Edi Rama

BELGRADE - Serbia has taken a serious and responsible approach to the process of accession negotiations with the EU, and consequently expects its efforts to be recognized with the opening of Chapters 32 and 35 as soon as possible, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said Monday.

A trip of Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama to Serbian capital Belgrade was put off for November after Rama spoke to Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic, officials say.

The unprecedented visit was scheduled for last week, but heightened tensions over an abandoned football game prompted Belgrade and Tirana to change plans.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic stated on Monday that the decision to postpone the visit of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to Belgrade is positive, and added that Serbia has the political will to overcome problems.

BELGRADE - The prime ministers of Serbia and Albania, Aleksandar Vucic and Edi Rama respectively, agreed on Sunday in a telephone conversation that the official visit by the Albanian prime minister to Serbia should be postponed for November 10.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic wrote on Twitter that the project of Greater Albania is not only Serbia's nightmare, but also the nightmare of Europe and all mankind, stressing that it must be prevented.

BELGRADE - Albanian Ambassador in Belgrade Ilir Bocka said on Thursday evening that an effort is being made to go through with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's visit to Belgrade, scheduled for October 22, and voiced confidence that the Albanian side was not behind the recent incident with a 'Greater Albania' map.

BRUSSELS - Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's visit to Serbia would be welcome despite the recent incidents during a soccer match in Belgrade, Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson of the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, said in Brussels on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The chairman of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun said on Thursday that the purpose of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's visit to Belgrade, slated for October 22, has been called into question.

Police suspect brother of Albanian PM controlled drone

BELGRADE -- A small craft that carried a provocative map depicting Greater Albania, which caused a major incident and abandonment of a UEFA qualifier, was found in Pančevo.

The football game was played on Tuesday evening in Belgrade between Serbia and Albania.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has condemned the incident at the Serbia-Albania football match on Tuesday and demanded that the security services, the police and customs services treat the event as the final warning, because the next such case could result in human casualties.