Belgrade

BELGRADE - The Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra will perform a concert in Belgrade this week as part of the "Pika - Tocka - Tacka" cycle, a collaboration between the national philharmonics of three countries in the region.

BELGRADE - The exhibition titled “Ancestors to Descendants - Gifts and Purchases of the Ethnographic Museum 1999-2013", showcasing a selection of items collected over the past 15 years, opened on Tuesday evening at the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday that Serbia will implement urgent, necessary and comprehensive reforms and further improve its business climate.

BELGRADE - The International Fair of Tourism will be held in Belgrade from February 27 to March 2, bringing together over 1,000 exhibitors from 54 countries across the globe.

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic and Japanese Ambassador to Serbia Masafumi Kuroki signed and exchanged notes on a EUR 1.43 million worth non-refundable donation from the Japanese government to Serbia, expressing the hope that the donation will further improve the friendly relations between the two countries.

BELGRADE - First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday that Serbia's goal is to achieve the Austrian model of state governance, but noted that for that to happen, the country has to work hard for years and decades and change many things.

BELGRADE - A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has started the talks with Serbian officials in Belgrade on Wednesday on the state of public finances in the country, the IMF Resident Representative Office in Belgrade confirmed for Tanjug.

BELGRADE - Belgrade has been proclaimed the best tourist place in South Eastern Europe (SEE) in a tourism action to pick the best in SEE tourism in 2013 carried out by Sacen International, an international center for tourism and hospitality development based in Serbia.

BELGRADE - An event titled "Days of Indonesia" opened in Belgrade on Tuesday evening, in the presence of numerous distinguished guests, and will run through Sunday, March 2.

Dragica Nikolic, wife of the Serbian president, declared open the evening titled "Wonderful Indonesia- the World's Heart of Wonders" at Hotel Crowne Plaza in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - The Coalition of Refugee Associations stated that the meeting between Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and his Croatian counterpart Vesna Pusic leads to further enhancement of the two countries relations, but it also warned that mutual respect would not be possible without first finding a fair solution to open issues.