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The Danish Institute at Athens and the Danish Embassy present the 2019 documentary by director and journalist Mads Brugger "Cold Case Hammarskjold," to be screened at the Danish Institute on Tuesday, February 18, starting at 7 p.m. An introduction will precede the screening and a discussion will take place afterward.

BELGRADE - Former Swedish PM and FM Carl Bildt, who now co-chairs the NGO European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), posted on his Twitter account Wednesday he had had a conversation with Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade earlier in the day.

The one-hour meeting addressed "the challenges of Serbia and the region," tweeted Bildt

Tanjug file photo, T. Valic

First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on Wednesday in Belgrade received a delegation of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).

The delegation was led by one of the co-chairs of this NGO, former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt, the Serbian government announced.

European leaders have an obvious choice in the Balkans - either deal with the problem, or wait for it to deal with them, says Carl Bildt.

The European Union hit out May 30 at a travel ban imposed by Russia on 89 European citizens -- many of whom are outspoken Kremlin critics -- calling it "totally arbitrary and unjustified".

BELGRADE - Swedish Ambassador to Serbia Christer Asp said on Tuesday that Sweden will continue to offer strong support to Serbia's EU accession.

Asp said for Belgrade TV Pink that Sweden advocates the accession of new countries, such as Serbia, and announced that his country will continue to strongly support Serbia on its EU pathway.

Czech president: There's no Russian invasion - for now

PRAGUE -- Czech President Miloš Zeman says the conflict in Ukraine is a civil war and believes Russian officials when they say the Russian army "is not participating."

Serkan Demirtaş serkan.demirtas@hdn.com.tr Revising Internet policies and continuing necessary economic and political reforms are in the interests of Turkey, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has suggested, stressing that the country’s only path forward is through Europe.

Swedish FM: Quote about Orthodoxy "complete fake"

BELGRADE -- Carl Bildt has rejected as false claims that he said "the biggest mistake of Putin was his return to Orthodoxy, which is worse than Islamic terrorism."