Josip Broz

Josip Broz Tito, as President of Yugoslavia, first of all, built his reputation with the people of Yugoslavia. For years, a cult of leader was developed, so the marshal's photographs hung above school boards, but also in the homes of many Yugoslavs - from Vardar to Triglav. He remained remembered for his turbulent political and private life.

Similar clubs operate across Australia, gathering places for more than 43,000 Croatian-born Australians and more than 133,000 others who claim Croatian ancestry.

Tens of thousands of Croats migrated to Australia after World War Two and the collapse of the NDH, when Croatia became part of the socialist Yugoslav federation under Josip Broz Tito.

President Aleksandar Vucic said this in Nis, southern Serbia, on Friday, where he is attending the military-police parade "Defense of Freedom," organized to mark WW2 Victory Day.

According to a press release, Dacic and Wickremesinghe "expressed readiness to intensify bilateral political dialogue at the high and highest level, as well as to enhance cooperation in all areas."

According to the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affair (MFA), Dacic was received by top officials of that country.

Dacic met with President of the Republic of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza, Minister of External Relations and International Cooperation Alain Aime Njamitwe, and with Secretary General of the country's ruling party Evariste Ndayishimiye.

Announcements endorsing Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's camapign for the Serbian presidency have included people who deny ever pledging support for the ruling party's candidate.

Well-known actor Misa Janketic told BIRN he had been included on a list of supporters without his knowledge or approval.

BELGRADE - On April 20 1955, Marijan John Markul entered the FBI's Los Angeles office and told a shocking story. The man who then introduced himself as Marshal Josip Broz Tito was not actually him, but a Russian agent who assumed the identity of Tito after Josip Broz disappeared in Russia in 1937.

Serbia wants to renew ties with Zambia - Dacic

BELGRADE -- Serbia is interested in renewing its traditionally friendly relations and bilateral cooperation with Zambia, Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said.

he made the comments after meeting with Zambian Foreign Minister Harry Kalaba in Belgrade on Wednesday.

BELGRADE,- Ivica Dacic, Serbia's first deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, has said that introducing sanctions against Russia is unacceptable for Serbia as that would be against its national and state interests.

BELGRADE - Hundreads of people from all over the former Yugoslavia marked the 35th anniversary of the death of former president of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito by visiting the House of Flowers in Belgrade on Sunday, where Tito and his wife Jovanka Broz are buried.