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Algeria to donate USD 500,000 for post-flood effort
Algeria to donate USD 500,000 for post-flood effort
BELGRADE -- A memorandum of understanding was signed on Friday on an Algerian government donation worth USD 500,000 for reconstruction Serbia's water management sector.
Algeria to donate USD 500,000 for post-flood reconstruction
BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian Government Office for Reconstruction and Flood Relief Marko Blagojevic and Algerian Ambassador to Serbia Abdelkader Mesdoua on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding under which the Algerian government will donate USD 500,000 for post-flood reconstruction and recovery in the water management sector.
Counter-terrorism exercise completed successfully
NIKINCI - Members of the Serbian and Russian armed forces successfully completed a joint counter-terrorism exercise Srem 2014 on Friday at the Nikinci training grounds, 70 km west of Belgrade.
Srem 2014 is the largest military exercise of its kind carried out in Serbia in the past three decades.
Serbian Church Plays Host to Russian Patriarch
Patriarch Kirill praised ties between Orthodox Russia and Serbia at the start of a three-day visit to Belgrade, during which he will bless a statue of Russia's last Tsar.
"Our churches are bound together to preserve the trust between peoples, which is of a great importance," Kirill said at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla airport.
404 Russian and Serbian troops take part in exercise
404 Russian and Serbian troops take part in exercise
NIKINCI -- More than 400 members of Serbian and Russian armed forces on Friday took part in a joint tactical exercise dubbed SREM-2014.
Two Chinese companies to invest EUR 48 million in Serbia
BELGRADE - A memorandum of understanding with the Chinese company Meita Group concerning an investment into the construction of a factory in Obrenovac and with Streit Group, also from China, about an expansion of a plant in Stara Pazova was signed at the Serbian government headquartes on Friday, with a combined value of EUR 48 million.
Council of Europe, Serbia discuss cultural policy
BELGRADE - The Council of Europe (CoE) will provide all the necessary assistance to the Serbian Ministry of Culture and Information in redefining the guidelines of cultural development in keeping with the current European standards and tendencies in the culture sector, CoE officials and representatives of the Ministry of Culture and Information concluded at the meeting in Belgrade.
PM, Chinese official discuss upcoming summit
PM, Chinese official discuss upcoming summit
BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić met on Friday in Belgrade with Vice Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Wang Chao.
They discussed preparations for the summit of 16 leaders of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), which will be co-hosted by China and Serbia in Belgrade in December.
Patriarch Kirill: I feel at home
BELGRADE - I feel at home in Serbia, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said upon arriving at the Belgrade airport on Friday.
He was welcomed by Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.
Greeting his hosts, Patriarch Kirill expressed sincere joy at setting foot on soil that is close to the Russian heart.
Vucic, Wang discuss summit of 16 CEE leaders in Belgrade
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Friday with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Wang Chao to discuss preparations for the summit of 16 leaders of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), which will be co-hosted by China and Serbia in Belgrade in December.
Serbia and Russia Stage Joint Military Exercise
Russia and Serbia are holding a joint anti-terrorist drill, codenamed SREM-2014, near the northern Serbian town of Ruma.
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Croatia "to condition Serbia's EU talks with new trials"
Croatia "to condition Serbia's EU talks with new trials"
BELGRADE -- It is not a good practice to set bilateral issues as a condition in the course of the EU negotiation talks, Jadranka Joksimović has said.
Joint military exercise Srem 2014 begins
NIKINCI - Serbian and Russian troops started off a joint exercise entitled Srem 2014 at the training centre in Nikinci on Friday.
Serbia's Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic, diplomatic corps officials and reporters from Serbia and abroad were present for the start of the event, which will involve 404 members of the two countries' armed forces.
"German vice-chancellor to focus on economy"
"German vice-chancellor to focus on economy"
BELGRADE -- The upcoming visit to Belgrade by German Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel is "proof of good bilateral relations and a desire to promote economic cooperation."
This is what German Ambassador in Belgrade Heinz Wilhelm told Tanjug.
Gabriel: Serbia is Germany's key partner in Balkans
BELGRADE - Serbia is Germany's most important partner in the Balkans, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, who is scheduled to visit Belgrade on Sunday, said in an interview for Friday's editions of Belgrade daily Blic.