News archive of October 2017

The Monarch airline operator announced on Tuesday morning that they canceled all flights, reports Mediapool. 

According to preliminary information, the carrier is most likely going bankrupt. "We are sorry to see that Monarchs have canceled all flights and holidays" according to a short message by the company, which calls for passengers not to travel airports.

The European Commission says Sunday's independence referendum in Catalonia was "not legal" but also called on the Spanish government to open dialogue.

A spokesman for the commission, the executive arm of the 28-nation EU, said Monday that "violence can never be an instrument in politics."

Slovenia's money-laundering office has opened an investigation into claims by opposition parties that the country's biggest state-owned bank, Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB), may have laundered nearly €1bn from Iran between 2008 and 2010, breaking an international embargo and failing to enforce rules on the financing of terrorism.

The Serbian women's volleyball national team has won the gold medal at this year's European championship, EuroVolley 2017.

The previous gold in this competition was claimed by Serbia in 2011. This is the 15th medal that the women's team has brought home since 2006 from various competitions.

Turkey won bronze, after defeating Azerbaijan 3-1.

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Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Sunday that Serbia firmly supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Spain, as well as its unity.

He added that Spain is one of Serbia's greatest friends.

"I would ask all political factors not to play with this issue," Dacic said after the opening of an exhibition marking 70 years of UNICEF ​​in Serbia.

A 21-year-old Serbian citizen has been stabbed to death in Vienna, Austria, in a fight that broke out in the night between Saturday and Sunday.

A 22-year-old Bulgarian citizen was seriously wounded during the incident, that involved a group of Afghans and Chechens.

Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos has arrived in Serbia on a two-day visit, and was on Monday morning welcomed by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. The ceremony was held in front of the Palace Serbia in New Belgrade. The presidents will have a face-to-face meeting, and will afterwards be joined by delegations of the two countries. Vucic […]

BELGRADE - There is room for a public sector salary and pension increase in 2018 - it amounts to an average 5 pct, which corresponds to GDP growth, Fiscal Council President Pavle Petrovic said Friday.

MILAN - Serbian citizens showed tolerance and hospitality during the migrant crisis and Serbia demonstrated that it has an administration, a police force and armed forces capable of responding to a crisis of such great proportions in a humane way, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said in Milan Friday.

Brnabic chaired a closing session as part of the World Economic Forum in the Italian city.

MOSCOW - The relations between Serbia and the Russian Federation are on the rise in all fields, Serbian Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic and Russian FM Sergey Lavrov agreed in Moscow on Friday.

Russia's support for Serbia's territorial integrity and independence is very significant for our country, Dacic said.

Serbian-Russian committee to meet in Novi Sad in December