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BELGRADE - Slovenian President Borut Pahor will arrive in Serbia on Thursday, which will constitute the first bilateral-level visit by a Slovenian president to Serbia since 1991 and serves as a proof of excellent relations between the two countries, Slovenian Ambassador to Serbia Franc But told Tanjug on Tuesday.

Former head of Tadić's cabinet passes away

BELGRADE -- Former high ranking official of the Democratic Party (DS) and one of the closest associates of Boris Tadić, Miodrag Miki Rakić, has died.

Rakić, born in 1975 in Žitorađa, passed away after a long and serious illness, in Belgrade's military clinic VMA.

President to meet with Russian Duma chairman

BELGRADE -- Russian State Duma Chairman Sergei Naryshkin will on Tuesday continues his two-day visit to Serbia with a meeting with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić.

State Duma speaker to visit Serbia next week

BELGRADE -- Speaker of the Russian State Duma Sergei Naryshkin will arrive in Serbia for a two-day visit on Monday, May 5.

He will meet with Serbian officials and attend scientific events related to the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I.

Biography of new Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić served as first deputy PM in charge of defense, security and fight against corruption and crime in the previous cabinet since September 2013.

In the same period, he was secretary general of the National Security Council.

NIS - A scientific and practical conference of the Serbia-Russia Humanitarian Centre will be held in Nis on Saturday, the centre has announced.

The centre will demonstrate a firefighting operation at the Nis airport. The firefighters will receive equipment from the centre.

BELGRADE - Councillors of the Belgrade City Assembly decided to declare Sinisa Mali as the new Belgrade mayor.

A total of 79 out of 94 councillors voted in favour of Mali's nomination for the mayor put forth by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).

Andreja Mladenovic of the Democratic Party of Serbia was chosen deputy mayor.

BELGRADE - Serbian deputy prime minister and minister of labour Jovan Krkobabic died after a grave illness in Belgrade on Wednesday at the age of 84, Tanjug learnt in the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS).

Jovan Krkobabic also held office as the PUPS leader since 2006 as he was appointed for the position shortly after the party foundation.

BELGRADE - Belgrade Business International Case Competition - BBICC, an international student competition bringing together university teams from ten countries around the world, started on Wednesday at the Belgrade Faculty of Organizational Sciences (FON) and is scheduled to last through April 6.

BELGRADE – Speaking at a meeting organized by Belgrade University students to commemorate 15 years since the start of the 1999 NATO air campaign against Yugoslavia, Serbian Minister for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Aleksandar Vulin said that the victims of the aggression must not be forgotten and that NATO has not apologized for bombing Serbia.