Serbia

BELGRADE, August 24. /TASS/: Serbia’s Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin has asked US Ambassador to Belgrade Christopher Hill to abide by about the rules of decency and avoid treating Serbs like Indians on a reservation. Serbia’s Interior Ministry released Vulin's statement on Wednesday.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president called on NATO on Sunday to “do their job” in Kosovo or he says Serbia itself will move to protect its minority in the breakaway province.

The fiery televised address to his nation by President Aleksandar Vucic followed the collapse of political talks between Serbian and Kosovo leaders earlier this week mediated by the European Union in Brussels.

BELGRADE, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Eleven people, including two children and a gunman, were killed in a mass shooting in Montenegro on Friday, and six others were injured, a state prosecutor told Vijesti TV after an initial investigation of the crime scene.

Local media initially had reported that a total of 12 people, including a shooter, had been killed.

"When we arrived at the scene we saw nine dead bodies, including two children, and another two passed away on their way to the hospital," Andrijana Nastic, a state prosecutor, told Vijesti TV.

BELGRADE/PRISTINA, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Ukraine isto start the pullout of its peacekeepers from the NATO-led mission in Kosovo, the RBK-Ukraine news portal reported on Wednesday, citing sources from Ukraine's military command.

Ukraine currently maintains a contingent of 40 peacekeepers in Kosovo as part of the 3,800-strong NATO-led KFOR mission, but in March President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a decree ordering all missions to return home to help in the war with Russia.

BELGRADE, July 5. /TASS/: The director of the Serbian office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petar Petkovic, on Tuesday said the international community should put pressure on Pristina after the prime minister of the unrecognized nation of Kosovo threatened to attack Serbs.

BELGRADE, June 14. /TASS/: From November 1, Serbia will not be able to import Russian oil due to EU sanctions, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday.

"Dozens of new problems emerge every day We consume 350 tonnes of fuel oil daily, and in winter we will spend seven times more. We need to find fuel oil, there is not enough fuel oil in the NIS (Naftna industrija Srbije - TASS). On November 1, we will no longer be able to import Russian oil under the current sanctions, and God knows what sanctions will be introduced by then," Vucic said.

BELGRADE, June 14. /TASS/: Milorad Dodik, the current Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has said he is planning to attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) and meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on June 17.

"I am going to St. Petersburg to attend the economic forum. President Putin traditionally takes part in the forum. A meeting with Putin will take place after the SPIEF plenary session on June 17," Radio Television of Republika Srpska quoted Dodik as saying on Tuesday.

BELGRADE, June 10. /TASS/: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has urged Serbia to be "pragmatic in the process of recognizing Kosovo", because without that the country will be unable to join the EU.

BELGRADE, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The presidents of Serbia and Hungary Aleksandar Vucic and Viktor Orban warned on Saturday the impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict on regional and global food security at the opening of the 89th International Agricultural fair in Novi Sad, a city in northern Serbia.

A prolonged crisis could result in hunger across the world, they warned, stressing the importance of strong agriculture and pledging for more cooperation between the two countries.

BELGRADE, May 5. /TASS/: The talks between Belgrade and Moscow on a new long-term gas contract will begin in coming days, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said, addressing journalists in Berlin after a meeting with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Thursday.