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Vucic and Putin speak in Russian, agree to meet soon

Aleksandar Vucic on Saturday spoke with Vladimir Putin on the phone, wishing the Russian leader a happy birthday as he turned 65.

According to the Serbian president, who spoke for the Belgrade-based tabloid Kurir, the 25-minute conversation was entirely in Russian - "although an interpreter reacted once or twice" - and touched on "all topics of importance to Serbia-Russia relations."

Vucic: Realistic for Trump to visit Serbia in 2018

BELGRADE/NEW YORK - It is realistic for US President Donald Trump to visit Serbia in 2018, says Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

"President Trump extended his hand to me three or four times as we talked about a visit, then he extended his hand once again and said we had an agreement," Vucic told Kurir after meeting with Trump in New York Wednesday.

"Serbia's EU accession depends on relations with Kosovo"

EP rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister says negotiations on Serbia's EU accession EU require "constant movement towards better relations with Kosovo".

He told the Belgrade-based tabloid Kurir that "this process should gradually lead to the normalization of relations between the two sides, with both being able to exercise their rights and fulfill their responsibilities."

Serbian Media Group Files 150 Suits, Claiming 'Repression'

"All employees at the Adria Media Group and at the daily [newspaper] Kurir are working in scandalous conditions of repression by the authorities," Adria Media Group's chief of corporate communications, Zelimir Bojovic, alleged in comments to BIRN, explaining the large-scale legal actions launched by the company.

Dacic: Serbia's friends do not act like Zaev has been acting

BELGRADE - Serbia's friends do not act the way Social Democratic Union of Macedonia leader Zoran Zaev has been acting, says Serbian Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic.

"Serbs are the Macedonians' biggest and best friends, and Serbia's friends do not act the way Zaev has been acting," he told Kurir TV in response to Zaev's statement that Serbia had a nationalist leadership.

Nikolic has decided to retire - Kurir

BELGRADE - Serbia's incumbent President Tomislav Nikolic has decided to hand in a retirement request on May 31, but is not necessarily leaving politics, Belgrade-based Kurir reported Tuesday.

Nikolic says he has not made a decision or reached an agreement on a role he could be given when his presidential term expires, but his retirement is certain, the paper said.

Tomislav Nikolic to retire after elections

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will apply to claim his age pension on May 31, the tabloid Kurir is reporting on Tuesday.

But this does not mean he will also say goodbye to politics, the article noted.

Nikolic told the daily he had not yet decided, nor reached any deal regarding any new political office after his mandate expires this spring.

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