Government of Serbia

Dacic to travel to Pristina in late March

BELGRADE -- Ivica Dacic visited the OSCE Mission in Belgrade on Thursday and announced that he will also visit the missions in Skopje and Podgorica in February.

The Serbian foreign minister and OSCE chairperson-in-office added he would travel to the OSCE mission in Pristina in March.

Defense minister: PM is "most endangered person"

BELGRADE -- Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic has said that the Military Security Agency (VBA) was "not wiretapping anyone without a court order."

He at the same time described Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic as "the person that is most endangered at this moment."

PM: EU is Serbia's top strategic goal

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vucic says Serbia's top strategic goal is EU integration, while it would be "naive to think Serbia will solve global crises while chairing the OSCE."

BELGRADE - Serbian government officials and the legal representatives of Citizens' Initiative SDP leader Oliver Ivanovic urged on Wednesday his immediate release from detention, arguing that his trial is a political one as there is no evidence to support the indictment by the prosecution office, which charges him with war crimes.

BELGRADE/ADDIS ABABA - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic stated on Tuesday that during the second day of the session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council, he had several bilateral meetings with a view to reviving good relations with African countries and obtaining a confirmation of the stand on the non-recognition of Kosovo-Metohija independence.

Several officials detained in corruption cases

BELGRADE -- The Interior Ministry has announced that several persons "belonging to different political options" have been placed under arrest.

They are suspects in an ongoing police operation targeting crime and corruption, a statement said, adding that they came from the ruling SNS and SPS and the opposition DS party.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic sent a message of congratulations to Alexis Tsipras on his election as the Greek prime minister.

BELGRADE - Director General of Public company for underground coal mining Resavica Vladan Milosevic has been arrested on suspicion that he received and offered bribes.

HELSINKI - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic began a one-day visit to Finland on Monday by taking part in a business forum organised by the Finnish national agency Finpro, which represents 550 Finnish companies.

ADDIS ABEBA - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic has met with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom in Addis Abeba.

During Sunday's meeting, Dacic thanked Adhanom for Ethiopia's principled position regarding the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo-Metohija, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.