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BELGRADE - Serbian MPs on Tuesday passed amendments to the law on local elections that move the timeframes for calling and holding local elections.

The amendments were carried with 165 votes in favour, 26 votes against and 2 abstentions, while 11 of the 204 MPs in attendance took no part in the vote.

SJENICA - Today marks 11 years since the adoption of the Brussels Agreement, as well as 11 years of brutal lies and 11 years of Pristina's failure to meet the commitment to form a Community of Serb Municipalities, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic demanded on Thursday that the government set up a special team to thwart an initiative for the so-called Kosovo's admission to the Council of Europe (CoE), to be debated by the organisation's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) on April 16.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic and members of her cabinet on Tuesday laid wreaths on the site where former Serbian PM Zoran Djindjic was assassinated 21 years ago.

BELGRADE - The friendship between Serbs and Jews has been confirmed in difficult times, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said after meeting with American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) representatives in Belgrade on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Saudi Arabia's Minister of Tourism Ahmed bin Aqil al-Khateeb on Tuesday to discuss many topics of interest to the two countries.

BELGRADE - The Assembly of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) elected astronomer Zoran Knezevic as its new president on Thursday.

Seventy-five assembly members voted for Knezevic, while his rival, composer Svetislav Bozic, garnered 33 votes.