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The United States Embassy, in the context of the rejection by the Senate of the request regarding the taking into custody and placement under preventive detention of senator Dan Sova, that parliamentary immunity "shouldn't be used abusively by some to avoid responsibility."

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BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic, who is staying on a visit to Great Britain, conferred on Thursday with Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament Trisha Marwick on parliamentary cooperation and EU integration, the Serbian parliament released in a statement.

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Valeriu Zgonea has stated, on Thursday, in Oradea, that there are many people insufficiently trained who have entered Parliament and who do not know parliamentary rules, in this context expressing support for reducing the number of MPs.

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic will visit the Great Britain and meet with Lord Speaker Baroness Frances D'Souza and Minister for Europe David Lidington in London on Tuesday.

Gojkovic will also meet with Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament Trisha Marwick, the Serbian parliament speaker's office released in a statement on Monday.

The organisation in Bucharest of the sixth session of the Europe-China Cultural Dialogue, a cultural and public diplomacy event, represents an acknowledgement of the dialogue between Romania and China, Deputies' Chamber Speaker Valeriu Zgonea said on Thursday in the opening of the sixth session of the Europe-China Cultural Dialogue, carried out at the Palace of Parliament.

Romania's chamber of deputies on Monday gave its approval for prosecutors to open a criminal investigation into Valerian Vreme, a parliamentarian suspected of money laundering, abuse of office and bribery in relation to software licences for schools.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Outgoing Parliament Speaker Nebojsa Stefanovic has called a constitutive session of the National Assembly for April 16, the institution issued a release.

BELGRADE - Representatives of Western Balkan parliaments stated on Monday that more efficient draw of foreign investments in the region calls for a better investment climate, harmonisation of fiscal policy, reduction of taxes, countering corruption and better education.