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BELGRADE - The Modern History Institute has published the second edition of the book Aerial War over Serbia 1999 by Bojan Dimitrijevic and Major General Jovica Draganic.

Greek Independence Day celebrated

BELGRADE -- Greek Ambassador Constantine Economides hosted a reception to celebrate Greek Independence Day in Belgrade on Tuesday, drawing a large number of guests.

BELGRADE - Greek Ambassador to Serbia Konstantinos Ikonomidis hosted a reception to celebrate Greek Independence Day in Belgrade late on Tuesday, drawing a large number of guests.

This is an important day for us, our national holiday by which we celebrate the creation of the modern Greek state, Ikonomidis told Tanjug.

BELGRADE - An exhibition titled "Religious buildings in Belgrade- projects and accomplishments in the documents of the Historical Archives of Belgrade" will open at Kalemegdan Park on Thursday.

The exhibition is dedicated to the architectural development of sacral Belgrade.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Unidentified perpetrators illegally entered a church estate in the Mogila village, municipality of Kosovska Vitina, and caused material damages to the garden where vegetables are grown for the needs of soup kitchens and the Diocese of Raska and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC).

Patriarch says Kosovo is "Serbian Jerusalem"

BELGRADE -- Patriarch Irinej has said the anti-Serb violence in Kosovo in March 2004 was an attempt to destroy the root of the Serb people and erase their existence there.

BELGRADE - Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej said on Monday at a forum commemorating the 10th anniversary of the March pogrom, destruction of Serbian holy sites and exodus of the Serbs from Kosovo, that it had been an attempt to destroy the root of the Serbian people and erase their existence in that area.

BELGRADE - The Belgrade-based choir Kir Stefan Srbin will on Wednesday, March 19, perform a concert at the National Theatre in Belgrade to mark the centenary of the death of Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac, the greatest Serbian composer, the National Theatre announced.

BELGRADE - Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej said on Monday, commenting on the 10th anniversary of the pogrom against the Kosovo Serbs, that the suffering of the Kosovo Serbs was still ongoing.

BELGRADE - Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Aleksandar Vucic set himself an extremely tight deadline to form Serbia's new government, according to Monday's edition of Belgrade-based tabloid daily Informer.

The newspaper said that Vucic has decided to form the new ruling coalition no later than the Serbian Orthodox Church Easter holiday, or April 20.