Belgrade

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.

BELGRADE - Leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vucic has said that the fight against corruption and crime is, in fact, a fight for recovery of the Serbian economy.

VIENNA - Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has told Tanjug that he is visiting Belgrade with a message that the future of all Western Balkan countries is in the EU and that Austria will continue to strongly support their European integration efforts.

BELGRADE - Minister without Portfolio in charge of EU integration Branko Ruzic announced on Tuesday that over the next seven years Serbia will participate in two transnational programs.