Banjaluka

BANJALUKA - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said in Banjaluka on Thursday evening that, regardless of the challenges they faced, Serbia and Republika Srpska must stick together and that, unlike some before them, those who were in power in Serbia now would always stand with Republika Srpska and the Serbs.

BANJALUKA - The policy of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is that Serbia will always stand with Republika Srpska while respecting the Dayton Agreement and the sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbian Minister of Internal and External Trade Tomislav Momirovic said after meeting with Republika Srpska Minister of Trade and Tourism Denis Sulic in Banjaluka Wednesday.

BANJALUKA - Republika Srpska is an expression of the centuries-long aspiration of the Serbs to live in freedom, in justice and in peace with everyone, Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church said on Tuesday during a holy liturgy that marked the start of Republika Srpska Day celebrations in Banjaluka.

BANJALUKA - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik received Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church and a high-ranking Serbian delegation at the Palace of the Republic in Banjaluka on Tuesday.

"Today, as we mark our Day of the Republic, we feel the support provided to Srpska by Serbia," Dodik wrote in a post on the social media network X.

BANJALUKA - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday Serbia would not recognise US sanctions on Republika Srpska top officials and added that the officials were always welcome in Serbia and that he would continue to cooperate with them.

BANJALUKA - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said on Friday in Banjaluka that, under an agreement on special and parallel ties, Republika Srpska and Serbia maintained the best possible relations and that making them even more substantial and carrying out more joint projects was a common goal.

BANJALUKA - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday in Banjaluka Belgrade expected Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to respect the territorial integrity of Serbia in the same way Serbia respected the territorial integrity of BiH.

BANJALUKA - The PMs of Republika Srpska and Serbia, Radovan Viskovic and Ana Brnabic, signed on Friday in Banjaluka a memorandum on a project to build twin memorial centres to commemorate of the victims of the WWII Jasenovac death camp in the Independent State of Croatia.

BANJALUKA - Serbian tennis player Dusan Lajovic won the Srpska Open ATP 250 tournament in Banjaluka after defeating Russian Andrey Rublev 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in final on Sunday.

Lajovic, who won after two hours and 33 minutes of play, claimed his second career title as he also triumphed in Umag in 2019.

BANJALUKA - Serbian tennis player Dusan Lajovic defeated compatriot and 22-time Grand Slam title winner Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-6 in the quarter-finals of the Srpska Open ATP 250 tournament in Banjaluka on Friday.

Lajovic won after two hours and 24 minutes of play to register the biggest win of his career.