United Arab Emirates

ABU DHABI - There is a strong orientation towards essential improvement in the already good defence cooperation between Serbia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and overall bilateral relations, Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, agreed during a meeting on Monday.

ABU DHABI - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic, as the head of the Defence Ministry's delegation during its visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), conferred with his colleagues and representatives of armed forces from the region and the rest of the world in Abu Dhabi on Monday, on the margins of the international defence exhibition and conference IDEX 2015.

BELGRADE - This year's International Fair of Tourism in Belgrade was visited by a total of 70,000 people, and around 5,000 of them were guests from abroad, which asserted that the event has a leading position in the region.

The biggest tourist event in this part of Europe was marked by the promotion of top values in all world cultures and nations and by an affirmation of travel.

Defense minister in Abu Dhabi for arms show

ABU DHABI -- Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic attended on Sunday the opening of the 12th International Defense Exhibition and Conference IDEX 2015 in Abu Dhabi.

After visiting the stand of the Serbian company Yugoimport-SDPR the minister told Tanjug that the country's defense industry was "successfully presented."

France deployed an aircraft carrier in the Gulf on Feb. 23 as part of the US-led military campaign against the Islamic Stateof Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a defence ministry official said.
      

ABU DHABI - Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic attended on Sunday the opening of 12th International Defense Exhibition and Conference, IDEX 2015, dedicated to military technologies and innovations in Abu Dhabi.

At the exhibition, we have successfully presented our defense industry, Gasic told Tanjug after visiting the stand of the Serbian company Yugoimport-SDPR.

BELGRADE- Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali hosted a reception for foreign exhibitors at the 37th International Fair of Tourism, ambassadors of their countries in Belgrade and representatives of local tourist organizations on Friday.

Former UK PM Tony Blair is to receive funding to advise Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, British media report.

Sixteen years back, Blair was among politicians at the spearhead of the NATO bombing campaigns carried out against Belgrade during the Kosovo War. Vucic himself was Minister of Information of former Yugoslavia at the time.

BELGRADE - The 37th International Fair of Tourism will bring together 1,100 exhibitors from 49 countries in Belgrade from February 19 to 22, Belgrade Fair's press office has announced.

This year's fair will be held under the slogan "Seize the Moment", and exhibitors will present their tourist offer in six halls.

DUBAI - Serbia's best female tennis player Ana Ivanovic advanced to the third round of the WTA tournament in Dubai after beating Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-0, 6-3 on Tuesday.

Ivanovic will next play 17th-seeded Czech Carolina Pliskova, who defeated her compatriot Zahlavova Strycova 6-4, 6-2.