Politics

Washington, Brussels and Chisinau are the cities where celebrations of Eastern Europe’s 10th Anniversary in NATO will take place.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Serbian veterans of the Kosovo war demanding reparations for unpaid allowances should pursue their cases in Belgrade rather than Strasbourg.

President, PM meet with Russian transportation minister

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić and Prime Minister Ivica Dačić had separate meetings in Belgrade on Tuesday with a delegation of the Russian Federation.

The Russian delegation was led by Transportation Minister Maksim Sokolov.

VIENNA - The Austrian-Serbian Solidarity Movement organized a gathering in downtown Vienna late on Monday to mark 15 years since the NATO aggression on the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

With the message “NATO aggression, a crime without punishment - Lest we forget", the public paid their respects to the victims of the 78-day bombing campaign.

Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic has set May 25 as the date for local elections, which will be held in accordance with the new EU-backed electoral law.

Elections will duly take place in Podgorica, Bar, Bijelo Polje, Danilovgrad, Zabljak, Kolasin, Plav, Pluzine, Pljevlja, Rozaje Savnik and Gusinje, Vujanovic said.

"No pressure from West over Crimea crisis"

BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić has said he "supposes" there had been no pressure from the West on Serbia to change its position on Russia "because of the Crimea crisis."

Pharmacists have decided to launch an open-ended strike from Wednesday in protest at the government’s liberalization measures.

The pharmacists accused the coalition of making last-minute changes to draft legislation that will limit the role of pharmacies and threaten the livelihoods of some 12,000 Greek pharmacists.

Greek President Karolos Papoulias is expected to meet with Pope Francis during a visit to Rome on Friday.

Papoulias is due in the Italian capital for a meeting with his Italian counterpart Giorgio Napolitano.

The two men are due to inaugurate an exhibition of Italian and Greek antiquities.

Cyprus wants to shield financial flows with Russia, where it’s the biggest foreign investor, as the US and the European Union ratchet up sanctions in response to President Vladimir Putin’s annexing Crimea from Ukraine.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Prime Minister Ivica Dacic had separate meetings in Belgrade on Tuesday with a delegation of the Russian Federation, led by Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov.