Victory Day

MOSCOW - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik will attend the Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.

Leaders of 26 countries have confirmed their participation in the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow, Sputnik reported.

President to attend Victory Day parade in Moscow

MOSCOW -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will attend the Victory Day parade in Moscow this spring, the Serbian ambassador to the Russian Federation has confirmed.

Russia will on May 9 mark the 70th anniversary of victory over fascism - marking the day in 1945 when Germany capitulated in the Second World War.

BELGRADE - Russian Ambassador in Belgrade Alexander Chepurin stated that there are huge possibilities for development of political and economic relations between Serbia and Russia.

The country is marking the 91st anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey on Oct. 29 with celebrations at the newly built "Ak Saray," rather than the traditional Çankaya Palace.

The change in the venue this year is upon President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s preference to host the reception at the newly built presidential premises.

NIS - A ceremony in Nis on Tuesday marked the beginning of construction of a memorial to Soviet soldiers who lost their lives on November 7, 1944 defending the city during World War II.

Chief of General Staff Gen. Necdet Özel said he does not know the content of the road map of the peace process led by the Turkish government to end the 30-year-long Kurdish issue.

Turkey is celebrating the Victory Day on Aug. 30, marking the 92nd anniversary of the Turkish victory against Greek forces at the Battle of Dumlupınar, the final battle of the War of Independence.

Despite having made clear that he would take an executive role in the presidential palace rather than the largely ceremonial role so far cast for the head of the state, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will still have to fulfill certain ceremonial duties.

Turkey’s locally co-manufactured assault helicopter ATAK will be the first indigenous aircraft on display at the Aug. 30 Victory Day parade.

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) will showcase its latest inventory during the ceremony, which will be attended by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the first time as president and Ahmet Davutoğlu as prime minister.

Some 6,000 people formed a giant portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, with their bodies on Aug. 26, the anniversary of the 1922 Battle of Dumlupınar, one of the final battles in Turkey’s War of Independence.