Ivica Dačić

Former FM to become presidential adviser

BELGRADE -- Former Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkić will become an adviser to the president, and will also work in some government committees, writes a daily.

Serbia won't change Russia policy, expects Lavrov's visit

VIENNA -- Serbia respects the territorial integrity of UN member-states, but will never adopt measures against Russia or oppose Moscow.

This is what Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić said at a Council of Europe ministerial meeting in Vienna on Tuesday.

"No pension cuts until PM says so"

BELGRADE -- Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dačić has siad there would be no reduction of pensions "until Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić says so."

He added that government policy "can only be conducted by its president, not its ministers individually."

Ex-defense minister expects to become ambassador to U.S.

BELGRADE -- Former Defense Minister Nebojša Rodić said on Wednesday he expected to be appointed as Serbia's new ambassador to the United States.

FM's first trips take him to Vienna and Thessaloniki

BELGRADE -- First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić has announced that his first visits abroad will be in the context of the EU integration.

First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić has announced that his first visits abroad will be in the context of the EU integration.

DS leader: This is not new, but reshuffled cabinet

BELGRADE -- Dragan Đilas said in parliament on Sunday that Aleksandar Vučić did not present a new, but rather "a reshuffled government."

The head of the opposition Democratic Party (DS) spoke ahead of the election of Vučić's cabinet.

The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) has 198 out of 250 lawmakers in the country's Parliament, after the new cabinet was sworn in Sunday.

BELGRADE - Members of the Serbian parliament will appoint the government at a special session on Sunday when the prime minister-designate Aleksandar Vucic is due to present his expose, together measures and plans his cabinet intends to carry out in the next four years.

BELGRADE - Ivica Dacic, leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), confirmed Saturday that that he is the party’s candidate for new Serbian Foreign Minister.

"Foreign minister must be team player"

BELGRADE -- Head of Serbia's team in negotiations with the EU Tanja Miščević says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs plays a major role in relations with the EU.

For this reason, said she, Serbia's foreign minister "must be a team player."