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BELGRADE - An international conference on World War One is being held in Belgrade on Friday, with the goal to objectivise the truth abou that great conflict.

The conference started on Thursday and includes distinguished scientists, historians and military experts from 20 countries in Europe and Asia.

BELGRADE - VNG Ltd., a Serbian company based in Novi Sad, will next year start construction of the second-largest bridge in Norway, which will be 1,533 m long.

The Hllogaland bridge, with a 1,145 m main span, will stretch along Rombaksfjorden in the Narvik municipality, Nordland county, said a statement published on Norway's official website for Serbia.

BELGRADE - Belgrade Business International Case Competition - BBICC, an international student competition bringing together university teams from ten countries around the world, started on Wednesday at the Belgrade Faculty of Organizational Sciences (FON) and is scheduled to last through April 6.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has decided to run for a third term as head of the EU's executive body.

Bulgaria has the eighth cheapest local beer in the world, shows a survey of the Global Post website, based on data of UN Office of Drugs and Crime. 

A half-liter bottle of locally produced beer in Bulgaria costs USD 0.77. It is the cheapest in Vietnam – USD 0.59 and most expensive in Iran – USD 7.24. In the Czech republic, known for its quality lager, a bottle costs USD 0.70.

The NATO member states have agreed that the ex-prime minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg will be the next NATO Secretary-General. 

Nearly 70% of Bulgarians will spend this year's summer holidays in Bulgaria, shows an Eurobarometer survey. 

BELGRADE, OSLO - Serbia's State Secretary for the Interior Vladimir Bozovic has said in Oslo that UNMIK and EULEX should be more committed to solving the problems of the Kosovo Serbs, as well as battling organized crime and corruption.

He visited Norway March 21-22 and met with State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Bard Glad.

Greek nongovernmental organization Praksis and the Hellenic Red Cross have inaugurated a new shelter in Patra aimed at providing relief to dozens of migrants sleeping on the streets of the western port city.

The project is funded in part by the governments of Norway, Ireland and Liechtenstein through the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

BELGRADE/OSLO - Serbia is firmly committed to taking part in police and military peacekeeping missions, State Secretary at the Serbian Interior Ministry Vladimir Bozovic said in Oslo on Friday at a UN international conference dedicated to the building up and development of police capacities in peacekeeping missions.