Srebrenica

ZABALJ - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday in Zabalj, northern Serbia, that Serbia currently had no closer or greater ally in Europe than Hungary, and vowed to prevent anything from eroding the good relations between the two nations as long as he was in politics.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic and Slovak FM Juraj Blanar met in Belgrade on Friday to discuss bilateral relations between their traditionally close and friendly countries, as well as advancement of cooperation.

NEW YORK - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic awarded the Order of the Serbian Flag, 1st Class to Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya in New York on Monday evening for the assistance provided to Serbia in a UN General Assembly debate on a Srebrenica resolution.

Vucic is in New York for the 79th UN General Assembly session.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday pledged to seek justice for slain Turkish American activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi and over 41,000 Gazan civilians, comparing the situation in Gaza to the notorious 1995 Srebrenica genocide.  

BELGRADE - Commenting on the Serbian government's first hundred days in office, FM Marko Djuric said on Monday the cabinet continued to transform the country with enormous vigour when it comes to the economy, defence and institutions.

The government is achieving good results, Djuric told Tanjug.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has drawn a parallel between the 1995 genocide of Bosnian Muslims and the current situation in Gaza, condemning the violence.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic said on Thursday he was very concerned over developments in the region and that, following the adoption of a Srebrenica resolution, he was afraid of what might start happening from the autumn or in 2025, when he expects "barrages of initiatives" to change the Dayton Agreement.

BELGRADE - Commenting on a Srebrenica resolution adopted in the UN General Assembly on Thursday, Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said Serbia had demonstrated how it was fighting for its own interests, for the world and for international law.

Speaking to the RTS, Brnabic said the outcome of the UNGA vote reflected Serbia's diplomatic activities.

The United Nations has officially designated July 11 as an annual day of remembrance for the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. This decision came despite intense lobbying against the resolution by Serbia. German and Rwandan representatives successfully pushed the proposal through, which was approved by 84 member states, while 19 voted against and 68 abstained.

The U.N. General Assembly voted Thursday to establish an annual day of remembrance for the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, despite furious opposition from Bosnian Serbs and Serbia.