Igor Novakovic

"The EU assisted both delegations in identifying solutions, but it is the responsibility of both parties to agree on a solution. We expect them to make progress by 21 April," Stano told BIRN in written answers.

The newspaper said that Brussels expects Serbia to align its policy in that area with the European Union, unless it wishes to jeopardize its "white Schengen".

UNS said that the website's owner Zeljko Matorcevic, said he was not familiar with the people who were arrested, and that the media outlet never wrote about them.

Several officials detained in corruption cases

BELGRADE -- The Interior Ministry has announced that several persons "belonging to different political options" have been placed under arrest.

They are suspects in an ongoing police operation targeting crime and corruption, a statement said, adding that they came from the ruling SNS and SPS and the opposition DS party.

BELGRADE - Director General of Public company for underground coal mining Resavica Vladan Milosevic has been arrested on suspicion that he received and offered bribes.