Nemanjić dynasty

BELGRADE - Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) presented on Tuesday the Order of Holy King Milutin to Alexander Porfiryevich Torshin, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia and founder of The Saint Sabbas the Sanctified Foundation, an international humanitarian foundation for the preservation of Christian sacred places in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM).

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.

PRIBOJ - A new archaeological research in the churchyard of the Saint Nicholas monastery in Pribojska Banja - one of the most significant monasteries in mediaeval Serbia - has revealed the remains of a defence tower.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic met Friday in Belgrade with the delegation of the Russian Academy of Arts, and discussed the interior decoration of Saint Sava Cathedral in Serbia's capital.

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic, in the capacity of co-chair of the committee for interior decoration of St. Sava Cathedral in Belgrade, met on Thursday with Academician Nikolai Alexandrovich Mukhin of the Russian Academy of Arts, and science secretary of the Academy Nadezhda Nikolayevna Mukhina.

"Serbs and Americans forged lasting friendship in WWI"

BELGRADE -- U.S. Ambassador in Belgrade Michael Kirby hosted a reception on Wednesday to mark his country's holiday, Independence Day, Tanjug reported.

PANCEVO - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has attended in Pancevo, near Belgrade, an analysis of operational and functional capabilities of the Serbian Armed Forces (VS) for 2013.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija has condemned strongly the threats against the monastery of Visoki Decani and urged Kfor to boost military protection of the monastery and identify and bring to justice as soon as possible the unknown perpetrator who has threatened to raze it.

PANCEVO - Delegations of the Serbian and Russian armed forces have discussed possibilities for holding a joint exercise of the two countries' special forces.

The delegation of the Russian Armed Forces visited the Serbian Armed Forces Special Brigade in Pancevo, near Belgrade, on Wednesday.

BANJSKA - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic visited Banjska monastery in northern Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) on Thursday and pledged to help renovate the sanctity.