Serbia

Defense minister visits peacekeepers in Africa

BELGRADE -- Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic has visited members of the MoD and the Army (VS) in two multinational peace operations in the Central African Republic (CAR).

Serbian wins gold at EIAC, sets new national record

PRAGUE -- Ivana Spanovic broke her previous national record and won the gold medal in the women's long jump final at the European Athletics Indoor Championships (EAIC).

Spanovic jumped 6.98 meters.

Serbia beats Croatia 5-0 in Davis Cup tie

KRALJEVO -- Serbia defeated Croatia 5-0 in the first round of the Davis Cup World Group played over the weekend in the town of Kraljevo.

Serbia was given its fifth win by Viktor Troicki, who on Sunday beat Mate Delic 6-4, 6-3.

The Voltaj band will represent Romania in the 2015 Eurovision contest with the song 'De la capat' (Over Again), after winning the national selection on Sunday night in Craiova (west of Bucharest).

Photo credit: (c) Ilie BUMBAC / AGERPRES FLOW

Voltaj got 24 points, with the specialized jury and public vote weighing 50 percent each.

An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale hit a region of Serbia located 90km southwest of Belgrade.

According to reports of the European Mediterranean Seismological Center, as cited by the BGNES news agency, the earthquake struck at 9.47 pm local time.

The depth of the earthquake was initially estimated at 2km and the epicenter was 21km south of Valjevo.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic visited members of the Serbian Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces (VS) on two multinational peace operations in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Ministry of Defense said in a release on Sunday.

BELGRADE - Women, who make up half of the population, should be actively involved in any changes that shape and affect their society, including conflict prevention and resolution, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, said on the occasion of International Women's Day on Sunday.

KRALJEVO - Serbia stormed past Croatia in the first round of the Davis Cup World Group, claiming a 5-0 whitewash and its place in the quarterfinals, on Sunday.

Serbia was given its fifth win in the tie by Viktor Troicki, who beat Mate Delic 6-4, 6-3.

It took the Serb a little less than an hour to outplay the world number 158.

MONTERREY- Ana Ivanovic's hopes of defending the title won at the WTA tournament in Monterrey were dashed by France's Caroline Garcia, who beat her 6-1, 6-4 in the semifinals on Sunday morning CET.

It took the Frenchwoman only 55 minutes to defeat Serbia's best female tennis player.

BELGRADE/NEW YORK, March 8 (Tanjug) - The Serbian government has an objective to halve the number of unemployed women in Serbia by 2020 and this is the prime task that we as a state want to see realized, Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic said Sunday.