Markus Ederer

The European Union and Russia have agreed on the transit of goods in the Kaliningrad region, the newspaper "Izvestia" reports, citing high-ranking sources from the Russian side.

"The European Union and Russia have agreed on the transit of goods in the Kaliningrad region. Brussels has provided a document that 'fully satisfies' Moscow," the message said.

Russia has summoned the European Union's ambassador today in open anger at the suspension on Saturday of the transit of sanctioned goods through Lithuania to the Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad, world news agencies reported.

Russia called the measure an "illegal blockade" and threatened retaliation against Lithuania, Reuters reported.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday received Markus Ederer, State Secretary of the German Federal Foreign Office, to discuss bilateral relations, the situation in the region and Serbia's European integration.

BELGRADE - It is clear that the EU cannot afford to import another unresolved bilateral conflict through enlargement, Markus Ederer, State Secretary of the German Federal Foreign Office, said in Belgrade on Tuesday.

LJUBLJANA - Germany is very significant for the continuation of Serbia's European integration and ways of opening the chapters in the EU-Serbia accession talks as quickly as possible must be discussed together, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Thursday.

The Serbian foreign minister is attending a meeting of the foreign ministers of Brdo Process member states in Slovenia.

Dacic and Thaci "chat, shake hands"

BRDO -- Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic today "spoke briefly and shook hands" with Kosovo Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci, ahead of a conference in Slovenia.

The encounter occurred regardless of the controversy between Belgrade and Pristina caused by Thaci's intention to attend an NGO's conference in Belgrade.

LJUBLJANA - A meeting of the Brdo Process, which brings together ministers of foreign affairs, including Serbian FM Ivica Dacic, started on Thursday in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia.

BELGRADE - In his capacity as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will on Thursday attend the Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Vienna.

Dacic will meet with OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva and Secretary General Spencer Oliver, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

BELGRADE - In his capacity as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will on Thursday attend the Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Vienna.

Dacic will meet with OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva and Secretary General Spencer Oliver, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Vučić attends working lunch with Merkel

BERLIN -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić launched his two-day visit to Germany by attending a working lunch with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.