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Beatles tribute act The Bestbeat to play on December 27
BELGRADE - The Bestbeat, a Belgrade-based Beatles tribute band, will play a concert at Dom Omladine in Belgrade on December 27 in a bid to recreate the atmosphere of the Liverpool Fab Four's early performances.
Air Serbia to resume Belgrade-Zagreb service after 23 years
BELGRADE - Serbia's national airline Air Serbia will resume flights between Belgrade and the Croatian capital of Zagreb after a 23-year break on Friday.
Air Serbia will offer two services a day, the carrier has said in a release.
Pusic Replaces Croatia PM at Belgrade Summit
After Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic decided not to attend a summit in Serbia next week, due to cooling Croatia-Serbia relations, the country's Foreign Minister, Vesna Pusic, has stepped in to go instead.
On Tuesday, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will host leaders from Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Chinese Prime Minister, Li Keqiang.
Serbia's loses second match women's handball EC
OSIJEK - Serbia lost to France 27-16 (11-3) in the second round of Group D of the women's handball European championships in Osijek, Croatia, on Wednesday.
This was Serbia's second defeat at this event, after losing to Montenegro 22-19 in the first round.
Nikolic: Missing Serbs issue should be resolved systemically
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and representatives of the Coordination of the Serbian Associations of Families of Missing Persons from the Territory of Former Yugoslavia agreed Wednesday that it was necessary to adopt a systemic approach to resolving the issue of search for the Serbs who went missing during the wars in the former Yugoslavia in 1990s.
Croatian minister to attend Belgrade summit
ZAGREB - Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Vesna Pusic will travel to Belgrade for the summit between China and 16 central and southeast European countries, to be held on December 16-17.
Pusic will attend the meeting of the prime ministers of China and 16 European countries in Belgrade, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said on its Twitter account on Wednesday.
Croatian FM to attend SE Europe-China summit in Belgrade
Croatian FM to attend SE Europe-China summit in Belgrade
ZAGREB -- Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Vesna Pusic will next week take part in the summit of China and 16 countries of central and eastern Europe.
The summit will be held in Belgrade.
Pusic's ministry confirmed this on Wednesday with a message posted on its Twitter account.
Turkish teams eye top spots in Europa League groups
Two Turkish teams will be out tonight in the Europa League hoping to clinch the top spots in their groups.
Beşiktaş will host Tottenham Hotspur with the Group C leadership at stake, while Trabzonspor visits Legia Warsaw in Group L.
New Airlines Flock to North Adriatic Coast
Starting from next year, several new airlines are starting flights from Rijeka to Germany, Britain, Lithuania and Latvia, in a bid to bring new development to the Kvarner region of northwest Croatia.
Setting up of Japanese Business Club "encourages investors"
Setting up of Japanese Business Club "encourages investors"
BELGRADE -- The creation of the Japanese Business Club (JBC) can encourage new investors from Japan to come to Serbia, Serbia's Minister of Trade Rasim Ljajic has said.
He was addressing the first JBC conference.
Creation of JBC encourages Japanese investors to come
BELGRADE - The creation of the Japanese Business Club (JBC) can encourage new investors from Japan to come to Serbia, Serbia's Minister of Trade Rasim Ljajic has said at the opening of the first JBC conference.
"There are currently 47 Japanese companies in Serbia, which is relatively few compared to other countries, like Croatia, Romania and Hungary," he said on Tuesday.
Regional customs administrations pledge to cooperate
Regional customs administrations pledge to cooperate
BELGRADE -- Customs administrations of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro will continue "with unabated vigour" the implementation of an information exchange project.
It is aimed at protecting the security of citizens in the region.
Cooperation between Western Balkans' customs administrations
BELGRADE - The directors of the customs administrations of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) and Montenegro agreed Tuesday to continue with unabated vigour the implementation of an information exchange project aimed at protecting the security of citizens in the region.
Bulgaria’s Deputy PM Demands Unambiguous EU Stance on South Stream
Tomislav Donchev, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of EU Funds and Economic Policy, has informed that European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič has been tasked with elucidating Russia's unofficial stance on the South Stream project.
EU Countries, European Parliament Agree on 2015 Budget
The European Parliament and the EU Member States have reached preliminary agreement on the EU 2015 budget.
The compromised reached between the two sides sets the total payments in 2015 at EUR 141.2 B, with total commitments amounting to EUR 145.3 B.