Alexander Chepurin

KLADOVO - Serbia should again become an exporter of electricity, for which it needs to build new energy capacities, Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said on Saturday at a ceremony in Kladovo marking 50 years since the start of the construction of hydropower plant (HE) Djerdap on the Danube River.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic and Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin agreed that the bilateral ties are strengthening in the interest and to the satisfaction of both countries, the Foreign Ministry released on Thursday.

DESPOTOVAC - There is an open, sincere friendship between the peoples of Serbia and Russia, and it is up to politicians to develop it operationally through education, culture, tourism and the economy, the ambassador of the Russian Federation to Serbia Alexander Chepurin has said.

TEKERIS - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and President of Republika Srpska (RS) Milorad Dodik laid wreaths at the monument honouring soldiers fallen in the Battle of Cer, the first victory of Serbia and its allies in the Great War.

UZICE - The 6th Licitar Heart international children's folklore festival has opened in Uzice, western Serbia, with a ceremony that involved its 850 participants.

The festival, which opened late Monday, features 27 folklore groups from 10 countries, which will be performing on nearby Mt Zlatibor, in Mokra Gora, Pozega, Bajina Basta, Visegrad and Republika Srpska until August 23.

UZICE - The possibilities for Serbian-Russian economic cooperation are great at this moment and Serbia must be ready to seize that opportunity, Russian Ambassador Alexander Chepurin said in Uzice.

In the wake of the embargo on European goods, Serbian agriculture has a great opportunity on the Russian market, which offers great possibilities, he said.

BELGRADE - Serbia will know how to protect its relations with Russia, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said after a meeting with Russian Ambassador Alexander Chepurin in Belgrade on Saturday.

"I think our Russian friends now also understand our messages," he told Radio and Television of Serbia.

BELGRADE - Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin has said that the investigation into the sale of the formerly state owned oil company Naftna industrija Srbije (NIS) is a surprise to the Russian public and the majority shareholder, Gazprom Neft.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said that no threats are made against Serbia, stressing that, in his opinion, the statement by Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin that the country would suffer enormous damage if it were to impose sanctions against Russia is not to be seen as a threat either.

BELGRADE - If Serbia was to introduce sanctions for Russia, it would be like shooting itself in the leg, Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Serbia Alexander Chepurin said in an interview for the Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti.