Belgrade

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic discussed on Thursday Serbia's OSCE presidency and regional cooperation with Ambassador Gerard Studman, special representative of the Chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for the Western Balkans, who is on a visit to Belgrade.

BELGRADE - The National Library of Serbia put on display on Thurdsay the painting The Battle of Kosovo by Petar Lubarda (1907-1974) to mark the 40th anniversary of the artist's death.

The painting was created in 1953 and is part of the library's extensive collection.

BELGRADE - The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Executive Board decided on Thursday to keep the key policy rate at the same level - 9.5 percent.

BELGRADE - An exhibition presenting the Archeological Park Viminacium and the project Itinerarium Romanum Serbiae, or Roman Emperors' Route, has been opened at the Serbian House in London.

BELGRADE - Representatives of the electoral list named With the Democratic Party for a Democratic Serbia have submitted to the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) a list of candidates for the March 16 early parliamentary elections.

BELGRADE - The banking system in Serbia is stable and the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) will do everything to keep the dinar and inflation stable as well, NBS Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic said on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic and Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, candidate of the Federal Republic of Germany for the office of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, conferred in Belgrade on the organization's role in strengthening the rule of law.

BELGRADE - Serbian painter Petar Lubarda died in Belgrade forty years ago, on February 13, 1974.

He was born in Ljubotinj, near Cetinje, on July 27, 1907. He got enrolled in the Art School in Belgrade in 1925, only to leave for Paris the following year, where he spent the next six years in a difficult financial situation.

BILBAO - Crvena zvezda advanced to the basketball Eurocup Round of 16 after defeating the home team of Bilbao by 85-81 (25-17, 12-20, 23-20, 25-24) in their fifth match in Group L late on Wednesday.

With a score of 4-1, the Belgrade 'Red-and-Whites' have secured one of the top two spots in their group, one round before the end of second stage.

BRUSSELS - Representatives of Belgrade and Pristina have managed to bring their positions closer on the judiciary, Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic has said, announcing that an agreement will be finalised in the coming days.