Zoran Đorđević

BELGRADE - Serbian and Paraguayan Defence Ministers Aleksandar Vulin and Diogenes Martinez met in Belgrade Monday to discuss the capacities of the Serbian defence industry and the current political and security situation in the world and in the region, the Serbian Ministry of Defence said.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin and Russian Ambassador Alexander Chepurin on Tuesday discussed the successful past cooperation and plans for next year.

As a militarily neutral country, Serbia will continue to develop an active relationship and partnership with both the East and the West, they noted.

Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin has confirmed that Serbian and US paratroopers would hold a joint exercise.

According to him this is a part of the Serbian Army's regular activities.

BELGRADE - Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu has arrived in Belgrade, where he will attend commemorations of the city's WWII Liberation Day.

Shoygu was welcomed at the Nikola Tesla Airport by Serbian Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin met on Thursday with Michail Kostarakos, chairman of the European Union Military Committee.

Serbia's foreign policy goal is to maintain the status of a militarily neutral country, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.

The remains of three men listed as missing in Wednesday's explosion in a military facility in Kragujevac have been found.

This announcement was made late on Thursday by the Ministry of Defense, who named the victims as Captain Darko Kostic, and civilians Dejan Kovacevic and Zeljko Nikolic.

The latest blast in Serbia in the military facility at Kragujevac, which killed four persons, raises further questions about Serbia's ability to control its ageing stocks of ammunition, experts say.

Military analyst Aleksandar Radic told BIRN that speculation about the exact causes of the incident in Kragujevac was premature but the human factor was probably to blame.

Serbia's defence ministry announced that one army staff member was killed and another 25 army and police personnel were injured as they battled to extinguish a blaze following an explosion on Tuesday at the military repair depot in the central Serbian town of Kragujevac.

The ministry said it is still searching for three missing people.

Russia and Serbia remain strategic partners, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said during a meeting with his Serbian counterpart Zoran Djordjevic.

The two officials met in Moscow on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - The exhibition Serbia in the Great War, which is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One, was opened at Dom Vojske Srbije in Belgrade on Wednesday.

The exhibition covers 18 themes in chronological order and includes 270 documents and photos to help understand the topic and offer new insights into World War One.