Sweden's traveller's warning for Serbia, issued back in February because of the Kosovo unrest in this year's Eurovision Song Contest host country has been lifted as the Swedish government estimates now that it is a safe destination.

Carl Bildt, Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Svante Stockselius, Executive supervisor for the Eurovision Song Contest, will be meeting on the Agenda talk show, on SVT 1, on Sunday 4th May at 21:15 CET, to discuss Serbia and the contest in general. Both men seem to be in accordance that Serbia is a safe destination and that hosting the Eurovision Song Contest is of great importance to the country.

In February, Swedish citizens were warned against travelling to the southern part of Serbia because of the unrest caused by the declaration of independence by Kosovo. Now, that things have calmed down,the warning has been lifted and theSwedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs declares Serbia is a safe place to travel.


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