Serbia

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic stated on Tuesday that all friends of Serbia, including the U.S. and British prime ministers, are invited to attend the military parade which will be held on October 16 marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade in WWII.

BELGRADE - A delegation of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic and members of the Serbian parlaiment's European Integration Committee have agreed that there is room for improvement of bilateral, as well as economic and cultural cooperation between the two countries.

TIANJIN - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic is through to the second round at the WTA tournament in Tianjin, after defeating Russia's Alla Kudrjavceva 6-2 0-6, 6-0 in the first round on Tuesday.

Top seed Jankovic will next face Zheng Saisai of China, who beat Hungary's Timea Babos 7-5, 6-4.

The prize money for the Tianjin open is USD 250,000.

Photo Tanjug, T. Valic (archive)

BELGRADE - United States Vice President Joseph Biden has spoken over the phone to Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and expressed the US respect and support for the reforms that Serbia has begun to implement, the Serbian government's media relations office has said in a release.

United States "supports reforms in Serbia"

BELGRADE -- U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden spoke on the phone with Serbian PM Aleksandar Vučić "to express respect and support for the reforms Serbia bgan implementing."

This was announced late on Monday by the Serbian government's media relations office.

EC report on Serbia to be "essentially positive"

BRUSSELS -- The upcoming EC report on Serbia will be essentially positive, with an emphasis on the necessity to carry out structural reforms, the media learned in Brussels.

Ministers "make arrangements for safe gas supply"

MOSCOW -- The Russian side will do everything to ensure the necessary quantities of gas as previously arranged and provide Serbia with a stable supply during the winter.

VRNJACKA BANJA, - Due to the situation in the judiciary, the Serbian Constitutional Court has decided to deliberate by urgent procedure on initiatives to assess the constitutionality of laws regulating the competences of public notaries, over which lawyers across Serbia have been on strike for nearly a month.

BELGRADE - The military parade to mark 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade in World War II will be held in front of the Palace of Serbia and on the Danube River, gathering around 3,000 members of the Serbian Armed Forces and Defence Ministry.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antic and Russian Minister of Energy Alexander Novak agreed in Moscow on Monday that the Russian side should ensure the necessary quantities of gas as previously arranged to ensure stable gas supply for Serbia during the heating season.