Latest News from Serbia
500 people evacuated, situation most difficult in Grabovac
KLADOVO - About 500 people who were almost impossible to reach by land have been evacuated from Tekija and other villages in the municipality of Kladovo, eastern Serbia, where rain is still falling, and the situation is most serious is in the village of Grabovac, Belgrade-based B92 media house reports.
Joksimovic discusses EU integration with Verheugen
BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister without Portfolio in charge of EU integration Jadranka Joksimovic met with former EU enlargement commissioner Guenther Verheugen on Tuesday to discuss EU integration.
Joksimovic informed Verheugen about Serbia's plan to harmonise its legislation with the EU's, the Serbian government office for media relations has stated.
Tasovac meets with Australian minister Hunt
BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac has met with Australia's Minister of Environment Greg Hunt to discuss protection of natural and cultural heritage.
Countries of Danube region support South Stream
BUDAPEST - Hungary, Serbia and Bulgaria, and the chambers of commerce of these countries support the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline, arguing that it will help the economic development of these countries and they therefore expect that the EU and Russia will come to an agreement concerning the project.
Serbia is ready to join EU
BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and former European enlargement commissioner Guenter Verheugen said Tuesday that Serbia is ready to join the European Union.
Verheugen said that Serbia is better prepared for the EU membership than the countries that joined the EU in 2004 and later on.
Gasic: Serbia reliable, credible partner
BELGRADE - Serbia's attendance of the NATO summit in Wales underlines the fact that the country is assuming the position of a reliable and credible partner and that it is clearly committed to adopting the highest standards in specific fields in cooperation with different countries, Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic said on Tuesday.
Paradox IV supercomputer launched at Institute of Physics
BELGRADE - Supercomputer HP Paradox IV was launched at the Belgrade Institute of Physics on Tuesday, and its installation makes room for multiple increase of resources and computer capacities available to researchers.