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LEPOSAVIC - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic received the plaque of the honorary citizen of Leposavic on Thursday for his contribution to the survival of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija, Leposavic Mayor Dragan Jablanovic said.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday that Serbia will implement urgent, necessary and comprehensive reforms and further improve its business climate.

BELGRADE - First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday that Serbia's goal is to achieve the Austrian model of state governance, but noted that for that to happen, the country has to work hard for years and decades and change many things.

BELGRADE - Leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vucic has said that the fight against corruption and crime is, in fact, a fight for recovery of the Serbian economy.

BELGRADE - A delegation of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) headed by General Secretary Bernadette Segol visited Belgrade on Tuesday and conferred with Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Tuesday with member of the French parliament and former president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Jean-Claude Mignon and thanked him for the support for Serbia's EU integration and efforts to solve the Kosovo issue.

Mutual genocide lawsuits won't be withdrawn

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić says the court in The Hague will decide about issues from the past, while the political elites in Serbia and Croatia will focus on the future.

BELGRADE - The deputy prime ministers of Serbia and Croatia, Aleksandar Vucic and Vesna Pusic respectively, have said that the two countries will not drop mutual lawsuits for genocide before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), but they agree that this is the issue of the past which must not encumber the present relations.

BELGRADE - Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ioannis Kasoulides will visit Serbia on Monday and confer with the country's senior officials.

During his stay in Belgrade, Kasoulides will confer with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, the Serbian president's office for Cooperation with the Media released.

Media freedom questioned in Serbia

Several incidents in Serbia have raised questions about whether media freedom in the country is in jeopardy.

Regulatory bodies should take more decisive steps against the media that violate journalistic codes, experts said. [Nikola Barbutov/SETimes]