Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

OSCE media representative responds to PM

BELGRADE -- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović has said in a statement that she and Serbian PM Aleksandar Vučić had "a constructive conversation."

Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE’s media representative, said on Monday that she had spoken to Vucic and had been assured that the Serbian premier would act on the issue despite his demand for apologies for the allegations of censorship against his government.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic requested on Monday that OSCE representative for media freedom Dunja Mijatovic apologise for her claims of censorship in Serbia.

PM seeks apology from OSCE over censorship claim

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić has demanded an apology from OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović.

This came after Mijatović's allegations of censorship of the media in Serbia.

Serbia to preside "in significant year for OSCE"

BELGRADE -- (OSCE) Secretary-General Lamberto Zannier has said that 2015, the year of Serbia's presidency over the organization, "will be significant."

The reason for this is the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act, he said.

BELGRADE - Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary-General Lamberto Zannier has urged Serbs to take part in the June 8 legislative elections in Kosovo-Metohija.

In a statement to reporters on Saturday, Zannier said that he has always been convinced that progress on the Kosovo issue requires participation in elections.

BELGRADE - Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary-General Lamberto Zannier said Saturday that 2015, the year of Serbia's presidency over the organisation, will be significant as the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act.

BELGRADE - Serbia's presidency over the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2015 is a political priority for the country and a great opportunity for it to present itself to the world as a significant political factor, Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, who is also foreign minister, said on Saturday during a meeting with OSCE Secretary-General Lamberto Za

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on May 31 it had lost contact with a second four-member international team in restive eastern Ukraine.

The Vienna-based security body said it had not heard from its team in the industrial region of Lugansk since May 29 evening when it was stopped "by armed men" at a roadblock in the town of Severodonetsk.

"Serbia on road to EU, remains Russia's friend"

BELGRADE -- Serbia is "a free, democratic country on its way to the EU," but despite the pressure, will not break up its friendship with Russia, Aleksandar Vučić has said.