Belgrade

Serbia, Macedonia "to cooperate more closely"

BELGRADE -- Foreign Ministers of Serbia and Macedonia Ivan Mrkić and Nikola Poposki agreed on Friday in Belgrade that the two countries "share the same EU prospects."

They announced closer cooperation in the future.

BELGRADE - British heavy metal band Iron Maiden will hold a concert at Belgrade's Kalemegdan Park on June 17, the organizers from the Avalon production.

BELGRADE - The prices of consumer goods and services increased by 1.4 percent on average in January 2014 relative to December 2013, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia released on Friday.

Consumer prices increased by 3.1 percent in January 2014 relative to the same month in 2013 and the average annual increase in 2013 totalled 7.8 percent.

BELGRADE - Minister of Transport Aleksandar Antic said on Friday that Serbia does not have a single facility for disposing of ship-generated waste, so a total of nine facilities should be built along the Danube, Sava, Tisa rivers.

BELGRADE - Domestic linguists warned on Friday, on the International Mother Language Day, that the Serbian language is under the growing influence of English, but that it is jeopardized to the same extent as other languages with great traditions.

BELGRADE - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will launch a debate in the dispute between Serbia and Croatia on mutual genocide suits on March 3.

BELGRADE - Belgrade's National Theater will participate in the first International Balkan Countries' Theater Festival to be held in the Turkish city of Bursa on March 8-22, with their production of William Shakespeare's Henry VI, National Theater released on Thursday.

Besides the host country, the festival will gather theaters from Croatia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece and Romania.

BELGRADE - The prestigious world title for entrepreneurial achievements EY Entrepreneur Of The Year has been delivered in Serbia for the second time and the 2013 award went to Sirogojno Company owned by Rade Ljubojevic.

BELGRADE - Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) warns that numerous journalist murders that took place two decades ago across former Yugoslavia still remain unsolved.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated on Thursday evening that Serbia has full political stability, which is very important for the entire region, adding that the country's goal is to join the EU in 2020.