Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

BELGRADE - The Association of the Families of the Kidnapped and Murdered in Kosovo and Metohija (KiM) has sent an open letter to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), asking for assistance in ensuring the release of the kidnapped Serbs in KiM.

Serbia takes helm of OSCE "at difficult moment"

VIENNA -- Serbia on Thursday, during a meeting in Vienna, formally and officially took leadership of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Serbia takes over chairmanship of OSCE

BELGRADE -- Serbia is taking over as the chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for 2015.

According to announcements, the main goal of its chairmanship will be to serve as a bridge in resolving the Ukrainian crisis.

Kiev authorities have announced large-caliber artillery is to be drawn away from the country's Donbass region starting after December 26, Friday.

This will serve the purpose of setting up a 30-km safety zone, according to Russian news agency TASS, which cites the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's press office.

FM travels to France, then to Russia and Ukraine

BELGRADE -- First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic will begin his visit to France on Thursday, and then travel to the Russian Federation and Ukraine.

BELGRADE- First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dacic will begin a visit to France on Thursday, and then travel to the Russian Federation and Ukraine.

The use of the Prime Ministry position by current President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the one-sided reports in the media gave him an unfair advantage compared to the other two candidates in the presidential election race in August, according to a new Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) report.

Mogherini, Dačić discuss Kosovo dialogue, Ukraine

BRUSSELS -- Federica Mogherini hopes the Kosovo dialogue would quickly resume, and that the EU expects both sides to continue work to implement the Brussels agreement.

Russia accused of "fueling war"

NEW YORK -- U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power said during a UN Security Council meeting that Russia is talking about peace, but in reality constantly fueling war.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel held separate meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko late on Thursday.

Merkel's initiative on the sidelines the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Milan, hours before Putin and Poroshenko are expected to discuss the Ukraine crisis.