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.

Troicki makes big jump in ATP ratings

LONDON - Serbia's Viktor Troicki moved up 38 places in the latest ATP rankings and is currently world number 54 with 826 points.

Troicki made great progress thanks to an impressive run at the tournament in Sydney, where he defeated Kazakhstani Mikhail Kukushkin 6-2, 6-3 in the final.

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).

Vucic: We kept Serbia politically and economically stable

BELGRADE - In the first eight months of the current government, we managed to fully maintain the country's political and economic stability, leader of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vucic has said.

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.

Dacic: IPAP, step forward in Serbia-NATO relations

BELGRADE - Serbia and NATO wrapped up the process and adopted the Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP), Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Friday.

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

Linta: Grabar Kitarovic's statement is chauvinistic

BELGRADE - President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations Miodrag Linta condemned on Friday in the strongest terms the "provocative and chauvinistic" statement by the newly-elected President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic that she considers all citizens of Croatia to be Croats.

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.

Napolitano: Serbia belongs to Europe

BELGRADE - Departing Italian President Giorgio Napolitano sent a letter to Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic reading that Serbia belongs to Europe.

During its six-month presidency of the EU, Italy strongly supported Belgrade's European pathway, says the letter.

Dacic affirms support for OSCE missions, institutions

VIENNA - Ivica Dacic, the Serbian foreign minister and OSCE chairperson-in-office (CiO), talked in Vienna on Thursday with heads of the OSCE field operations and institutions about the key issues in the OSCE region in 2015, and offered support to their work.

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