Government of Serbia

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic will attend a working lunch with EU and Western Balkan FM in Brussels on Monday.

According to a statement released by the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the working lunch will be held on the margins of an EU Council of Foreign Affairs meeting.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Friday that, in the wake of two mass shootings in Serbia earlier this month, foreign agencies were directly trying to destabilise the country, and reiterated that there would be no change of government in Serbia without elections.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met with US Ambassador to Belgrade Christopher Hill on Thursday.

Dacic noted that advancement of cooperation with the US in areas of mutual significance was Serbia's strategic commitment.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic received a delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Gabon in Belgrade on Wednesday.

The parties confirmed the good bilateral relations and a readiness to advance cooperation in all areas, in particular in the economy.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic received a farewell visit from outgoing Cypriot Ambassador to Belgrade Dimitrios Theophylactou on Monday, thanking him for Cyprus's continued support to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia and for its consistent and principled position of non-recognition of the unilaterally declared independence of the so-called Kosovo.

SMEDEREVO - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Sunday announced elections for "September at the latest".

"You want elections? I will inform the people on May 26, we are going to elections. That means the elections will be held in September at the latest," Vucic told reporters in Smederevo in response to opposition demands for his resignation.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Friday he would not be travelling to Reykjavik for a Council of Europe (CoE) conference and that Serbia would abstain in a vote on a resolution on protection of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia.

The protests were launched after two tragic incidents of mass murders in Serbia, but, as the media reports, the question can be asked, what did the opposition, that is, their representatives, actually do to prevent this violence, and what did the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui, do after the terrible crimes that shook Serbia.

"In the silence of the three-day national mourning, as a responsible and well-mannered person, professional in the performance of all previous public duties, as a parent and citizen of the Republic of Serbia, which is always a priority for me, and in accordance with Article 23 of the Law on Government, I adopted a rational and an honorable decision in these circumstances.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic met with Chinese Ambassador to Belgrade Chen Bo on Friday.