News archive of February 2014

BELGRADE - The Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) has noted that anti-Serb graffiti appeared on the Orthodox church in Djakovica in the south-western part of the province on Thursday morning.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Justice and Public Administration Nikola Selakovic conferred on Thursday with the Norwegian Ambassador in Belgrade Nils Ragnar Kamsvag on a new agreement between Serbia and Norway regulating the mutual transfer of sentenced persons.

NOVI PAZAR - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and Internal Trade and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic opened on Thursday a textile fair in Novi Pazar, with 36 exhibitors from Turkey and Serbia.

BELGRADE - Fest Executive Director Dragan Marinkovic has announced, ahead of Friday's opening of 42nd International Film Festival, an interesting program which will run until March 9.

BELGRADE - The regional conference on prevention of corruption on border crossings opened in Belgrade on Thursday.

The conference is hosted by the U.S. Embassy and it gathers representatives of the police, Prosecutor's Offices and customs services of Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary and Romania.

BANJSKA - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic visited Banjska monastery in northern Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) on Thursday and pledged to help renovate the sanctity.

BELGRADE - The value of bilateral trade between Serbia and Germany reached a total of EUR 2.78 billion in 2013, which is its highest level in history, announced the Delegation of the German Economy in Serbia, citing the data of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy.

LEPOSAVIC - Leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vucic made it clear to Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) on Thursday that he guarantees them security and survival.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic expressed the expectation on Thursday, in the talks with Head of the OSCE Limited Election Observation Mission Boris Frlec, that the forthcoming parliamentary elections would be carried out in a democratic and fair atmosphere.

DUBAI - Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Canada's Daniel Nestor advanced to the semifinals of the doubles event at the ATP tournament in Dubai on Thursday.

Zimonjic and Nestor beat Roberto Bautista Agut and Igor Sijsling, a Spanish-Dutch duo, 6-3, 6-2.