PRIME minister-designate Aleksandar Vucic has cancelled visits to Brussels and Washington following reports that the EU and US ambassadors to Serbia are fuelling street protests against his rule, local TV reported yesterday.

Mr Vucic had been scheduled to travel later this month to the Belgian capital for the formal opening of EU membership talks and to the US for bilateral talks with officials.

The Serbian leader made an unannounced visit to Russian President Vladimir Putin last month, which resulted in calls by Moscow for Mr Vucic to “include people who are determined to maintain and strengthen further relations between Serbia and Russia” in his new government.