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Glamocic: Honey exports generate more revenue than meat

BELGRADE – The Sixth Governmental Beekeeping Fair, bringing together a total of 97 participants from all over Serbia, was opened by Serbian Agriculture Minister Dragan Glamocic at the Belgrade Fair on Saturday.

Additional USD 100 million for irrigation by year’s end

BELGRADE - A USD 100 million loan from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be used for irrigation projects that are ready, Serbian Agriculture Minister Dragan Glamocic, announcing the arrival of an additional USD 100 million tranche loan for irrigation by the end of the year.

Dialogue with Pristina to resume after elections

CACAK – Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said Saturday that the Brussels-based talks with Pristina will resume after Serbia’s March elections.

He told a press conference in Cacak, central Serbia, that the recent arrest of Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Citizens’ Initiative ‘Serbia, Democracy, Justice’ is harmful to Belgrade-Pristina relations.

Removal of tracks marks start of Belgrade on Water project

BELGRADE - The Belgrade on Water project kicked off Saturday with a removal of railway tracks on Platform West of the Belgrade railway station, and the first stage of the works should be completed in six to eight months from now.

Gender equality is among Serbia’s development issues

BELGRADE - In the context of reforms and European integration process, improving the position of women in Serbia is closely connected with the necessity to use all development potential of society, women involved in Serbia’s European integration process told Tanjug on the occasion of the 2014 International Women's Day.

Businessmen from UAE to visit Belgrade in May

KOPAONIK – A visit should be paid to Serbia in May by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) foreign minister and a UAE business delegation who want to explore opportunities for business cooperation, Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) President Zeljko Sertic told Tanjug.

“This is a good and quality way to go that could bring economic growth,” Sertic said.

Serbian gov’t to bring “Kosovo armed forces” issue to UN

BELGRADE - The Serbian government said at a meeting it held late on Friday that the intention of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Kosovo to form “Kosovo armed forces” is destabilizing the situation in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) and announced bringing the this issue to the United Nations (UN).

Obradovic: Croatia's evidence is thin

BELGRADE, THE HAGUE – Sasa Obradovic, Serbia’s chief representative before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Croatia-Serbia genocide case, said after Croatia had given its oral argument that evidence presented by the country is rather “thin and weak.”

SNS receives most media coverage, ahead of DS, NDS

BELGRADE - The coalition gathered around the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) received the most coverage in news broadcasts on televisions across Serbia - 20.16 percent, ahead of the coalition led by the Democratic Party (DS) with 16.51 percent, and the one gathered around Boris Tadic and his New Democratic Party (NDS) with 14.05 percent, the Republic Broadcasting Agency (RRA) stated in a report

Irregularities in electoral roll cleared

BELGRADE - Serbia's Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic said on Friday he hoped the coming snap parliamentary poll would be conducted better than the last one, because irregularities with the electoral roll had been cleared.

Women still discriminated in Serbian society

BELGRADE - Women in Serbia are still discriminated, although progress has been made in this respect over the last few years, representatives of the institutions that take care of the position of women told Tanjug, and warned about the high level of violence against women.

Kocijancic: Date of next round unknown

BRUSSELS - The next round of the talks concerning the normalization of the relations between Belgrade and Pristina has not been scheduled yet and it is unknown when it will be held, Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson of the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, told reporters on Friday.

Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania committed to promoting cooperation

RUSE - Mutual understanding and joint action by Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria towards European decision-makers are important for all citizens of these countries, Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said on Friday at the three nations' trilateral meeting in Ruse, Bulgaria.

Serb Fighters in Crimea Deserve Jail, Minister Says

A Serbian minister said volunteers from Serbia who have joined pro-Russian self-defence groups in the disputed Ukrainian region of Crimea should face jail terms.

A small group of five Serbian volunteers on Friday sent an open statement on arriving in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, declaring that their role was “to patrol roads and control vehicles and passengers at checkpoints”.

Final concert of 4th Belgrade Baroque Academy

BELGRADE - The participants of the 4th international Belgrade Baroque Academy, dedicated to "Scenes from operas by Handel and Monteverdi", which took place last week, will give the final public performance on Saturday evening at the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade.

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