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Exhibition Serbia through Centuries opens

BELGRADE - An exhibition titled Serbia through Centuries opened on Wednesday at the Museum of Yugoslav History, on the occasion of the Serbian Statehood Day, which is marked on February 15.

FM officials discuss bilateral cooperation in Beirut

BELGRADE/BEIRUT - Marko Blagojevic, Serbian Foreign Ministry (FM) secretary general, and Vladimir Maric, head of the Foreign minister's cabinet, met in Beirut Wednesday with Lebanese Foreign Ministry Secretary General Wafic Rehaime, who said that Lebanon has no plans to recognize Kosovo independence.

Dveri submits slate for snap election

BELGRADE - The movement Dveri submitted to the Serbian Electoral Commission on Wednesday its slate containing 250 candidates for the snap parliamentary election in Serbia set for March 16.

Belgrade to be promoted at Milan tourism show

BELGRADE - The Tourist Organisation of Belgrade (TOB) will organise a promotion of the tourism supply in the Serbian capital at the International Tourism Exchange in Milan on February 13-15, also presenting the city's accommodation capacities and new programmes for tourists.

Association of refugees, IDPs and vulnerable backs SNS

BELGRADE - Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS) Rasim Ljajic conferred with representatives of the Association of refugees, internally displaced (IDPs) and vulnerable people in Serbia which will back the list 'Aleksandar Vucic - Future We Believe In' in the early parliamentary elections on March 16.

Korica appointed EACA deputy president for life

BELGRADE - The London-based European Athletics Coaches Association (EACA) has appointed Danijel Korica as deputy president for life.

Korica is also advisor to the president of the Sports Association of Serbia.

Nikolic: EU membership important, but also ties with Russia

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic underlined on Wednesday that EU membership is an important objective for Serbia, but it is equally vital for the country to maintain excellent relations with Russia.

Udovicic: Stronger support to Paralympians

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic and President of Paralympic Committee of Serbia (POKS) Zoran Micovic signed a funding agreement on Wednesday, based on which the Paralympians will be allocated RSD 42 million (EUR 1 = RSD 116) from the state budget this year.

Factory workers from Kosovo's Lesak protest near Jarinje

LEPOSAVIC - Around 200 workers of the Lola forging factory in Lesak, Kosovo-Metohija, gathered in protest on Wednesday near the Jarinje crossing in the north of the province after their company's bank account has been blocked.

The workers want the bank account to be unblocked.

Craft fair by disabled people organized in Mitrovica

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - A craft fair displaying works by disabled people entitled “Creativity paves way to jobs” was held at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Kosovska Mitrovica on Wednesday.

The fair is organized by the National Employment Service (NSZ) and Kosovska Mitrovica-based Narodna tehnika.

Serbia ranks 54th in world according to Press Freedom Index

PARIS - Serbia ranks 54th among 180 world countries according to the degree of freedom of the media, while Macedonia and Montenegro are the lowest ranked countries in the Balkans according to the Press Freedom Index for 2014, Reporters without Borders organisation released.

Last year, Serbia claimed the 63rd place on the list.

Tadic, Canak, Petrovic sign coalition agreement

BELGRADE - Leaders of the emerging New Democratic Party Boris Tadic, League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV) Nenad Canak and Together for Serbia (ZZS) Dusan Petrovic signed a coalition agreement on Wednesday which stipulates that they will stand for election together on March 16.

Dikovic, Bozic: Cooperation to bring regional stability

BELGRADE - The Serbian and Slovenian armed forces are oriented towards enhancing cooperation, and contribute to strengthening of regional stability, the chiefs of staff of the two armed forces, Gen. Ljubisa Dikovic and Gen. Dobran Bozic, said in Belgrade on Wednesday.

Belgrade Philharmonic under baton of Jane Glover

BELGRADE - Jane Glover, conductor at the Royal Academy of Music in London, will conduct the Belgrade Philharmonic performing a concert within On High Heels cycle at the Kolarac Endowment on February 14.

After almost two decades, Lady Glover will again lead the Belgrade Philharmonic in a new concert cycle presenting outstanding female conductors, the Philharmonic announced.

Zelezara wins gold SAP quality award

SMEDEREVO - Zelezara Smederevo received top recognition for excellence in the implementation of SAP (Systems, Applications and Products) software solution in the SAP competition at the level of Central and Eastern Europe.

Gold was presented to the Smederevo-based steel mill for the most successful project in the category of medium implementation, the company stated in a release.

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