Government of Serbia

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic received a farewell visit from Japanese Ambassador to Belgrade Takahiko Katsumata on Thursday.

Hundreds of people gathered in front of the Belgrade elementary school Vladislav Ribnikar where eight pupils and one security worker were killed in Wednesday's mass shooting - and later on at Belgrade's Cvetni Trg [Flower Square], after which they went to the Education Ministry to hold a protest.

Belgrade woke up this morning with terror and grief. Three days of national mourning have been announced from tomorrow, and all schools will begin classes with a minute's silence.

All night people gathered in front of the school to light candles and bring flowers, toys, icons, treats in memory of the children killed by a 13-year-old boy.

POJATE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said at the weekend there was 4.35 bln euros in the state coffers and that Serbia's liquidity was at an all-time high, and announced that the country would undertake as many infrastructure projects as possible to ensure economic growth.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Monday Pristina had been working for a decade on avoiding the establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities and would continue that policy in the next round of the Brussels dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina on Tuesday.

KNJAZEVAC - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday Pristina's aspirations to join NATO would not be easy to fulfil as the Western military alliance included four countries that did not recognise the so-called Kosovo.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received a farewell visit from Japanese Ambassador to Belgrade Takahiko Katsumata on Thursday, thanking him for everything he has done for Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic on Thursday thanked Greece's Syriza opposition party for its unequivocal public support to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia.

NEW YORK - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met with US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield in New York on Wednesday to discuss the upcoming UN Security Council session on the work of UNMIK and development of Serbia-US bilateral relations.

BELGRADE - At a session also attended by President Aleksandar Vucic, the Serbian government decided to start work on a strategic foreign policy document that will precisely define Serbia's relations with other countries, the government press service announced on Tuesday.