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Opposition DS party leader Dragan Sutanovac has accused President Tomislav Nikolic of "rehashing more conflicts and leading Serbs in Kosovo into new risks."

According to Sutanovac, Nikolic is doing this with his "warmongering statements."

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic announced Monday he would by Christmas make the final decision on whether to run for another presidential term.

"I am not being immodest, but Serbia needs a president like this. I am not being modest either - if I were more modest I would turn to the needs of the family," Nikolic said at his annual press conference.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has written to President Tomislav Nikolic of Serbia saying that the Kremlin will follow the 2017 Serbian presidential election "with full attention".

In the letter handed to Nikolic by Russian ambassador to Belgrade Aleksandar Chepurin, Putin confirmed Russia's wish to continue a strategic partnership.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic late Monday sent a message of condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the family of the slain Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said he had discussed with PM Aleksandar Vucic Russia's request regarding the status of staff at the Russian-Serbian humanitarian centre in Nis, noting he personally believed the staff should be treated like members of other organisations engaged in similar activities.

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BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic presented on Monday the Order of the Serbian Flag of the First Degree to Russian FM Sergey Lavrov, who said he saw this as a testimony and a confirmation that the Serbian friends were attaching particular significance to the foreign policy aspect of the strategic partnership between the two countries.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said he had been shocked by Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic's public apology for giving Serbian-made chocolate bars to a group of children in Dubrovnik earlier this week.

All this indicates that Croatia does not want good relations with Serbia, Nikolic told the Kurir daily.

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BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said he had been shocked by Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic's public apology for giving Serbian-made chocolate bars to a group of children in Dubrovnik earlier this week.

All this indicates that Croatia does not want good relations with Serbia, Nikolic told the Kurir daily.

The Croatian president's apology for giving children chocolate made in Serbia is "a clear sign that country does not want good relations with Serbia."

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Thursday arrived on a two-day working visit to the United Arab Emirates.

Nikolic was welcomed by Minister of State for Higher Education Ahmad Belhoul.