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Fed Cup: Serbia books place in World Group II play-offs

Published by Tanjug on Sun, 02/08/2015 - 13:45

BUDAPEST - Serbian Fed Cup team secured a place in the World Group II play-offs after defeating Croatia 2-0 in the promotional play-off decider.

Aleksandra Krunic won the tie for Serbia, storming past Donna Vekic 6-1, 6-1. In the first match, Serbia's Ivana Jorovic outlasted Croatia's Ana Konjuh 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.

StartLabs fund to invest in Serbian IT sector

Published by Tanjug on Sun, 02/08/2015 - 13:32

BELGRADE - US based investment fund StartLabs announced plans to set up a fund that would focus on investment in information technologies (IT) in Serbia and the region, with an aim to connect South East Europe with California's Silicon Valley.

Gazprom, Botas Map Out Turkish Stream Route

Published by Novinite on Sun, 02/08/2015 - 12:58

Gazprom's CEO Alexey Miller and Turkey's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz have discussed the details over the launch of Turkish Stream.

''We have identified and put on the map also the on-ground passage of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline for further exploration and projecting," Miller said, as quoted by TASS information agency.

Fed Cup: Jorovic beats Konjuh, Serbia takes lead

Published by Tanjug on Sat, 02/07/2015 - 19:39

BUDAPEST - Serbian Fed Cup team took a 1-0 lead over Croatia in the Europe/Africa Group I promotional play-off decider played in Budapest on Saturday.

Ivana Jorovic claimed the first point for Serbia after a hard-fought three set win over Ana Konjuh (6:3, 2:6, 7:5).

Athletics: Spanovic's 6.78m is third-longest jump this seaso

Published by Tanjug on Sat, 02/07/2015 - 19:37

NOVI SAD - Serbia's best track-and-field athlete Ivana Spanovic won the national indoor long jump gold in Novi Sad on Saturday, with a leap of 6.78 meters, the third-longest jump in the world this season.

Spanovic also competed in the 60 meter dash and recorded a time of 7.35 seconds, just 0.04 seconds slower than her personal best and the Serbian record of 7.31.

Athletics:Spanovic's 6.78m is third-longest jump this season

Published by Tanjug on Sat, 02/07/2015 - 19:37

NOVI SAD - Serbia's best track-and-field athlete Ivana Spanovic won the national indoor long jump gold in Novi Sad on Saturday, with a leap of 6.78 meters, the third-longest jump in the world this season.

Spanovic also competed in the 60 meter dash and recorded a time of 7.35 seconds, just 0.04 seconds slower than her personal best and the Serbian record of 7.31.

Taekwondo: Tijana Bogdanovic wins gold at Fujairah Open

Published by Tanjug on Sat, 02/07/2015 - 18:27

BELGRADE - Member of Serbia's taekwondo team Tijana Bogdanovic won a gold medal at the Fujairah Open G1 category tournament, held in Fujaira, UAE, on February 5-7.

Bogdanovic is the reigning European and world junior champion.

Vucic and Nuland discuss energy, bilateral relations

Published by Tanjug on Sat, 02/07/2015 - 18:20

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in Munich on Saturday to discuss the bilateral relations, primarily in the energy sector, and the possibility of the US supplying gas to Serbia.

Marinkovic invites US to invest in Serbian energy sector

Published by Tanjug on Sat, 02/07/2015 - 18:17

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Parliament Speaker Vladimir Marinkovic invited US-based companies on Saturday to invest in Serbian energy sector, particularly in renewable energy sources.

Marinkovic met with US Senator Ted Cruz and Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Hoyt Brian Yee to discuss investment opportunities in Serbian energy and other sectors.

Djuric, Pinter discuss Hungary's support to Serbia

Published by Tanjug on Sat, 02/07/2015 - 13:31

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric met with Hungarian Ambassador to Serbia Attila Pinter to discuss the support of Hungary to Serbia's EU integration and the continuation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.

Vucic meets with Stoltenberg in Munich

Published by Tanjug on Sat, 02/07/2015 - 13:27

MUNICH - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on the sidelines of the Security Conference in Munich, and said that Serbia maintains good relations with NATO through the participation in the program 'Partnership for Peace'.

Self-esteem of imams comes before scientists

Published by Hurriyet on Fri, 02/06/2015 - 23:01

In the PISA test, which is research on education conducted in 65 countries comparing their achievements, Turkey was at the 44th place recently on secondary education quality. 

Serbia will continue to insist on Brussels agreement

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 02/06/2015 - 19:28

NEW YORK - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said on Friday that Serbia expects the political vacuum to be overcome now that the government in Pristina has been constituted, which should contribute to the continuation of implementation of agreements reached so far in the Brussels dialogue.

Vucic, Aliyev discuss investments in projects in Serbia

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 02/06/2015 - 18:54

MUNICH - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met in Munich Friday with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and spoke with him about bilateral relations, economic cooperation and investments in Serbia.

Authorities arrest 290 false asylum-seekers

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 02/06/2015 - 17:33

BELGRADE - The Serbian police arrested 290 individuals who tried to cross the Serbian border in the past 48 hours with an intention of illegally reaching EU countries, Serbian Minister of Interior Affairs Nebojsa Stefanovic released on Friday.

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