Tomislav Nikolic

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic warned on Sunday that "any new attempt by Pristina to cause a conflict" would "end badly."

The president made this statement after a meeting of the Council for National Security, held in Belgrade.

Tomislav Nikolic thinks the decision of a French court to release Ramush Haradinaj is "an indication that the Serbian indictment against him would be rejected."

BELGRADE - Serbia's president has urged greater protection for the rights of Serbs in the Balkan region after meeting with a former Bosnian Serb leader who was convicted of war crimes.

BANJALUKA - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, who is attending the Republika Srpska Day celebrations in Banjaluka on Monday, said he respected Bosnia and Herzegovina and wanted it to make progress.

Its progress is inconceivable without progress of RS, which, in turn, cannot make good progress without progress in BiH as a whole, he said.

Tanjug photo, Z. Zestic

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic's meeting on Wednesday with former Bosnian Serb parliament speaker Momcilo Krajisnik, who has served a sentence for war crimes, was met by anger from rights groups in Bosnia and Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Friday he would be surprised if PM Aleksandar Vucic ran for president, adding that he would never be Vucic's electoral opponent.

BELGRADE - Serbia cannot and will not give up on arrest warrants, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Friday in response to European Parliament Vice President Ulrike Lunacek's request that the EU pressure Serbia into rescinding an arrest warrant issued for Ramus Haradinaj.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has cancelled a Christmas Eve visit to Strpce, Kosovo-Metohija, Tanjug has learned.

A source in Nikolic's presidential office told Tanjug Thursday a group of his aides, a so-called "advance team", had practically been ill-treated at the administrative crossing earlier in the day by unfair staff.

BELGRADE - Responding to Bakir Izetbegovic, the Bosniak member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said he had no intention of giving up on a January 9 visit to Banjaluka for the Republika Srpska Day celebrations.

SARAJEVO - The Bosniak member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency, Bakir Izetbegovic, on Wednesday urged Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic to reconsider his visit to Banjaluka for the January 9 Republika Srpska Day celebrations.