News archive of February 2014

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic signed a decree on Monday, to mark the Statehood Day on February 15, whereby he decorated professor Itsuko Teruoka from Japan by a gold medal of merit for her exceptional engagement in humanitarian activities and delivered a posthumous decoration to Stella Jatras of the U.S.

BELGRADE - The Mikser Tango Festival will be held on February 14-16 at the Mikser House in Belgrade.

The festival events include dance and concert nights, seminars for tango instructors, presentations of tango schools, as well as side events that include a photo exhibition, video footage from world championships and a fair of tango clothes and shoes.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic will attend a working dinner in Brussels on Monday evening, which will be organized by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton.

BELGRADE - Twelve Serbian companies will present their products at PRODEXPO-2014, a large international exhibition of food products, in Moscow February 10-14, the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) has said.

BELGRADE - The Belgrade Special Court Monday rejected charges against Mihalj Kertes, former director of Federal Customs Bureau of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia accused of illegally transferring state money to Cyprus, as the statute of limitations (SOL) in the case has expired.

NIS - New Democratic Party leader Boris Tadic has said that a good result in the upcoming parliamentary elections would, for him, be one that would ensure that the party's policy is part of the government policy, irrespective of whether the party is in the government or in the opposition.

BELGRADE - The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) of Sandzak will run independently in early parliamentary elections on March 16, and its slate will be titled "The SDA of Sandzak - Dr Sulejman Ugljanin", the party's leader Sulejman Ugljanin told Tanjug on Monday.

PARACIN - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic stated on Monday that the government has special responsibilities to attract investments and create the conditions necessary for the implementation of reforms, especially in the judiciary and economy.

BELGRADE - Serbia's outgoing Defence Minister Nebojsa Rodic and Bulgaria's Defence Minister Angel Naydenov stated at a meeting in Sofia on Monday that the bilateral relations are good, within which the cooperation in the area of defence takes an important place.

BELGRADE - The national association for the development of organic food production Serbia Organica will organize a joint appearance of Serbian companies and organizations at the world's leading organic food fair, Biofach, in Nuremberg February 12-15.