Serbia

BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic will be on a visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina from April 28 to 29 as part o his duties as the OSCE chairperson, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated.

BELGRADE - The 14th International Harp Festival will be held at several locations in Belgrade from May 3- 6.

So far, the Festival featured some of the most renowned harp virtuosos: Jana Bouskova, Patrizia Tassini, Susanna Mildonian, Letizia Belmondo, Catrin Finch and others.

NIS - A six-member team of the Nis-based Faculty of Law has triumphed in a moot court competition before the European Court of Human Rights.

With this victory, Serbia's law students confirmed their domination over their colleagues from other law universities of South East Europe, as there were the best last year too.

BELGRADE - After being premiered and receiving award at this year's Berlinale, the film Flotel Europa by Vladimir Tomic has won the award for best documentary at the Crossing Europe film festival in Linz.

"No new conditions for Serbia" - German FM

BELGRADE -- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in Belgrade on Tuesday that "nobody has changed the conditions on Serbia's path towards the EU."

BELGRADE - During its first year in office, the government of Serbia has built a solid foundation for economic recovery over the medium term, and it is crucial to continue with the austerity measures in the second half of 2015 and in the next two years, Fiscal Council member Vladimir Vuckovic told Tanjug on Tuesday.

Pristina "allowed Djuric to travel to Kosovo"

PRISTINA, KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric was given permission by authorities in Kosovo to visit on April 27 and 28.

Serbia's government has signed a memorandum of understanding with German food industry giant Toennies Lebensmittel.

Clemens Toennies, head of the Toennies meat group, announced that his company would soon build the first 5 of a total of 20 pig farms in the country, according to Serbian daily Dnevnik, as cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and newly elected President of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) Vladimir Kostic agreed on Tuesday that better cooperation and communication between the government and national institutions was needed.

BELGRADE - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission headed by Zuzana Murgasova will start an official visit to Serbia on Wednesday.

The visit will take place as part of the first review of a three-year precautionary arrangement signed at the beginning of this year.