Aleksandar Vučić

Daily: Provincial and local elections to be held on Jan. 24

The SNS party has decided that provincial and local elections will be held in Serbia on January 24, 2016, the Belgrade-based daily Blic writes.

If SNS leader and PM Aleksandar Vucic decides that early parliamentary elections should be held as well, they will be scheduled for the same day, according to the paper.

Four agreements signed during Kosovo talks round

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic announced late on Tuesday in Brussels that agreements reached there are "good for the Serb people in Kosovo."

Speaking after another round of EU-sponsored Belgrade-Pristina negotiations, he "singled out as the most important the formation of the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO)" which he said will have "broad powers."

Macedonia, Serbia Expect New Refugee Wave

A new wave of refugees is expected to reach the refugee reception centre in Presevo in southern Serbia, the Red Cross in Presevo said on Tuesday.

"At the moment, we have about 500 refugees but we have an information that during the day about 2,000 more will arrive," Ahmet Halimi, Secretary of the Red Cross in Presevo, said on Tuesday.

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