Serbia

All topics that Prime Minister is to talk about with German Chancellor Merkel to ask Vucic about Nikolic’s gesture, too

Belgrade Berlin is angry at Serbia President Tomislav Nikolic because of his meeting with the Duma President Sergey Naryshkin. That shall no doubt be talked about during Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic’s visit to Germany.

BELGRADE - Forty teams comprising 200 local and international experts will be established in Serbia to evaluate the damage caused by the floods, representatives of relevant institutions and the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure agreed at a meeting on Tuesday.

BELGRADE – Belgrade's railway traffic is back to normal after employees of ‘Nega kola’, daughter company to the Serbian Railways, unblocked a number of tracks at Belgrade’s central station and a section of the Zemun - Zemun Polje railway late in the afternoon Tuesday.

The blockade made several international trains unable to leave Belgrade’s central station yesterday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic and China's Ambassador to Serbia Zhang Wanxue agreed on Tuesday that the strategic partnership and friendly relations between Serbia and China receive confirmation through constantly growing defense cooperation.

BELGRADE - The remains of at least 34 persons have been exhumed so far from a gravesite at the Rudnica quarry in the municipality of Raska, southwestern Serbia, the Serbian government's Commission on Missing Persons stated on Tuesday.

A number of exhumed remains are undergoing forensic processes and identification by a team of forensic scientists from Serbia and EULEX experts.

VIENNA - Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said on Tuesday he looked forward to Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's visit to Vienna on Wednesday, stressing that it was very significant that Vucic's agenda included meetings with Austrian companies, and not just politicians.

EC "watching closely media situation in Serbia"

BRUSSELS -- The EC is watching closely the media situation in Serbia, and is in constant contact with the authorities, ombudsman and representatives of the civil society,

This is according to Peter Stano, spokesman for EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule, who spoke in Brussels on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Tuesday with Portuguese fado diva Mariza to discuss charity campaigns for Serbia after the massive floods that swept through the country mid May.

Mariza joined the campaign organized by EXIT and Balkanopolis flood relief center for Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH).

BRUSSELS - The European Commission is watching closely the media situation in Serbia, and is in constant contact with the authorities, ombudsman and representatives of the civil society, Peter Stano, spokesman for EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele, said in Brussels on Tuesday.

Defense minister now in charge of flood-hit Obrenovac

BELGRADE -- The government has appointed Bratislav Gašić as coordinator of all activities to reduce the impact of floods and provide assistance to residents of Obrenovac.