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The establishment of European Union strategy for the Danube region will kick off Monday in the German town of Ulm. The first consultations will be attended by members of the European Commission, ministers of the countries located along the valley of the Danube River, including Serbia’s representatives, the edition reads. …

Serbian Deputy PM for European Integrations Božidar Đelić will be in Brussels today on a working visit. There, he will discuss “Serbia’s priorities in developing an EU strategy for the Danube region countries with EU with European Commission for Regional Policy Directorate General Director Dirk Ahner”, announcements said.

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić was in Bijelo Polje, northern Montenegro, yesterday, when he said that conflict between brothers is the greatest misfortune. Addressing a St. Sava Day celebration in the town, he called for unity of Serbia and Montenegro. He reminded the participants of St. Sava’s adage that conflict …

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic is to attend the celebrations in honor of Saint Sava in Bijelo Polje, Montenegro. Jeremic arrives at the invitation of bishop Joanikije of Budim and Niksic. The Montenegrin foreign ministry is officially informed about the Serbian foreign minister’s visit.

The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, Serge Brammertz, says that the most wanted fugitives in the region, Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic, are hiding on Serbian soil. “On the basis of information received from Serbia we have no reason to believe that they …

Croatia wrote a letter to the UN Security Council stating that Serbian President Boris Tadić’s address regarding this country was “unfounded.” Croatia believes that Tadić “used the Kosovo debate” to make an “unfounded response” to outgoing Croat President Stjepan Mesić’s statements that he would intervene militarily against Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

“It is unnatural and historically groundless Serbian people to be a national minority in Montenegro”, Serbian President Boris Tadic said. Tadic criticized the establishment of the Serbian Council in Montenegro, adding that Serbia can’t support that decision. Serbian President pointed out that it is complicated to make a clear difference …

Serbia is ready to turn a new page in its relations with Montenegro, after relations between the two countries worsened following Podgorica’s decision to establish diplomatic links with Kosovo. In an interview with Podgorica daily Dan on Tuesday, Serbian President Boris Tadic said that relations between Serbia and Montenegro are …

A spokesperson of the ruling Democratic Party, DS, in Serbia said that texts of resolutions, one condemning the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and the other condemning war crimes committed against Serbs, will be completed in February. Jelena Trivan said that political consultations on the texts of these declarations are ongoing.

The meeting will be used to focus on the priorities of the Spanish presidency, with special attention put on economic recovery in the EU, strengthening foreign policies and implementing the Lisbon Agreement.