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The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday denied the Croatian media claims about the alleged shipments of arms, including an S-300, during the 1990s.

BELGRADE - Speaker Maja Gojkovic has called the second sitting of the first regular session of the Serbian parliament for Friday, April 21, the parliament announced in a statement on Tuesday.

On the agenda will be bills on biomedically assisted insemination and transfusion medicine, both of which have been tabled by the Serbian government.

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BELGRADE - Vojvodina Novi Sad were on Tuesday drawn to face title holders Partizan Belgrade in the semi-finals of the Serbian football cup, with Cukaricki to take on Red Star Belgrade.

Vojvodina and Cukaricki will host the first legs on April 26, with the return legs slated for May 10.

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BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade beat Cedevita Zagreb 81-66 (16-27, 29-17, 21-10, 15-12) at home in Monday's opening game of the play-off final series of the basketball ABA league.

In a confident display at a packed Aleksandar Nikolic Hall, the reigning champions overcame a 15-point deficit to win the first victory in their bid to defend the title.

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BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic has reiterated US Senator John McCain had not requested that Serbia recognise Kosovo or impose sanctions on Russia.

In an interview with Happy TV late Monday, Vucic said McCain - who visited Belgrade earlier in the day - was a very influential person and a good friend of many important people in the US.

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A monument to Chinese philosopher Confucius was unveiled on Wednesday in Belgrade's Square of Serbian-Chinese Friendship.

The unveiling was done by Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali and Zhang Chunxian, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China.

They said the monument celebrated the sincere and unbreakable friendship between the two nations, Tanjug reported.

Serbian Prime Minister and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday attended the opening of a new, 25-lane highway toll station at Vrcin, near Belgrade.

With a throughput up to 45 percent higher than at the Bubanj Potok station, which it will replace, the new station will make it possible for 5,600 vehicles to pass through each hour, Tanjug has reported.

Serbian Prime Minister and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday attended the opening of a new, 25-lane highway toll station at Vrcin, near Belgrade.

With a throughput up to 45 percent higher than at the Bubanj Potok station, which it will replace, the new station will make it possible for 5,600 vehicles to pass through each hour, Tanjug has reported.

MOSCOW - Serbia will take part in this year's Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) military exercises, for the first time as a full member of the organisation, Russian media reported.

The exercises, named Indestructible Brotherhood, will take part in Kazakhstan in September, Sputnik reported.

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Serbian National Assembly President Maja Gojkovic has called the second sitting of the first regular session of the Assembly for Friday, April 21.

The Assembly announced this in a statement on Tuesday, Tanjug has reported.