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BELGRADE - Russia and Serbia are connected by history and religion, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said during a meeting with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Friday.

Patriarch Kirill, who is on a three-day visit to Serbia, said that Russia has always been with the Serbian nation, in joy and in sadness.

Russian patriarch arrives in Serbia

BELGRADE -- Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived on Friday on a three-day visit to Serbia.

While in the country, he will consecrate a monument to Tsar Nicholas II Romanov and meet with the top religious and state officials.

BELGRADE - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has arrived on Friday on a three-day visit to Serbia where, as announced earlier, he will consecrate the monument to Tsar Nicholas II Romanov and meet with the country's top religious and state officials.

BELGRADE - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will come on Friday on a three-day visit to Serbia, where he will consecrate the newly erected monument to Tsar Nicholas II Romanov and talk with the country's top religious and state officials.

BELGRADE - Serbia and France share the past but they also have a joint future in Europe, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stated in Belgrade on Friday, noting that the future belongs to the young and it is up to them to build it.

BELGRADE, PARIS - French Prime Minister Manuel Valls will head a business delegation on a two-day visit to Serbia from Thursday.

He will be received by Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, the Serbian government press office said in a statement.

University infrastructure revamped thanks to EU donation

BELGRADE -- The European Union backed the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development with a EUR 30 million donation.

BELGRADE - Stefan Nemanja, the founder of the Nemanjic dynasty, represents a beacon for new generations that defines the direction for preserving the Serbian state, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said at an international conference marking a great anniversary - 900 years since the birth of the creator of a strong medieval Serbian state.

BELGRADE - Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali and Argentine Ambassador to Serbia Ricardo Fernandez discussed establishment of cooperation between the Serbian capital and Buenos Aires.

During the meeting, Mali presented plans for development of Belgrade and Ambassador Fernandez showed great interest in them, the City Administration said in a release on Wednesday.

Belgrade has largest homeless population in Serbia

BELGRADE -- Belgrade has the largest population of homeless people in Serbia, a news conference heard on Firday during the presentation of "The Homeless" publication.

The homeless are mostly men aged 55 to 59 with little education, who are either jobless or do low-paid jobs that require no qualifications.