Zrenjanin

ZRENJANIN - The Serbia women's national tennis team has failed to qualify for the Fed Cup World Group II after losing 4-0 to Australia in the play-offs at the weekend.

Daria Gavrilova beat Nina Stojanovic 6-0, 6-3 at Zrenjanin's Crystal Hall on Sunday to win the decisive third point for Australia.

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ZRENJANIN - Aleksandra Krunic and Ashleigh Barty were on Friday drawn to open the Fed Cup World Group II play-offs clash between Serbia and Australia in Zrenjanin on Saturday, with Ivana Jorovic and Daria Gavrilova to take the court afterwards.

Eight polling stations opened on Tuesday morning in Kraljevo, Vrsac, Vrbas, Topola, Zrenjanin, Backa Palanka, and Belgrade's Zvezdara municipality.

A total of 9,851 voters are eligible to vote in the repeat elections on Tuesday.

ZRENJANIN - Serbia is firmly on the path towards full membership of the EU, but wants to enter Europe as an integral whole - it is either that or nothing, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said at the central ceremony marking Serbia's Armed Forces Day and Victory Day in Zrenjanin on Monday.

A tragedy has occurred in Lukicevo, near the town of Zrenjanin, northern Serbia, state television RTS is reporting.

The broadcaster added that "it is supposed" that a man had murdered his wife before taking his own life.

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 programs.

The Festival is held in cooperation with the British Council, and according to a statement by Belgrade's Dom omladine, it will premiere some of the most recent work by young British authors.

BELGRADE - Naftna industrija Srbije (NIS) CEO Kirill Kravchenko and Serbian Minister of Youth and Sport Vanja Udovicic inked a memorandum of cooperation between this oil company and the ministry on Tuesday with the aim to help young experts who want to return to Serbia and find a job.

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.

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.

BELGRADE - The short story festival Kikinda Short 09 will take place in five cities and three countries from July 2 to 5, and gather 20 authors from 14 countries who will read their stories to the audiences in Kikinda, Szeged, Timisoara, Zrenjanin and Belgrade, announced the festival organizer, Kikinda Short association.