First Deputy PM Minister and FM Ivica Dacic welcomed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade late on Wednesday. Dacic welcomed his colleague and friend Lavrov and expressed great satisfaction to meet him again, the Serbian Foreign Ministry said in a press release, cited by the government. Dacic "once again stressed that the visit of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin is an event of great importance in the long history of friendly r

Retired French Colonel Jacques Hogard, who in 1999 protected Serbs in Kosovo after the withdrawal of the Yugoslav Army, met in Belgrade with Milos Jovanovic, leader of opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), BETA news agency reported. According to a press release, Hogard and Jovanovic, discussed the situation in Kosovo, as well as the political situation in France and in the European Union. It was said that Hogard and Jovanovic agreed that the situation in Kosovo is complicated, but Serbia should in no case and under any circumstances hand over Kosovo and renounce its territorial integr

Chinese President Xi Jinping has invited Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to the second Belt and Road forum on international cooperation. The gathering will be held in Beijing on April 25-27, Tanjug reported, citing a press release from the Serbian president's office. In the invitation, Xi said Serbia occupied a significant place and played an active role in the cooperation through the Belt and Road forum, and added that the comprehensive Sino-Serbian partnership was growing, aided by a strong impetus, and producing many significant results in various areas of cooperation. Xi also noted h

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country respect the Serbian leadership's decision to join the EU.

The members of the opposition movement Local Front (Lokalni front) from Kraljevo are walking on foot from their hometown to Belgrade to protest, where they will join tens of thousands of dissatisfied citizens, on the fact that Oliver Ivanovic’s killers and instigators remain unknown a year later. On their four-day, 170 kilometers-long journey to Belgrade, the Local Front members have won sympathies from people across Serbia and the region. The representative of this movement, Predrag Vostinic said that citizens’ support gives them the strength to continue their journey, Belgrade-based Beta n

Armin Alibasic, a member of a Wahhabi movement dubbed "Dava Tim Centar" who was arrested on January 13 in Novi Pazar, was preparing a terrorist attack.

Ivica Dacic has said that 2018 was marked by the extremely dynamic diplomatic activity of Serbia, both bilaterally and multilaterally.

EU Spokesperson Maja Kocijancic, said, in relation to the interrogation of the first witnesses in the Special Court for the war crimes in The Hague, that the court “does its job” adding the EU is clear when it comes to the reconciliation in the region and the war crimes issue. “It is not up to me to comment on the work of the court. The court does its job.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told Tanjug news agency when the US reacts strongly and shows its influence, there would be results as well. He said this, in relation to the US request to Pristina to immediately revoke the taxes imposed for goods from Serbia or face sanctions. President Vucic noted that imposed taxes stopped the dialogue, adding that frozen conflict with Pristina is the worst possible solution, as according to him, if frozen conflict melts, we will all go down.