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Dialogue with Pristina to resume after elections
CACAK – Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said Saturday that the Brussels-based talks with Pristina will resume after Serbia’s March elections.
He told a press conference in Cacak, central Serbia, that the recent arrest of Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Citizens’ Initiative ‘Serbia, Democracy, Justice’ is harmful to Belgrade-Pristina relations.
Gender equality is among Serbia’s development issues
BELGRADE - In the context of reforms and European integration process, improving the position of women in Serbia is closely connected with the necessity to use all development potential of society, women involved in Serbia’s European integration process told Tanjug on the occasion of the 2014 International Women's Day.
Businessmen from UAE to visit Belgrade in May
KOPAONIK – A visit should be paid to Serbia in May by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) foreign minister and a UAE business delegation who want to explore opportunities for business cooperation, Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) President Zeljko Sertic told Tanjug.
“This is a good and quality way to go that could bring economic growth,” Sertic said.
Serbian gov’t to bring “Kosovo armed forces” issue to UN
BELGRADE - The Serbian government said at a meeting it held late on Friday that the intention of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Kosovo to form “Kosovo armed forces” is destabilizing the situation in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) and announced bringing the this issue to the United Nations (UN).
SNS receives most media coverage, ahead of DS, NDS
BELGRADE - The coalition gathered around the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) received the most coverage in news broadcasts on televisions across Serbia - 20.16 percent, ahead of the coalition led by the Democratic Party (DS) with 16.51 percent, and the one gathered around Boris Tadic and his New Democratic Party (NDS) with 14.05 percent, the Republic Broadcasting Agency (RRA) stated in a report
Serb Fighters in Crimea Deserve Jail, Minister Says
A Serbian minister said volunteers from Serbia who have joined pro-Russian self-defence groups in the disputed Ukrainian region of Crimea should face jail terms.
A small group of five Serbian volunteers on Friday sent an open statement on arriving in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, declaring that their role was “to patrol roads and control vehicles and passengers at checkpoints”.