Landlocked countries

The report on Serbia states that the main factors for a favorable economic growth are economic reforms and the country's strategic location, Tanjug said on Monday.

In an address to the Serbian parliament on Monday, Fabrizi praised Serbia's reinstatement of visas for Iranian citizens, and said the EU expected Belgrade to do the same in the case of every country whose citizens need a visa to enter the EU, and not to enter Serbia, Beta agency reported.

According to the Serbian government, Brnabic told Kukan that membership in the Union is Serbia's strategic goal, but that reform measures should first of all be to contribute to the progress of the state and to the better life of its citizens.

The Serbian government and Turkish construction company Taşyapı on Oct. 29 signed a $27 million contract for the reconstruction of a road connecting two southern cities in the Balkan state.

Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said this on Friday in Malaga, Spain.

Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic informed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjart about this on Thursday in Belgrade, the Serbian government announced.

This will happen since it received a letter from the Secretariat of the Venice Commission stating that they agree with the constitutional amendments made by the Ministry of Justice.

Moldova's vice-premier for reintegration Cristina Lesnic criticised the regime in the country's breakaway region of Transnistria on Wednesday for not allowing some pupils to attend Romanian-language schools unless they are on a separatist-approved access list.

"Even today there is pressure for Kosovo to be admitted to Interpol or UNESCO. How can Interpol preserve its reputation if it shares its data about drug dealers with Pristina, from where the most powerful drug clans come," Vulin asked in his address at the first plenary session of the 8th International Xiangshan Forum for Defense.

Moldova's pro-Russian President Igor Dodon said on Tuesday that Russian Patriarch Kirill will visit Moldova from October 27 to 28 - a shorter visit than the four-day trip that was initially announced.

The Russian Patriarch has cancelled his planned sermon in Tiraspol in the breakaway region of Transnistria.