Balkan countries

PROKUPLJE - Speaking at a state ceremony commemorating the victims of the 1999 NATO aggression on Serbia, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday evening Pristina had been admitted to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly as associate member.

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic has warned that Serbia could withdraw from the Council of Europe if Kosovo is admitted to the organization, as reported by media outlets in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - The head of Serbia's standing parliamentary delegation to the Council of Europe (CoE) Parliamentary Assembly Biljana Pantic-Pilja said on Friday CoE rapporteur Dora Bakoyannis had recommended that the so-called Kosovo be admitted the organisation, and added that its Committee on Political Affairs would decide on this at an extraordinary session scheduled for March 25.

Greece comes to the debate from a position of strength, given that it is one of the EU and NATO member states with one of the highest per capita defence spending rates in the Alliance

BRUSSELS - For Serbia, it is important to find a solution in the dialogue with Pristina that will include continued operations of the Postal Savings Bank in Kosovo-Metohija, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said in Brussels on Tuesday.

A senior US official visited Montenegro Monday to offer support to the small Balkan nation seeking to join the European Union.

During a press conference in the capital Podgorica, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar said Montenegro should be next in line to join the 27-nation bloc.

INDJIJA - In a reaction to a report by Sarajevo-based Slobodna Bosna that he has surrendered Kosovo-Metohija, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday that "they did not listen carefully" to what he had said.

Vucic said this was "superficial" reporting by "extremists".

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday evening his meeting with the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak had addressed the situation in Kosovo-Metohija and the unbearable living conditions for Serbs in the province.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak at the Presidency of Serbia in central Belgrade shortly after 6 pm on Friday.

The meeting is also attended by the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with newly-appointed head of the Council of Europe (CoE) Office in Serbia Janos Babity on Friday to discuss cooperation to date and continuation of cooperation with the CoE on existing as well as new programmes.