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EU welcomes Belgrade Pride Parade
BRUSSELS - EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele welcomed on Sunday the Belgrade Pride Parade and condemned the threats to the LGBT population coming from right-wing organisations.
The EU commends Serbia's security forces, who protected the participants of the Parade, a statement from Fuele's office reads.
Pride Parade held without major incident
BELGRADE - The Belgrade Pride Parade was held on Sunday, joined by of a large number of politicians and ambassadors and with heavy police presence, and there was no major incident.
The police were involved only in minor clashes along the edges of the city centre.
Behind wall of police, Serbia hosts first Gay Pride since 2010
Gay rights activists in Serbia held their first Pride march in four years, walking through Belgrade streets emptied of traffic and pedestrians by a massive security operation
All houses will be repaired
TEKIJA - All houses will be repaired or rebuilt and the government and Armed Forces will always be with their people, Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said in Tekija, adding that he came there to encourage the locals after the recent floods that hit the area and to tell them that the government will do everything it can to bring life there back to normal.
Tenis interested in launching production in Serbia
BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic visited on Saturday the production facilities of the largest European meat company, Tenis from Germany, whose officials said they were interested in launching production in Serbia
Lavrov confirmed Putin's visit to Belgrade
NEW YORK - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said that Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had told him Russian President Vladimir Putin would visit Belgrade for the 70th anniversary of the city's liberation from German occupation.
Dacic, Lavrov want better Russia-Serbia relations
NEW YORK - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have called for further improvement of the already good relations between the two countries, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated.
Putin intends to visit Serbia
NEW YORK - Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to visit Serbia for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of Belgrade's liberation from German occupation, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday.
Putin will attend the ceremony marking the anniversary, Russia Today has reported.
Nikolic: Serbia's international position better than before
NEW YORK - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said the country's international position has improved, as confirmed by all the meetings he had during his stay in New York.
Dacic: International law and dialogue to solve crises
NEW YORK - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic stated in the UN on Friday that ever since the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine, Serbia has advocated respect for international law based on the UN Charter and the dialogue as the only way to achieve a peaceful solution to crises.
Sertic: Economy and jobs in focus of govt attention
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Economy Zeljko Sertic stated late on Friday that the government has never shown greater determination in the past 20 to 30 years when it comes to the shift of focus to economy, employment increase and creation of a favourable business environment.
Sabic: Certain progress made, still a lot of problems
BELGRADE - Serbia has made certain progress in the area of freedom of access to information of public importance, but the fact that the office of the commissioner for information of public importance and personal data protection continues to receive a large number of complaints shows that a considerable number of problems still remains, Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Pers
Round table held on Serbian language in family of languages
BELGRADE - To mark September 26, the European Day of Languages, the Dositej Obradovic Endowment on Friday held a round table conference titled The Serbian Language in the Family of European Languages and the Contemporary Moment, which featured university professors and experts from linguistic institutes.
Works on South Stream in late October
NOVI SAD - Srbijagas Director Dusan Bajatovic stated on Friday that he expects the works on the construction of the South Stream pipeline section through Serbia to begin in late October or early November.
Working group on Chapter 20 holds first session
BELGRADE - The working group of the National Convention on the European Union (NC EU) for Chapter 20 - Enterprise and industrial policy - held its first session at the Serbian government.