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BELGRADE - Greek Ambassador to Serbia Constantine Economides has said he believes that the postponement in opening the first chapters in the negotiations between Serbia and the EU has nothing to do with the recent European elections and elections in Serbia.

The new European Commission for the first time will include a separate position for a Commissioner on Immigration Matters.

This is due to the huge flow of immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East into the southern EU countries, said the new EC President Jean-Claude Juncker in an interview for Belgian media, quoted by the bTV national channel. 

Italy takes the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, where governments are represented in the EU decision-making, over from Greece on 1 July.