First cabinet of Vojislav Koštunica

The majority of heads of parliamentary groups expressed their views on the new Government of Serbia, and the main criticisms of the opposition were related to the fact that it is a government of continuity, with the assessment that the previous one has not worked well, as well as that the government is formed by Aleksandar Vui, and is represented by its prime minister-designate, Ana Brnabi

Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic and Japanese Ambassador to Serbia Junichi Maruyama attended the ceremony in front of the Palace of Serbia, the Serbian government announced.

Zakharova will then travel to Guca, a town in western Serbia, where this year's installment of the Dragacevo Assembly of Trumpet Players is being held.

The Office of the minister without portfolio in charge of innovation and technological development announced this on Thursday, and added the country for the first time left behind eight EU member states on the European Innovation Scoreboard.

Serbia has filled out 22 of the 27 indicators that refer to this list, presented by the European Commission in Brussels.

The dinner was organized by EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev "for representatives of the Western Balkans as part of the visit of Mogherini to the region."

The topics discussed were European integration, current political and security situation, as well as regional political and economic cooperation, a statement said.

Representatives of the governments of Serbia and Russia signed in Moscow, on Tuesday a series of agreements on cooperation in various fields.

The Serbian government announced this, adding that the agreements were signed after the talks between two state delegations led by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Photo: O. Bunic

Serbian President Aleksander Vucic has nominated Ana Brnabic as the country's next prime minister, making her the first openly gay premier in the Balkan region and the first Serbian woman in the top job.

The U.S. ambassador to Serbia says he has been instructed by the U.S. administration to continue to strongly support Serbia in the EU integration process.

BRATISLAVA- Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico stated Thursday that Serbia's EU accession should be launched as soon as possible.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Thursday with Canadian Ambassador to Serbia Phillip Pinnington, who conveyed the support of the Canadian government to the policy of economic, political and regional stability pursued by the government of Serbia.