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Chief of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Balkan Sector, Aleksandr Alexeyev, met with Serb Radical Party (SRS) senior officials. They discussed bilateral relations between Serbia and Russia.

Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor made an unannounced visit to Serbia to meet with President Boris Tadić. One of the topics of the informal, working meeting between the two is expected to be the ratification of the social agreement between Slovenia and Serbia.

70.5% of Kosovo citizens think the declaration of the independence is a good decision while 63.8% of Serbs think they will never recognize Kosovo’s independence.  9.7% of the Serbs think Serbia will recognize Kosovo but it will not happen in the next five years.

Serbia’s demand to become EU candidate member state could be discussed by the Council of the European Union in the spring, Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt said. In his words the European Commission could work out a position before the unblocking of the ratified Agreement for Stabilization and Association. “During …

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.