Serbia

BELGRADE - The director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met with ambassadors and representatives of the Quint states - the US, the UK, France, Italy and Germany - and the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia on Friday to inform them of the political and security situation in Kosovo-Metohija, focusing on the most recent round of the Brussels dialogue.

VALJEVO - The fact the opposition requested urgent parliamentary elections in Serbia and local elections in Belgrade by the end of 2023 indicates that they know there are no problems with electoral conditions, Serbian Parliament Speaker and Serbian Progressive Party deputy leader Ana Brnabic said in Valjevo on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will make a public address at 6 pm on Friday.

He will be speaking from the Palace of Serbia, the presidential press office has announced in a statement.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Serbia has four new ambassadors.

In a statement, it said that, following the publication of a decree signed by President Aleksandar Vucic, Aleksandra Djurovic, Aca Jovanovic, Mirjana Kotlajic and Danijel Apostolovic had been appointed Serbian ambassadors to Hungary, Turkey, Chile and the EU, respectively.

PIROT - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Thursday he would make a public address within 48 hours to answer all political questions and noted that, politically, these were not simple times for Serbia and that they would become increasingly complex.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Thursday a decision by the Committee on Political Affairs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to accept a recommendation to admit the so-called Kosovo to the CoE was a direct violation of Serbia's interests and territorial integrity and sovereignty, as well as a violation of the principles the CoE rested upon.

A race against time unfolds in Serbia as emergency services mobilize to locate two-year-old Danka Ilić, who vanished from Banjsko Polje near Bor. The activation of the "Find Me" system, akin to an Amber Alert, marks a first for Serbia, underlining the urgency of the situation.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday evening difficult days were ahead of Serbia and added that he would inform the people of Serbia of upcoming challenges.

BELGRADE - Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) deputy leader Vladimir Orlic said on Tuesday the new Serbian government would be formed within the legal timeframe and that, in globally challenging times, Serbia needed stability, security, patience and wisdom.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet with the ambassadors of Quint states - the US, the UK, France, Italy and Germany - in Belgrade on Wednesday.

The meeting will also be attended by the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia, the Presidency of Serbia announced in a statement.