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Russia satisfied with Serbian position - ambassador

BELGRADE -- Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Chepurin says Serbia's response to the events in Crimea was proper, and did not harm relations between Belgrade and Moscow.

The European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) has suspended all flights to and above Crimea, “until further notice”. 

According to ITAR-TASS, the organization explained its decision by the fact that the airspace over Crimea, is no longer controlled by Ukrainian air traffic controllers.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has announced the adoption of a constitutional law that will define fundamental autonomy for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM).

Vučić: Best for Serbia under difficult conditions

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić says "the best possible result for Serbia and Serbs in terms of judiciary in Kosovo and Metohija was achieved, under difficult conditions."

He spoke late on Monday after another round of the Kosovo dialogue held in Brussels.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the UN has decided that Japan must halt whaling activities in the Antarctic.

Authorities in Tokyo announced they accept the ICJ's ruling, which is legally binding.

Priština "declared independence legally" -U.S. embassy

BELGRADE -- "The Kosovo parliament declared the independence of Kosovo from Serbia in a legitimate democratic process under UN administration," says the U.S. embassy.

This happened "after all other options were exhausted," a statement added late last week.

Serbia to "move toward EU, foster ties with Russia"

JAGODINA -- Ivica Dačić says Serbia’s national and state priorities are its road to the EU, along with fostering good relations with traditional friends at the same time.

BELGRADE - The Coalition of Refugee Associations in the Republic of Serbia said in a release Sunday that it supports the request made by Serbia's agent at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Sasa Obradovic to declare Operation Storm, a 1995 military offensive carried out by the Croatian armed forces, a genocide against the Serbian people.

JAGODINA - Prime Minister of the outgoing Serbian government Ivica Dacic has said that Serbia’s national and state priorities are its road to the EU together with fostering good relations with traditional friends at the same time, adding that the position to be taken on the Ukraine crisis will have to include both these two assumptions.

THE HAGUE - Serbia wants the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to declare the Croatian armed forces’ 1995 Operation Storm a genocide against the Serbian people and to find Croatia guilty of violating the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.