Libya–Serbia relations

Increasingly developed political dialogue, more intensive economic cooperation and Israeli investments in Serbia testify to good relations with Israel.

Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said this on Thursday while opening the conference "Years of Jubilee," dedicated to celebrating 25 years since the renewal of diplomatic relations with Israel.

BELGRADE - Serbian national Miroslav Tomic, employed at German engineering group Ferrostaal, has been freed in Libya on Wednesday, the foreign ministry cited the Serbian Embassy in Tripoli as saying after having received the confirmation.

U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott said Friday that an investigation into the death of two Serbian embassy staffers in Libya, was still ongoing.

It is necessary to get to the whole truth about what had happened there, he said.

There is no information that Serbian embassy employees kidnapped in Libya are in the hands of Islamic State, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official has said.

Veljko Odalovic spoke for state broadcaster RTS late on Thursday to say that Serbian authorities are in contact with those in Tripoli, "and are receiving guarantees from there that the kidnapped Serbians are alive."

Serbian Ambassador to Libya Oliver Potezica has denied in a protest letter that he had not sought the closure of the Serbian embassy in Libya.

The Belgrade-based paper Danas writes on Thursday that Potezica addressed his letter to the Serbian president, the prime minister, and the minister of foreign affairs.

ATTACK ON CONVOY Two employees of Serbian embassy kidnapped in Libya

A liaison officer and a driver of the Serbian embassy in Libya were kidnapped on Sunday afternoon in Sabratha.

They were taken after a motorcade of cars, in which Serbian Ambassador Oliver Potezica was also traveling, came under attack.

A liaison officer and a driver of the Serbian embassy in Libya were kidnapped on Sunday afternoon in Sabratha.

They were taken after a motorcade of cars, in which Serbian Ambassador Oliver Potezica was also traveling, came under attack.

Day of mourning for workers who died in Siberia

BELGRADE -- The Serbian government has declared Thursday, February 12, a day of mourning for six Serbian workers who died in a fire in Siberia, Russia.