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BELGRADE - There is no genuine political will in Croatia to find a fair lasting solution to key issues of hundreds of thousands of banished Serbs and Serb returnees, the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia released on Sunday.

VLADICIN HAN - Neither the Ukrainian nor Bosnian scenario will happen in Serbia as long as the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) is in power and has the trust of citizens, SNS leader Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday.

BELGRADE - The Russian national holiday, the Defender of the Fatherland Day, was marked with a reception in Belgrade on Thursday evening, in the presence of Serbia's top state and military officials, politicians, diplomats, church dignitaries and sportspeople.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) has noted that anti-Serb graffiti appeared on the Orthodox church in Djakovica in the south-western part of the province on Thursday morning.

VIENNA - Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has told Tanjug that he is visiting Belgrade with a message that the future of all Western Balkan countries is in the EU and that Austria will continue to strongly support their European integration efforts.

BELGRADE - Coordination of the Serbian Associations of Families of Missing Persons from the territory of former Yugoslavia stated on Tuesday that the Zagreb government's insistence on resolution of the issue of missing persons in the past war is “insincere and hypocritical”, having in mind that the remains of 400 Serb victims have still not been exhumed from known gravesites in Croatia.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić on Tuesday met with Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej, it has been reported.

The meeting took place at the SPC Patriarchate building in Belgrade.

PRISTINA - EULEX Head Berndt Borchardt Judge denied allegations about existence of a list of 5,000 names of Serbs to be arrested in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), adding that a judge will decide if guarantees the Serbian government gave are sufficient to release four Serbs currently in detention in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM).

BELGRADE - The mayoral election victory of the candidate of the Citizens' Initiative Srpska (GI Srpska), Goran Rakic, in northern Kosovska Mitrovica confirms that Serbia's state policy enjoys support among citizens in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), member of the Presidency of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Marko Djuric said on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) will vote in early parliamentary elections for members in the Serbian parliament and the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) expects a convincing victory, Marko Djuric, party presidency member, said Monday.