Latest News from Serbia
Ivanovic holds fifth spot, Jankovic 15th in WTA rankings
LONDON - Serbia's best female tennis player Ana Ivanovic kept hold of the fifth place while Jelena Jankovic is 15th in the new WTA rankings published Sunday, ahead of the start of the Australian Open.
Ivanovic has 4,845 and Jankovic 2590 points, while Bojana Jovanovski is back to 56th position with 910 points.
Arsovic starts season with victory, Serbia first in Ruse
RUSE - Serbia's shooter Andrea Arsovic triumphantly began 2015, winning trophies in women's single and team events at the 21st International Air Gun Competition, in Ruse, Slovenia.
Arsovic finished first in an air rifle singles event with the score of 206.8 points on Saturday, ahead of the Croatia's Snjezana Pejcic (205.5) and Tanja Perec (185.0).
Tennis-Troicki wins his second ATP career title in Sydney
SYDNEY - Serbia's Viktor Troicki won the ATP tournament in Sydney, after crushing Kazakhstani Mikhail Kukushkin 6-2, 6-3 in the final on Saturday.
This is Troicki's second career title, after winning his first in Moscow in 2010, crowning his return to court after almost a whole-year break for violating anti-doping rules.
NGOs, Media Urge Serbia to Resolve Mine Concerns
The letter signed by 43 NGOs and media organisations, released on Friday, called on Serbia's state authorities to protect the public interest and investigate the controversy.
Key points from BIRN's investigation
CSOs urge prosecutor's office to check BIRN's allegations
BELGRADE - Civil society organizations (CSOs) overseeing the work of public institutions and the media in Serbia demanded Friday from the Republic Public Prosecutor's Office to initiate pre-investigation proceedings and check all allegations by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) about abuses in the Serbian government's tender for pumping water from a mine at the Kolubara coal bas
Stefanovic: Croatian president's statement- scandalous
BELGRADE - Nebojsa Stefanovic, vice-president of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), qualified on Friday as scandalous the statement by the newly-elected President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic that all Serbs in Croatia are Croats.
During the election campaign, Grabar Kitarovic addressed all citizens of Croatia as "Croats".
Gasic, Due: Serbia has become exporter of security
BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic on Friday received a farewell call from the head of the United Nations Office in Belgrade, Peter Due, noting that Serbia's cooperation with the UN has great significance for the continuation of reforms in his ministry.
German E-Cars wants to invest in Serbian car industry
BELGRADE - The German company German E-Cars has confirmed its firm intentions and readiness for strategic cooperation with the Serbian economy and investment in existing and new programs of the Serbian automotive industry.