Cities in Europe

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received German ambassadors to the region and officials of the Berlin government, including special Western Balkans envoy Manuel Sarrazin, in Belgrade on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet with EU special representative for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak, US special Western Balkans envoy Gabriel Escobar and political advisers from Germany, France and Italy in Belgrade on Friday.

Police officers rushed to a private school in northern Athens after receiving reports on Thursday afternoon that one or more individuals had entered the school's premises holding sharp objects.

The developing incident is taking place inside the campus of Athens College, a co-educational private school in the suburb of Psychiko.

In the new bill that will go through the parliament, it will be written that employees retire at 64, instead of 62, which is the current limit, "BBC" reported.
City and intercity rail service is almost at a standstill, and many schools and other public services are closed.
At Orly Airport in Paris, one out of five flights is canceled on average.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday a deal with Pristina would be achievable as early as in two days - rather than within the next few months - if Pristina's PM Albin Kurti gave up on secessionist intentions.

DAVOS - Serbian President Alaksandar Vucic met with the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak on the sidelines of the 53rd World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos on Wednesday.

Vucic and Lajcak met at the Davos Congress Centre.

BRUSSELS - The EU special representative for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, and US special Western Balkans envoy Gabriel Escobar are due to visit Pristina and then also Belgrade at the end of this week, Radio Free Europe has reported.

Quoting diplomatic sources in Brussels, RFE said the two would be in Pristina on January 20.

The operational plan of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) was finalized at the weekend for the security measures on Monday, the day of the funeral of the former king Constantine. 

Police officers of all specialties were already on duty on Sunday in the center of the capital as the first representatives of royal families arrived in Athens to attend the Monday service. 

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Thursday in Belgrade with US State Department Counsellor Derek Chollet, to whom he conveyed the expectation that the US recognise Serbia's efforts in maintaining peace and stability in the region and encourage Pristina to meet its commitments under accepted and signed agreements.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Milos Vucevic on Wednesday visited the Military Intelligence Agency, whose Director Maj Gen Zoran Stojkovic briefed him on the scope of the agency's work and its abilities and capabilities.