Kragujevac

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin will talk on the phone Wednesday about ways to solve the problems related to Serbia's debts for gas and exports to Russia of Fiat cars manufactured in Kragujevac, central Serbia, Tanjug has learnt at the prime minister's office.

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.

KRAGUJEVAC - Head of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) group in the Kragujevac city assembly Radomir Nikolic has been elected new mayor of Kragujevac at an urgent meeting of the city assembly.

Nikolic got on Tuesday support from 49 members of the assembly out of 50, with members from the groups Together for Sumadija and the Democratic Party refusing to vote.

President's son elected as mayor of Kragujevac

KRAGUJEVAC -- Radomir Nikolić, the son of Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić, was on Tuesday elected as mayor of his hometown of Kragujevac in central Serbia.

KRAGUJEVAC - The traditional anti-war event 'The Great School Class' was held on Tuesday near the Broken Wing monument at the Sumarice Memorial Park in Kragujevac, in memory of the students, professors and citizens of Kragujevac executed by German firing squads in World War II.

"Quotas for car exports to Russia may be agreed"

BELGRADE -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said in Belgrade on Thursday that trade and economic relations between Serbia and Russia are successfully developing.

He noted that there was "much to discuss in today's meetings, including quotas for Fiat car exports to Russia."

Fiat to make 100k cars in Serbia, but no new models

PARIS -- Fiat Automobili Srbija (FAS) intends to produce 100,000 500L cars in the Kragujevac plant in 2015, which will bring EUR 1bn worth of revenues to Serbia....

PARIS/BELGRADE - Company Fiat Automobili Srbija (FAS) intends to produce 100,000 500L cars in the Kragujevac plant in 2015, which will bring EUR 1 billion worth of foreign currency revenues to Serbia.

Fiat currently has no intention of producing new models in the Kragujevac plant, Radio Television of Serbia learnt at the Paris Motor Show where Fiat presented its latest 500X model.

BELGRADE - Researchers' Night is an event held throughout Europe, including Serbia, with the goal of using interesting ways to bring the world of science closer to all those drawn to it.

Besides promoting science, the event, with its series of free programmes heal between 5 and 11 p.m. on September 26, is also meant to incite young people to a career in that field.

Serbian students win Physics Olympiad medals

BELGRADE -- Five Serbian high school students that took part in the 45th International Physics Olympiad have won four medals and a commendation, it has been announced.