Landlocked countries

The head of the right-wing Independent Greeks party has indicated he is prepared to bring down the coalition government over the issue, the AP is reporting.

The agreement reached between Greek and Macedonian prime ministers has been met with opposition and protests in both countries. At the same time, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov is refusing to sign the deal.

Moldova's President Igor Dodon told Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta on Monday that he will block the adoption of his country's new National Defence Strategy document if some of his suggested amendments are not implemented by parliament.

It also offers great support and technical assistance to our country, noting that it is an important partner in the stability in the Western Balkans.

Solberg, who is on an official visit here, was welcomed in a ceremony involving the Guards of Serbian Army and the sounding of the two nations' national anthems of the two countries.

The ceremonial welcome was followed by a closed-door meeting between Brnabic and Solberg, who are scheduled to speak to reporters afterwards.

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Montenegro’s authorities said they will join Serbia and Kosovo in supporting the establishment of the RECOM fact-finding commission on the 1990s wars in the Balkans.

The foreign minister of Serbia at the same time stressed that pressure will not accelerate reaching a compromise.

"The United States is already very much well informed and indirectly involved in the whole process," Dacic told the daily Vecernje Novosti, commenting on the call of Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj to engage the United States in the dialogue.

This was done by head of the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia Sem Fabrizi who on Friday met with Serbian Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic.

The US Congress’ House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a resolution urging Belgrade to prosecute the killers of the Albanian-American Bytyqi brothers, murdered in 1999 after being detained by Serbian police.

Tanjug said it learned unofficially that a small explosion caused the blaze.

The factory's owner, HBIS GROUP Serbia, confirmed the incident and said the injured workers were receiving medical treatment in Smederevo's Emergency Center, and that, according to unofficial information, they "felt well."

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

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Kusturica told Filip Cukanovic that he thought Serbia is being punished for decades for its closeness with Russian - and made a connection between that and our football team being brutally robbed in last week's game against Switzerland.