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A new temporary memorial was unveiled in a park in the Croatian capital to honour thousands of people who were executed there by Zagreb’s wartime Ustasa pro-Nazi regime.

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) has embarked on a series of fundamental reforms after the new government was formed, laying the emphasis on the fight against organized crime, drug smuggling and corruption, MUP State Secretary Aleksandar Nikolic and Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Ambassador Peter Burkhard said in a meeting on Monday.

BRUSSELS - The European Commission's (EC) annual report on Serbia notes significant or moderate progress in most fields related to the EU integration process, but criticism concerning human rights, primarily those of the LGBT population, and the pace of reforms, Tanjug learns.

Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russia rebels on Saturday agreed on a complete ceasefire and a buffer zone a bid to bolster the preliminary truce signed on September 5.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and head of the European Parliament delegation for relations with Serbia Eduard Kukan agreed on Friday that regional cooperation and close relations between the countries of the Western Balkans were an important condition for Serbia's EU integration.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met on Friday with head of a European Parliament delegation and committee for stabilisation and association Eduard Kukan to discuss Serbia's cooperationn with the European Parliament.

BELGRADE - US Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby commended on Friday Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on making a difficult and brave decision to adopt the measures needed to stabilise the country's finances.

VIENNA - Austria supports Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksndar Vucic completely in his efforts to conduct comprehensive reforms in order to bring Serbia closer to the EU, Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said on Friday.

The present Serbian government has achieved notable results, he stated in comment to the new measures presented by Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.

BELGRADE - Advisor of the Serbian minister for EU integration Vladimir Krulj stated on Friday that his first impression is that Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic demonstrated great determination and responsibility to the country when presenting the reform measures to the public, although some of these are likely to be interpreted as unpopular.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said late Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Serbia has not been confirmed as yet but that he expects it to go ahead and that Serbia will not change its position on anti-Russian sanctions.

"We do not have the official confirmation as yet, but we expect him to come," Vucic told the RTS.