Serbia

Vučić: Serbia pillar of stability in region

VIENNA -- Aleksandar Vučić says Serbia was becoming "a pillar of stability in the region" and was "doing its best when it comes to the negotiation process with Priština."

VIENNA - Serbia is one of Austria's major economic partners, Gunter Sucher, Regional Director for Southeastern Europe at the Economic Chamber of Austria, has said ahead of Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's visit to Vienna on Wednesday.

Critics of minister's dissertation baffled by PM's comment

BELGRADE -- The authors of an article about Nebojša Stefanović's doctoral dissertation say they are unclear what PM Aleksandar Vučić meant when he said it was "stupid."

Serbs in south to be called on to participate in polls

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Representatives of the Srpska election list south of the Ibar River in Kosovo will invite people to go to the polls on June 8, it was reported late on Tuesday.

At the same time, those from the same list in the north will not continue to campaign.

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.