Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

BELGRADE - 'They Never Had It Better?', an exhibition focusing on the modernization of everyday life in socialist Yugoslavia, will open at the Museum of Yugoslav History in Belgrade on December 27.

BELGRADE - 'They Never Had It Better?', an exhibition focusing on the modernization of everyday life in socialist Yugoslavia, will open at the Museum of Yugoslav History in Belgrade on December 27.

"China interested in region as transit toward EU"

BELGRADE -- Former Yugoslav countries can expect significant Chinese investments in infrastructure, as the path leading China to the EU market, says Vladimir Gligorov.

BELGRADE - Serbia's President Tomislav Nikolic and Slovenia's Outgoing Ambassador Franc But have noted on Friday that many positive changes have happened in Serbia in the last two years, and that the two countries maintain excellent bilateral relations.

An ex-intelligence agent said he lied in testimony which prosecutors hoped would help convict former Yugoslav spy chiefs Zdravko Mustac and Josip Perkovic of killing a Croatian émigré.

BELGRADE - The folk ensemble and orchestra of the Belgrade-based culture and arts association KUD Branko Cvetkovic will deliver five performances in Tokyo to present traditional and other original choreographies of Serbia's folklore to people of Japan.

"No danger of Moscow's influence in Balkans"

BERLIN -- Brussels-based analyst Dušan Reljić says there is "no danger of Moscow applying political or military pressure on former Yugoslav republics or Albania."...

BELGRADE - A commemoration was held on Monday for the Yugoslav Partisan and Red Army troops who died in the battle for Belgrade's liberation from Nazi occupation, which ended in victory on October 20, 1944, 70 years ago.

Minister for War Veteran Affairs Aleksandar Vulin and Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali laid wreaths at the cemetery dedicated to Belgrade's liberators.

The first hearing for Zdravko Mustac and Josip Perkovic, two former Yugoslav Intelligence officers accused of killing a Croat emigre, started on Friday in Munich.

A report on average wages in former Yugoslavia countries and Albania, compiled by Anadolu news agency, says Slovenes earn most in the region per month, with average wages of 1,002 euro.

This comes as no surprise, as the country has been a member of the EU for almost 10 years and was the wealthiest republic in Yugoslavia.