OSCE

The OSCE Ministerial Council meeting on Thursday and Friday in Belgrade will be the culmination of Serbia's one-year chairmanship of the international security body.

Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, who is the 2015 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, said critical issues such as the Ukraine situation, the refugee crisis and terrorism would be discussed.

OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said in Belgrade after meeting with OSCE Chairperson Ivica Dacic that Serbia had been a strong and constructive leader.

"Serbia has been a strong leader, navigating the difficult waters,“ he said at a joint press conference late on Tuesday with Dacic, Serbia's foreign minister, ahead of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Belgrade.

Serbian FM and OSCE chairperson Ivica Dacic says his country has shown itself capable of leading an international organization "in a very difficult year."

The organization in question, the OSCE, "faced many challenges that called into question the essence of its existence and its basic principles," said Dacic.

The OSCE Ministerial Council, scheduled for Dec. 3-4 in Belgrade, will not be delayed due to the security situation in Europe in the wake of the Paris attacks.

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic confirmed this in a statement for the Belgrade-based daily Danas.

Whether it be terrorism or mass migration, we should all be aware no country is able to overcome these challenges alone, says Ivica Dacic.

The board of the Albanian Public Broadcaster has failed to appoint a new director, avoiding the vote on Wednesday when the topic was excluded from the formal meeting agenda.

RTSH, which is financed by Albanian taxpayers, failed to appoint a top manager after three previous attempts failed in the last four years.

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic strongly condemned the recent escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Dacic also extended his condolences to the families of the victims.

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says situation in and around Ukraine still presents a serious threat to European security.

Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said told a conference in Belgrade on media freedom organised by Newsweek Serbia that the "situation in Western Balkan journalism is worrying".

Ivica Dacic warned Tuesday that escalation of violence in eastern Ukraine over the past few days is alarming and contrary to the spirit of the Minsk agreement.

The Serbian foreign minister currently serves as OSCE chairman-in-office.