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Diplomatic sources told BIRN that Rama will hold a meeting on Monday morning with his Serbian counterpart, Aleksander Vucic, followed by a joint press conference.

The Albanian leader will also take part on Monday in a business forum. It is unclear whether a meeting with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will be held on the sidelines.

BRUSSELS - Newly-appointed European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn intends to visit Serbia on November 20, the European Commission (EC) released on Friday.

According to announcements from Brussels, Hahn will travel to Montenegro a day after his visit to Serbia.

In an interview with Cyprus's Sigma television and Simerini newspaper, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras indicated that an increase in tensions in the eastern Mediterranean would be "a very negative development," referring to the continuing presence of a Turkish seismic vessel off the southern coast of Cyprus.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic and Crown Prince of Norway Haakon Magnus stated on Thursday that Serbia and Norway share traditionally friendly ties and good bilateral relations.

FM receives Norwegian crown prince

BELGRADE -- Serbian First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Affairs Ivica Dačić received on Thursday in Belgrade Crown Prince of Norway Haakon Magnus.

According to Dačić, Serbia and Norway share traditionally friendly ties and good bilateral relations.

BELGRADE - Serbia ranks 77th according to the Legatum Prosperity Index, while Norway claimed the first place on the list of 142 countries.

The Prosperity Index released by Legatum Group on Tuesday evaluates countries according to a number of parameters in sectors of economy, entrepreneurship, administration, education, healthcare, security, individual freedoms and social capital.

Serbia ranks 77th on Legatum Prosperity Index

BELGRADE -- Serbia ranks 77th according to the Legatum Prosperity Index, while Norway claimed the first place on the list of 142 countries.

Turkey has spent over $600 million on a new presidential jet and presidential palace this year, Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek has revealed, noting that the budget purse strings will be loosened for the facility more next year.

BELGRADE - Snezana Bogosavljevic-Boskovic, Serbian minister of agriculture and environmental protection, and Laszlo Vajda, director of Hungary's Department of European Integration, have agreed to continue cooperation through sharing Hungary's experience in the negotiating process for the EU accession.

Montenegro plans to deploy troops in the EU mission in the Central African Republic, a country torn by ethnic violence between Muslims and Christians.
 
By year-end, Montenegro will send several staff officers to the command of the EU operation, known as EUCAR, in the capital, Bangui, BIRN has learned.