Uzice

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.

UZICE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has noted on Wednesday at a ceremony marking Armed Forces Day that, in the recent past, Serbia experienced a lot of suffering, caused even by those that were allies in the world wars, and he warned that the country must not allow to be dragged into turmoil again due to quarrels of others.

UZICE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has noted on Wednesday at a ceremony marking Armed Forces Day that, in the recent past, Serbia experienced a lot of suffering, caused even by those that were allies in the world wars, and he warned that the country must not allow to be dragged into turmoil again due to quarrels of others.

"Serbia must not be dragged into turmoil again"

UŽICE -- Tomislav Nikolić says that Serbia in its recent past "experienced a lot of suffering, caused even by those who were her allies in the world wars."

UZICE - Over the past year, the Serbian Armed Forces carried out all their tasks in a conscientious, responsible and disciplined manner, Serbian Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Ljubisa Dikovic said on Wednesday.

"The members of the armed forces are used to this and we know no other way of working," Dikovic said at a ceremony marking the Serbian Armed Forces Day.

UZICE - The EU Delegation in Serbia has announced a call for proposals within the project “Support to the social inclusion of the most vulnerable groups, including Roma, through more diversified community-based social services”, which is funded with EUR 4.35 million from the EU Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) funds.

UZICE - Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic stated at a panel in Uzice on Monday that the transformation and privatisation in sports would be carried out efficiently and that the government will also provide assistance in the process.

UZICE - The entrance to the premises of the Democratic Party (DS) in Uzice was set on fire some time after midnight and the prompt reaction by the fire-fighting squad prevented the fire from spreading to the premises and the building in which the party's seat is housed.