Tomislav Nikolic

Former Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Tuesday in Banja Luka received a decoration from Serb Republic (RS) President Milorad Dodik.

This took place as the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) is celebrating its day.

The events will be held in Banja Luka, the largest town of the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

According to the Serbian MoD, Vulin will first attend a gathering to award an RS decoration to former Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, who now heads the National Council for Cooperation with Russia and China.

Later, Vulin will watch a ceremonial march-past in Krajina Square.

Ignoring objections from Bosniak political leaders and international officials, Bosnia's Serbs prepared the biggest-ever celebration of their disputed January 9 'statehood' holiday, underlining the continuing divisions in the country.

Decorations have been in place for weeks, overshadowing those installed for New Year's Eve, with thousands of flags flying throughout Banja Luka.

The events will be held in Banja Luka, the largest town of the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

According to the Serbian MoD, Vulin will first attend a gathering to award an RS decoration to former Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, who now heads the National Council for Cooperation with Russia and China.

Later, Vulin will watch a ceremonial march-past in Krajina Square.

This is according to a poll conducted by the Politika daily and the Faktor Plus pollster, published on Wednesday, and cited by Tanjug.

Respondents were also asked to rate prime minister Ana Brnabic and members of her cabinet, and gave Brnabic the second highest mark - 3.1.

BELGRADE - The president of Serbia's national council for coordinating cooperation with the Russian Federation and China, Tomislav Nikolic, and Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin met on Wednesday to discuss Russian FM Sergey Lavrov's upcoming visit to Serbia for the commemoration of 180 years of diplomatic relations between Serbia and Russia.

A Serbian journalist Marija Antic has said she received death and rape threats after grilling a far-right French activist Arnaud Gouillon about his views and activism.

"The job of a journalist is to try to come to the truth. It's for the audience to accept this truth or not," Antic told BIRN.

Serbia's National Council for Cooperation with Russia and China and the Chinese ambassador in Belgrade, Li Manchang, have pledged to support the establishment of a Chinese-Serbian association of companies.

However, many experts doubt that Serbia stands to gain much from it, unless the country greatly increases its volume of exports.

President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday that "we will analyze the statements of BiH Presidency member Bakir Izetbegovic in a responsible manner."

Former President Tomislav Nikolic says he spent "almost three hours sitting with Russian President Vladimir Putin" during a ceremony in Moscow over the weekend.