Austria

NOVI SAD - Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said that the police arrested on Wednesday morning 10 persons suspected of smuggling over 100 illegal migrants from January by mid-May.

BELGRADE - This year's international new music festival, 19th Ring Ring, will take place at several locations in Belgrade from May 15-28.

Ring Ring will present Serbian and foreign bands, authors and performers of new music.

Blue countries gave Austria 12 points, red countries gave it no points, and the intermediate colours show the scale of points in between | by Dr Alan Renwick

BELGRADE - The International Belgrade Singers Choir, the Canadian Embassy in Belgrade and the Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment organized in Belgrade a concert commemorating fallen soldiers of all nations between 1914-1918.

Numerous audience gathered in the Kolarac Endowment on Monday evening at this unusual concert, which is one of the events marking the 100th anniversary of World War I.

Broadcaster "sorry if LGBT community was upset"

BELGRADE -- The RST has said it expressed regret if the commentary during its broadcast of the final night of Eurovision "upset the trans population and LGBT members."

BELGRADE - Completing the EU membership talks by 2020 is a realistic target for Serbia, Hannes Swoboda, the president of the Social Democrats' group in the European Parliament, has said.

Economic reforms should be the new Serbian government's priority, Swoboda said in an interview published by the Belgrade-based Vecernje novosti daily on Monday.

Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst won the 59th annual Eurovision Song Contest held in Copenhagen on Saturday.

The Netherlands ranked second with a score of 238 points and Sweden won third place with 218 points, according to the BBC News.

Freaky Fortune and RiskyKidd are to represent Greece in this year's Eurovision song contest final in Copenhagen on Saturday after qualifying in Thursday's semi-final along with another nine entries.

BELGRADE - The marking of the Day of victory over Nazism in World War II started late Thursday with a ceremonial artillery salute fired from the Sava terrace of the Belgrade Fortress, the Serbian government said in a statement.

Victory Day, Europe Day marked

BELGRADE -- The marking of Day of Victory over Nazism in World War II started late on Thursday with a ceremonial artillery salute fired from the Belgrade Fortress.