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BELGRADE - A total of 13 Serbian companies will have their presentations organized by the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) at the international food industry trade fair SIAL 2014 in Paris on October 23.

According to a release from the PKS, the companies will be exhibiting via PKS facilitation for the first time.

Polish ex-Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has responded to an article in a US magazine where he allegedly says Russia offered Poland to annex five Ukrainian provinces.

Sikorski wrote on Twitter some of his comments had been exaggerated, though he did not specify which ones.

Croatian anti-corruption investigators on Monday detained the Mayor of Zagreb, Milan Bandic.

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Three Greeks and two Albanians stand accused of smuggling large quantities of pure heroin into Greece from Turkey after being arrested in Athens and Thessaloniki on October 14, the Greek Police said on Monday.

Serbia and Montenegro have "exemplary relations"

PODGORICA -- Relations between Serbia and Montenegro set a good example for the entire region, according to the Serbian parliament speaker and her Montenegrin counterpart.

Maja Gojković and Ranko Krivokapić met in Podgorica on Monday.

European Banking Authority said Monday Bulgaria should allow immediate access of depositors at Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank, KTB) to their savings.

"Responsible approach to EU talks"

BELGRADE -- Serbia has taken a serious and responsible approach to the process of accession negotiations with the EU, Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić has said.

Consequently, "it expects its efforts to be recognized with the opening of Chapters 32 and 35 as soon as possible," he said Monday.

Romania will stay the most dedicated advocate of the countries heading towards European integration, be it Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine, Serbia and the rest of the Western Balkan states, Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta said late on Monday in opening remarks to the dinner given at the end of the first day of the EU-South East Europe Summit titled "On the Road to Stability and Gro

At least five people are dead after a private jet crashed at Moscow's Vnukovo airport also claiming the life of French oil company Total's CEO Christophe de Margerie.

The plane collided with a snow-clearing machine as it was taking off, leaving the driver, three crew members and a passenger, who was De Margerie, dead, the BBC quotes the airport's spokesperson Elena Krylova as saying.

Russia has sought to involve Poland in the partition of Ukraine, former Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told a US media outlet.