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BELGRADE - The first Film and Chips Festival, which focuses on new British film, will be held simultaneously in 10 cities in Serbia January 16-18, 2015, with identical programmes.

According to a statement from Belgrade's Dom omladine, the festival will premiere some of the most recent work by young British authors.

BELGRADE - Organizers of the Europeana 2014-2018 called on citizens of Serbia on Tuesday to join the project and provide any items they may possess relating to World War I.

NOVI SAD - The Bird Study and Protection Society of Serbia (DZPPS), in cooperation with the bird conservation partnership BirdLife International, organizes the European Birdwatching Weekend in Serbia, and invites nature lovers to choose among the 46 organized tours and learn more about the migrating bird species on October 4-5.

CACAK - Wreaths and flowers were laid on Tuesday at the memorial to the soldiers of four faiths at the city cemetery in Cacak, central Serbia, in memory of the WWI fallen in that area, and to mark the anniversary of setting up the memorial.

Serbia's Minister without Portfolio Velimir Ilic noted that the memorial was erected on the initiative of female residents of Cacak in 1934.

CACAK - Bosko Obradovic, one of the founders and Eldership member of the Dveri Movement member, and also head of an electoral list at this year’s early parliamentary elections in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), has been banned from entering the province, the movement said in a release Monday.

CACAK - The Republic of Cyprus supports Serbia's EU integration, Cypriot Ambassador to Serbia Nafsika Krousti said in Cacak on Monday.

Cyprus believes Serbia will become a member of the EU and supports and admires the perseverance of the Serbian government and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic in pursuing that goal, she told reporters.

POZEGA – Taking place for the ninth time, the International Student Film Camp Interakcija and the International Documentary Film Master Class Interdoc will kick off in Pozega, a town 180 km southwest of Belgrade, this week, with the participation of 38 young cineastes from 21 countries.

Local official sued for theft, assaults reporter

BELGRADE -- The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) has asked the police to punish the attacker on Beta agency's Gornji Milanovac-based journalist Živko Perišić.

Peršić was assaulted by the local community (MZ) of Zagrađe President Mile Trišić.

CACAK - The defense industry is one of the most stable sectors of the Serbian economy, Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic said on Monday while touring the Sloboda company in Cacak (central Serbia).

LJIG - The Ibar Highway was reopened for cargo transport on Monday, and the traffic along this regional road will completely return to normal starting from Wednesday, Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said on Monday.