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NIKINCI - Serbian and Russian troops started off a joint exercise entitled Srem 2014 at the training centre in Nikinci on Friday.

Serbia's Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic, diplomatic corps officials and reporters from Serbia and abroad were present for the start of the event, which will involve 404 members of the two countries' armed forces.

B92 Fund, Sremska Mitrovica to build safe house

BELGRADE -- The B92 Fund and the city of Sremska Mitrovica have announced the signing on Wednesday of an agreement to build a safe house in the Srem District (Okrug).

The announcement came on the eve of the groundbreaking ceremony for the facility....

BELGRADE - Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport welcomed on Tuesday its four-millionth passenger this year, and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic congratulated Serbia's first airport, opened for regular commercial flights 52 years ago, on reaching this important milestone.

The four millionth passenger served this year is student Nikola Miljkovic, who travelled to Banjaluka.

The construction of the two new bridges Silistra - Calarasi and Nikopol - Turnu Magurele will start by 2017, according to Bulgaria's caretaker Transport Minister Nikolina Angelkova.

Angelkova explained Friday that the deadlines had been included in the bilateral memorandum on building two new bridges over the Danube.

Bulgaria and Romania on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for conducting feasibility studies for the construction of two new bridges across the Danube.

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BELGRADE - The 3rd Danube Business Forum opened in Belgrade on Monday, bringing together around 800 participants - leaders in the energy, water management, agribusiness, transport and ITC sectors, as well as in entrepreneurship and creative industry in the Danube region, which is comprised of 14 countries.

BELGRADE - The 3rd Danube Business Forum will be held on October 27-29 in Belgrade and Novi Sad, the organisers announced on Wednesday.

The event is expected to bring together 800 participants - leaders in the fields of energy, water, agribusiness, transport, ITC, entrepreneurship and the creative industry in the Danube region, which includes 14 countries.

The European Commission is taking Romania to its Court of Justice over a deadly 102-hectare pond that holds waste extracted from the copper and zinc mines in Moldova Noua, which it describes as abandoned and dangerous.

NOVI SAD - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic said Wednesday in Backa Palanka that the cooperation within the EU Danube Strategy is a valuable experience for Serbia and a strong boost to European integration as the top foreign policy priority.

Sergije Veselinovic, the former major of the municipality of Obrovac in Croatia, who said he was an old friend of the war crimes indictee, told the UN-backed court in The Hague on Tuesday that despite being the leader of the Croatian Serbs, Hadzic had very limited power over decisions made by Serbs in Croatia.