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Pro-Russian forces plan to "retake towns"

DONETSK -- Forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) plan to take the towns of Slaviansk, Kramatorsk and Mariupol, Aleksandr Zakharchenko has said.

The prime minister of the self-proclaimed republic explained that "periods of intensive hostilities will follow."

Perica Adzic, a former member of the Croatian Defence Council, was jailed for four years for war crimes against wounded prisoners at an improvised medical unit in Zepce in 1993.

BELGRADE - Hellenic Parlaiment Speaker Vangelis Meimarakis will visit Belgrade on Thursday to attend a ceremony marking the completion of an EU Twinning project between the Serbian and the Greek parliaments, dubbed ‘Strengthening the capacity of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in the process of European integration'.

Former Serbian anti-terrorist police spokesperson Radomir Pocuca, on trial for threatening peace campaigners, faces arrest for not appearing in court after he joined pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine.

Deputy ombudsman: No systemic torture in Serbia

BELGRADE -- Torture does not exist in Serbia as a systemically organized and encouraged phenomenon, Deputy Ombudsman Miloš Janković said on Wednesday.

But he noted there were "individual cases of abuse, which are tolerated by the authorities."...

BELGRADE - The bilateral screening on food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary issues within the Negotiating Group 12 began in Brussels and will last until October 24, the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection released on Tuesday.

Serbia and Montenegro have "exemplary relations"

PODGORICA -- Relations between Serbia and Montenegro set a good example for the entire region, according to the Serbian parliament speaker and her Montenegrin counterpart.

Maja Gojković and Ranko Krivokapić met in Podgorica on Monday.

"Responsible approach to EU talks"

BELGRADE -- Serbia has taken a serious and responsible approach to the process of accession negotiations with the EU, Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić has said.

Consequently, "it expects its efforts to be recognized with the opening of Chapters 32 and 35 as soon as possible," he said Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbia has taken a serious and responsible approach to the process of accession negotiations with the EU, and consequently expects its efforts to be recognized with the opening of Chapters 32 and 35 as soon as possible, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said Monday.

An EU-Southeast Europe Summit called 'On the road to stability and growth,' started on Monday In Bucharest, organised by The Economist.

The summit started with policy discussions. Opening the event were former prime minister of Italy Enrico Letta and former Greece Prime Minister George Papandreou, who underscored the important part Romania could play in the region.