French Embassy in Belgrade

BELGRADE - Serbia will assist the fight against terrorism as much as it can, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic wrote in a message in a book of condolence at the French embassy in Belgrade following the Nice terror attack.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Friday extended condolences to French counterpart Francois Hollande in the wake of Thursday's terror attack in Nice, which killed over 80 people and injured 175 others, including dozens seriously.

Dubravka Stojanovic has received the French national order of merit in the class of Knight from Ambassador Christine Moro at the French embassy in Belgrade.

Stojanovic is a historian and associate professor at Belgrade's Faculty of Philosophy.

BELGRADE - Yugoslav Film Archive Director General Radoslav Zelenovic and sculptor Mrdjan Bajic, a full professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Belgrade, have been presented with the French Order of the Knight of Arts and Letters at a ceremony in the French Embassy in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Yugoslav Film Archive Director General Radoslav Zelenovic and sculptor Mrdjan Bajic, a full professor of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Belgrade, have been awarded the French Order of the Knight of Arts and Letters, the French embassy in Belgrade said in a statement on Monday.

In Serbia, local people including journalists spontaneously gathered on Wednesday night in front of the French embassy in Belgrade to honour the staff of Charlie Hebdo - the satirical magazine at the centre of the bloodbath in Paris.

About 40 people lighted candles paying respect to the 12 victims of the attack who included eight journalists and two policemen.

Candles lit in Belgrade to honor victims of Paris attack

BELGRADE -- Citizens and journalists have lit candles in front of the French embassy in Belgrade to pay respects to those killed in an attack on a satirical weekly.

BELGRADE - The French Embassy in Belgrade voiced satisfaction over the great success of the Donors' Conference organized to help repair the damage caused by the May floods in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, which raised a total of EUR 1.846 billion for the two countries, adding that France will pay an additional EUR 1 million in emergency financial aid to Serbia.

"Friendship with French forged in heroism"

BELGRADE -- "The friendship between the Serbs and the French, forged in the heroism of World War I, has gone through various temptations," says Tomislav Nikolić.

BELGRADE - Last weekend, France doubled the number of technical rescuers it has sent to help relief efforts in Serbia after recent massive floods in the country, increasing it to a total of 89 rescue workers who are all on the ground right now, the French Embassy in Belgrade has said in a release.