Serbian architecture

President of the Cuprija municipality Ninoslav Eric expects at least ten bidders.

"I expect at least ten companies to participate in the public auction, and on August 14, we will find out who the new owner of Ravanica will be," Eric told Tanjug.

BELGRADE - The exhibition "The Danube - Artist, Traveler and Witness", showcasing fortifications situated on the banks of the Danube in Serbia, will open in the European Parliament headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, the Belgrade Fortress public enterprise has announced.

Education Minister Mladen Sarcevic has said that his ministry "will do everything to protect the Serbian language from bad influences."

He spoke during the final ceremony of the 83rd Vuk's Assembly - an annual gathering held in the village of Trsic, western Serbia, the birthplace of Vuk Karadzic, Serbia's 19th century language reformer.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic marked Armistice Day on Wednesday by placing a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Hero on Mt. Avala near Belgrade.

November 11, Armistice Day, is a non-working state holiday in Serbia.

BELGRADE - The National Library of Serbia was razed to the ground in the first hours of the Nazi bombing of Belgrade on this day in 1941.

Just like every year on this day, representatives of the Serbian government, diplomatic corps, city leaders and citizens gathered in Kosancic Venac Street to commemorate the event on Monday.

Belgrade Assembly to open doors to visitors

BELGRADE -- The City Assembly building - the Old Palace in downtown Belgrade - will be open to visitors every Saturday starting in April.

The announcement was made by the head of the city secretariat for the economy, Tijana Maljkovic.

Visitors will be able to tour the building starting at 10 am, and at noon, she told Tanjug.

BELGRADE - The City Assembly building - the Old Palace in downtown Belgrade - will be open to visitors every Saturday from April, the head of the city secretariat for the economy, Tijana Maljkovic, has announced.

The Saturday visits will be organised in two time slots - at 10 am and 12 pm, she told Tanjug.

BELGRADE - The museum in Trsic and the Zrenjanin National Museum were listed among 42 museums nominated for the annual European Museum of the Year Award.

The list was recently issued by the European Museum Forum and around 300 museums are running for the prestigious award.

BELGRADE - Experts from leading European cultural heritage and financial organisations and officials of Europa Nostra and the European Investment Bank have discussed with Serbia's leading conservation specialists the restoration of the Subotica synagogue, named one of Europe's seven most endangered monuments in 2014.

BELGRADE - Serbian MPs on Tuesday condemned the daubing of graffiti on the buildings and the gate of the Orthodox monastery of Decani that promote the creation of an Islamic state and a worldwide caliphate, which they said reflects the instability in Kosovo-Metohija.