Tanja Valic

The opening ceremony of the 141st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) began with the intonation of the Serbian anthem at the Belgrade Sava Center. The IPU will run until October 17, gathering 2,000 participants from around 150 countries.

PHOTO: TANJUG / TANJA VALIC

A protest was held late on Wednesday by opposition parties and citizens, against "the autocratic regime of Aleksandar Vucic and introduction of dictatorship."

The protest was organized on the day Serbia's former prime minister assumed presidency.

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade are a step away from defending their title in the regional basketball ABA league after beating Cedevita Zagreb 84-73 (29-18, 28-16, 15-16, 12-23) at home late Tuesday to take a 2-0 lead in the play-off final series.

The reigning champions had a 23-point lead at one point in the game.

Tanjug file photo, Tanja Valic

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade on Thursday outplayed Real Madrid 82-70 (20-19, 23-16, 19-16, 20-19) at a packed Aleksandar Nikolic Hall in the 14th round of the basketball Euroleague, defeating the Spanish giants at home for the second consecutive season in European basketball's top-tier competition.

BELGRADE - Director of the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce for Serbia Martin Knapp stated that there are no signs that major German companies doing business in Serbia would withdraw from the country.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and President of Republika Srpska (RS) Milorad Dodik talked in Belgrade on Tuesday about the economic, social and political situation in Serbia and RS.

BELGRADE - A ceremony was held to present state grants for 2015 to the best athletes at the Palace of Serbia on Friday.

The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, who wished much success and many wins and medals to young athletes.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said on Thursday it was very important to Serbia to maintain the maximum level of unimpeded cooperation with Bulgaria, as an important partner, and he thanked Bulgaria for its support for Serbia's EU integration.

KRALJEVO - Serbia took a 1-0 against lead in its 2015 Davis Cup World Group first round tie with Croatia, courtesy of world number one Novak Djokovic, who beat Mate Delic 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in Kraljevo, central Serbia, on Friday.

Djokovic did not exert too much effort to defeat the world number 158 match in the match that lasted one hour and 30 minutes.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met with the Franco-German Youth Office Secretaries-General Beatrice Angrand and Marcus Ingenlath to speak about relations in the Western Balkan region Thursday.