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BUDAPEST   Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Hungarian PM Viktor Orban signed on Thursday a joint political declaration between Serbia and Hungary, and the two countries also signed six bilateral agreements on cooperation.

BELGRADE - At Serbia's main state ceremony that commemorated WWI Armistice Day, wreaths were laid at the Memorial Ossuary of WWI Defenders of Belgrade at the capital's New Cemetery on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said on Monday Serbia had paid a high price for freedom in WWI and that, for that reason, "our country and its citizens will continue to protect Serbian statehood, freedom and independence as supreme national values."

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.

BELGRADE - At a meeting with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Balkans Alexander Kasanof, Serbian FM Marko Djuric said he was pleased with the dynamics of high-level political dialogue and reiterated Serbia's commitment to advancement of bilateral ties with the US in all areas.

TIVAT - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday in Tivat, Montenegro, that Serbian-made ammunition was likely to be found everywhere in the world where wars were going on but that Serbia always exported it to licenced end-users only and that there were no Serbian-made arms on the battlefields.

BELGRADE - Under an agreement signed in the Serbian government building on Tuesday, Serbia will receive a 50 mln euro EBRD loan for urgent reconstruction of its railway infrastructure.

NEW YORK - Pandora's box was not opened by the attack on Ukraine but much before that, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in his address to the 79th UN General Assembly session on Tuesday evening.

The collapse of the modern world began when we stopped believing in law and stated appeasing force, he said.

BELGRADE - The situation in Kosovo-Metohija is worse than ever and deteriorating further every day and Serbs in the province live in conditions similar to apartheid, says Igor Simic, a senior official of Srpska lista, a political organisation of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs.

BELGRADE - Svetislav Pesic confirmed on Tuesday he is no longer head coach of the Serbia men's national basketball team.

Confirming media reports that he would no longer be at the helm of the national team, Pesic told Politika he had made his decision on this before the trip to Paris for the Olympic Games.