Boris Tadić

"Belgrade is Europe's gate toward Balkans"

BELGRADE -- Viktor Orban said as he met with Tomislav Nikolić that "the EU cannot survive without Serbia" - because Belgrade is "the gate of Europe toward the Balkans."

EU membership "won't have impact on ties with Russia"

MOSCOW -- Serbia’s accession to the European Union will have no impact on its friendly relations with Russia, Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Chepurin has said.

Serbian president meets with Barroso

BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić and Jose Manuel Barroso have concluded that Serbia and the EU hold different views on world events "in some 50 percent of the cases."

BELGRADE - President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso visited Belgrade on Sunday and told Serbia's top officials the EU would continue to support the country's EU integration, while the Serbian side stated that EU membership was still a priority for the government.

BELGRADE - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso met with Democratic Party leader Bojan Pajtic on Sunday.

The meeting was held at the Hyatt Regency Belgrade hotel after Barroso's meeting with New Democratic Party leader Boris Tadic.

The separate meetings with Tadic and Pajtic were also attended by the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport.

BELGRADE - The delegation of the School for Professional Development of the Italian police which is staying in Serbia on a study visit will exchange experiences with representatives of the Serbian Ministry of Interior, National Assembly, as well as operative and training units of the Serbian police.

BELGRADE - United States Vice President Joseph Biden has congratulated Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on being elected to the post, adding that the US will continue to back his government's efforts to make Serbia a factor of stability in the Balkan region and beyond.

BELGRADE - Youth Sport Games, which bring together pupils and high-school students, will be held in Serbia from July 13 to 27 for the first time, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said on Friday.

At the promotion of the project, Vucic added that the initiative for their holding had been launched by Miodrag Rakic, the late chief of staff of the former Serbian president Boris Tadic.

Serbia waits for Moscow-Brussels deal on South Stream

BELGRADE -- The matter of compliance of existing South Stream agreements with EU laws "is addressed in the dialogue between Gazprom and the European Commission."

Pundits interpret Vulin's "great powers" comment

BELGRADE -- Political analyst Đorđe Vukadinović says Aleksandar Vulin's statement about "great powers not wanting a prime minister with large support" is "exaggerated."

The labor minister suggested earlier that PM Aleksandar Vučić was the target of criticism for that reason.