Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday celebrated his 66th birthday. His Serbian counterpart was among those who wished the Russian leader a happy birthday.
Aleksandar Vucic spoke to Putin on the phone, the Serbian president's press service announced, wishing him to "continue to be successful in the responsible duty of the president, and continue defending Russia's interests."
Belgrade-based daily Blic writes today, in an article ''EU asks Merkel to accept a deal between Belgrade and Pristina'', that European Parliament rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister has asked the German chancellor to accept a solution to the Kosovo problem that Serbia proposes.
The daily Blic is citing a source from diplomatic circles in Berlin. According to the daily, McAllister, recently met with Angela Merkel and expressed his views on this sensitive issue.
The EU has announced that it signed an agreement with Albania that will allow its border patrols to be present and work in that country.
According to AP, cited by Tanjug, this is "the first time the bloc has concluded such an accord."
The deal is aimed at tackling irregular migration, in particular sudden changes in migratory flows, and cross-border crime, it was stated in Brussels on Friday.
A Serb member of the Kosovo government, Dalibor Jevtic, on Thursday attended a meeting of that government, Pristina-based Koha.net website is reporting.
Jevtic and all other members of the Kosovo government from the Serb List submitted their resignations back in March, after the arrest of Office for Kosovo and Metohija chief Marko Djuric, and have not taken part in any of its sessions since.
The website states that the return of ministers from Serb List was influenced by a German delegation currently visiting Pristina.
"I know that Marjan was being threatened for socializing with Serbs. This is what he told me; however, there may have been other things."
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will be visiting Belgrade October 6-8, NATO has announced.
According to a press release, during the visit Stoltenberg will meet with President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Ana Brnabic.
On October 8, Stoltenberg will join Vucic for the opening ceremony of the civil emergency exercise "Srbija 2018", co-organized by the NATO Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Center (EADRCC) and the Serbian Ministry of Interior, NATO said.
President and Supreme Commander of the Serbian Army Aleksandar Vucic has ordered the disengagement of the rapid response forces on Thursday morning.
The UN Security Council will in November discuss UN secretary-general's reports about Kosovo, writes Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti.
According to the newspaper, China returned the reports to the agenda of the Security Council, that will take over the body's presiding in November.
The article also specifies that two reports on Kosovo filed by UN chief António Guterres will be considered - covering the period from April 16 to July 15, and another from mid-July to mid-October.
First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic took part on Monday in the 69th session of the Executive Committee of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Dacic underlined Serbia "strong support to the untiring work of the UNHCR" and said the international community must "redouble its efforts to promote human rights and demonstrate solidarity without prejudice and selectivity, with the aim of harmonizing different views and addressing the causes and effects of the (migrant) crisis."
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has posted a photo on Facebook showing herself and Serbia's and Russia's foreign ministers.
Sputnik is reporting that the photo was taken at the UN HQ in New York City, during the UN General Assembly meetings this week.
"Russian and Serbian brothers and sisters," Zakharova captioned the photo of herself, Sergei Lavrov, and Ivica Dacic.