United Arab Emirates

BELGRADE - Member of Serbia's taekwondo team Tijana Bogdanovic won a gold medal at the Fujairah Open G1 category tournament, held in Fujaira, UAE, on February 5-7.

Bogdanovic is the reigning European and world junior champion.

First of all, this was a ?cover-up operation? for ISIL, trying to whitewash its defeat in Kobane two weeks ago. By increasing the level of its barbarism and creating a much larger wave of shock, it was able to jog people?s memories again about its supposed ?invincibility.?

Another aim was to attract more jihadists from around the world by widening the horrifying effect.

A company from the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi Financial Group, on Wednesday announced that Hard Rock Cafe Podgorica will soon open its doors as the first in a chain of cafe-restaurants planned for the region.

Last year, the company, in cooperation with the Hard Rock International, became the owners of the franchise for the Balkan region.

Jordan's King Abdullah vowed a "relentless" war against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on their own territory on Feb. 4 in response to a video published by the hard-line group showing a captured Jordanian air force pilot being burned alive in a cage.
   

The United Arab Emirates pulled out of the air campaign fighting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants after the capture of a Jordanian pilot who has since been killed by the extremists, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
      
The pilot was captured in December and ISIL militants released a video Tuesday showing the man in a cage being burned alive.

Turkey's exports declined to $10.8 billion in January by a 9.8 percent decrease from the same month of the previous year due to a number of missing work days and the euro-dollar parity, the Turkish Exporters' Assembly (T?M) has said. 

The year-on-year exports reached $156.12 billion by a 2.5 percent increase from the previous 12-month period, the association said. 

BELGRADE/ABU DHABI - The first Serbian business investment forum that ended on Friday in the United Arab Emirates provided an opportunity for Serbian businessmen to make connections with the UAE-based companies.

BELGADE - The International Tourism Expo in Belgrade this year will be held at the Belgrade Fair from February 19 to 22, and it will include more than 1,100 participants.

The motto of the event is "Seize the moment," and will include the biggest tourism organisations,, agencies, tour operators, hotels, mountain resorts, spas, lakes, cities, regions and countries from all continents.

BELGRADE - Serbia's businessmen, owners of small and medium-sized enterprises, will travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday to take part in a Serbian business investment forum during which they will have the opportunity to make connections with business partners and learn about the potential of this rich market.

NOVI SAD - The University of Novi Sad has presented Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Serbia Juma Rashid Saif Zayed Al Dhaheri with a Captain Misa Anastasijevic award, for his contribution to promoting friendly relations and strengthening economic cooperation between Serbia and the UAE.