina province as those who are proposing a referendum do not have the majority for the decision to call one, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said Friday.

The Belgrade-Pristina discussions on the implementation of an agreement on telecommunications continue on Friday.

Tanjug said it learned this from the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija.

BELGRADE - Southeast European countries are registering higher growth and a decline of high unemployment rates, and Serbia, as the largest economy in the region, has made the biggest contribution to this trend, says World Bank Country Director for Southeast Europe Ellen Goldstein.

Hashim Thaci's intent to organize a referendum on the unification of the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo with Albania has the goal of pressuring Serbia.

Israeli Ambassador Alona Fisher-Kamm says her country has not changed its position of not recognizing the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo.

In an interview for the Belgrade-based daily Blic, the Israel's recently appointed top diplomat in Belgrade also pointed out that work was being done to additionally improve relations with Serbia, especially in the economy.

BELGRADE - As Belgrade and Pristina resume talks to normalize their relations, the latter's request for its own telephone code present a problematic precedent for China and other countries across the world, Dusan Prorokovic, former state secretary in Serbia's Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija, told Sputnik Serbia on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Football Association has submitted an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against Kosovo being accepted as a member of UEFA.

UEFA member federations voted 28-24 in favor of Kosovo's application in May, despite strong protests from Serbia against its former province.

BRUSSELS - Work on telecommunications is continuing as part of the technical dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, European Commission spokesperson Maja Kocijancic said Monday.

The Serbian police have arrested the director of the Kosovo police for the region of Kosovska Mitrovica, Nehat Thaci.

The Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) confirmed this on Thursday morning.