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Workshop Jewish Art and Tradition February 17-22
BELGRADE - The Faculty of Philosophy of the Belgrade University will organize a workshop entitled Jewish Art and Tradition from February 17 to 22, for the 7th year running.
The workshop teaches about all forms of Jewish art and culture since its beginnings to the modern times.
The participants will learn about the basics of Jewish art, Judaism and modern culture in Israel.
Dacic opens 'Bequests and gifts' exhibition
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic opened an exhibition at the National Library of Serbia on Friday titled ‘Bequests and gifts: Legacies as cultural resources of great significance’, saying that in the coming decades we should work “not only to strengthen the state and find a new place on the world map, but also to enlighten (ourselves) as there can be no progress without this.”
Regional public media service needed
BRUSSELS/NOVI SAD - Vice speaker of the Vojvodina Assembly Ana Tomanova Makanova and Secretary General of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) Pascal Goergen agreed on Friday that a regional public media service is necessary for the process of democratisation, regional development and close ties between these two.
Fruvita and Frikom awarded at Moscow Fair
BELGRADE - Fruvita fruit processing company from Serbia won the gold and silver medal and plaques at the Prodexpo 2014 International Exhibition for Food, Beverages and Food Raw Materials in Moscow for its pear and sour cherry juices.
Frikom frozen foods producer also won the medals for design and practicality of its packaging.
Art and the Idea of Statehood exhibition opens
BELGRADE - An exhibition titled Art and the Idea of Statehood opened at the National Museum in Belgrade on Thursday to mark the great Serbian national holiday Sretenje.
Alejandro Cerrudo's One Thousand Pieces opens BDF
BELGRADE - The ballet One Thousand Pieces, choreographed by Alejandro Cerrudo of Spain, will be performed by Hubbard Street Dance from the US on March 30 to open the 11th Belgrade Dance Festival (BDF), BDF director Aja Jung said on Wednesday.
Gov't to aid Yumco, motorway blockade ends
BELGRADE - The government of Serbia and a delegation of employees from the Vranje-based Yumco company reached an agreement on Thursday on ending the blockade of the motorway to Macedonia.
Yumco employees have been on a general strike for one month, and on Wednesday morning they blocked the Belgrade-Skopje highway near Vranje.
Mayoral election campaign to last only 5 days
PRISTINA - The campaign for the mayoral election in northern Kosovska Mitrovica will begin on February 17 and last only 5 days, the Central Election Commission of Kosovo has decided.
The commission adopted on Wednesday a list of voters in northern Kosovska Mitrovica that now has 28,429 names, member of the commission Nenad Rikalo stated.