OSCE mission

Dacic welcomes extension of OSCE mission to Ukraine

BELGRADE -- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia's FM Ivica Dacic has welcomed the OSCE Permanent Council's decision to extend the mandate of the mission to Ukraine.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday said in reference to the situation in Ukraine that the road to a political solution to the conflict in the region is still one "full of obstacles" and efforts still need to be made in this respect.

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BELGRADE - The head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Peter Burkhard commended during a meeting with Serbian Minister of State Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki on Friday her ministry's efforts to establish routine communication with officials of local self-government authorities in multi-ethnic regions and national minority councils.

BELGRADE - The Serbian parliament's committee on human and minority rights and gender equality and OSCE Mission to Serbia have very successful and intensive cooperation, Chair of the Committee Meho Omerovic and Head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Democratization Department Jan Lueneburg said on Monday.

VIENNA - Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, welcomed the latest progress made in the implementation of Minsk agreements Friday, observing that the situation in Ukraine had entered a phase of de-escalation of conflicts.

Presidents asks for Ivanovic, others to be released

BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolic has called for Oliver Ivanovic and three other Serbs to be released from detention in Kosovska Mitrovica pending the outcome of their trial.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic Wednesday called for releasing Citizens' Initiative 'Freedom, Democracy, Justice' (SDP) leader Oliver Ivanovic and three other Serbs from detention in Kosovska Mitrovica pending a verdict.

PRISTINA - The continued presence of illegal re-occupation of properties gives a cause for concern and calls for a determined response by Kosovo institutions that should guarantee the full protection of the property rights of all communities in Kosovo, reads an OSCE Mission report launched on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, said in Podgorica Tuesday that as holder of the OSCE chairmanship, Serbia wishes Montenegro to become a member of the European Union as soon as possible.

FM in Montenegro: Brotherly peoples, sisterly states

PODGORICA -- OSCE Chairman and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said that "Belgrade and Serbia" want Montenegro to join the EU as soon as possible.