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French President will visit Serbia in mid-July (FoNet, N1)

Emmanuel Macron, French President, will come to Belgrade in mid-July to confirm good political relations and strengthen the economic links between the two countries, French ambassador to Serbia Frederic Mondoloni said on Thursday, the FoNet news agency reported.

Macron was due in Serbia last November but had to postpone the visit due to the wave of protests in France.

“Our relations are very dynamic and develop in all areas, especially in economy,” the ambassador said.

Aleksandar Vučić: ‘Tito was a very smart guy’ (Politico)

Serbia’s president-elect on his critics, Merkel and the outlook for the region.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić sat down with POLITICO on Wednesday for his first extensive interview since winning his country’s presidential election in a landslide.

"Belgrade-Pristina talks next week; 'no' to Dodik sanctions" (B92)

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the phone, and met with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg in Davos.
B92's Filip Cukanovic said these conversations regarded the situation in Kosovo and relations in the region, as well as "ways to solve the problems that have piled up."

Vucic today announced "a meeting with the Albanian side with the mediation of Brussels (EU) as early as next week."

Merkel: Agreements a strong impetus to Serbia’s progress towards the EU (Tanjug)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters on Monday she was convinced that the latest agreements reached in the dialogue with Pristina would give a strong impetus to Serbia's advancement in EU integration, and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic voiced the hope that the chapters in the EU entry talks with Serbia would be opened over the course of this year.

Merkel and Vucic said this to reporters in Berlin, and then continued talks.

Belgrade in the focus of attention of the summit in Vienna (Danas)

- The Serbian government expects of the European officials at the Summit on the Western Balkans, which is held on 27 August in Vienna, to disclose that joint projects of Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina have entered the European transport network, or that the European Union accepted these projects as priorities.

Merkel wraps up her visit to Belgrade, hosts satisfied (Dailies)

By meeting with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday wrapped up her two-day visit to Belgrade.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic saw her off at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport.

"We are very satisfied with the results of Chancellor Merkel's visit, her appraisal of the reforms we are implementing, and her support to our European path," Vucic posted on his Twitter account.

The German chancellor arrived in Belgrade at 7 p.m. on Wednesday from Tirana. Today, she completes her tour of the region by visiting Sarajevo.

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There is no EU with corrupt politicians (Kosova Sot)

The front page editorial of this daily writes that the visit of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Tirana, after her reception of the high level delegation from Kosovo, might have rightfully enthused many people, being that these events proved increased attention of the most powerful EU state towards Balkans in general and Albanians in particular. “German attentiveness to concretize the Berlin process is a momentum that has to be used wisely by the politicians currently leading with Albania and Kosovo.