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Jankovic's doubles run in Tokyo ends in semifinals
TOKYO - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Spain's Arantxa Parra Santonja lost their semifinal match against the Indian-Zimbabwean pair of Sania Mirza and Cara Black 6-3, 6-2 at the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Friday.
Jankovic was ousted in the second round of the singles competition earlier.
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Kocijancic: No comment on Milosevic's property
BRUSSELS- Spokesperson of the high EU representative for foreign affairs and security policy Maja Kocijancic refused on Thursday to comment on media reports according to which High EU Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton decided to unfreeze the property of late Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic, his family and close associates.
EP wants South Stream scrapped
STRASBOURG - The European Parliament (EP) adopted at a meeting in Strasbourg Thursday a resolution urging for stepping up sanctions against Russia and cancelling contracts for the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline.
Prime minister discusses projects with UAE sheikh
BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met with UAE Sheikh Moammed bin Zayed on Thursday and said afterwards the two of them had analysed the results of cooperation on the Belgrade Waterfront project.
It will constitute a great success if the upcoming busines results of Air Serbia show profit, Vucic ststed.
UAE will continue investing in Serbia
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic stated on Thursday that Serbia will invest maximum efforts in attracting investments from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan promised that his country would continue investing in Serbia.
Memorial to Serbian and Russian troops unveiled in Belgrade
BELGRADE - A memorial to Serbian and Russian troops who died defending Belgrade in World War One was unveiled at the Belgrade Fortress on Thursday and is the first joint memorial for the troops of the two countries related to that period.
Nikolic: Two nations’ brotherhood sealed with freedom fight
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said after the unveiling Thursday of a monument to Rušian and Serbian soldiers who died defending Belgrade in the Great War that the brotherhood between the Serbian and Rušian nations was sealed with a joint struggle for freedom.
Serbia vs Croatia in 2015 Davis Cup first round
DUBAI- Serbia's best tennis players will compete against the Croatian tennis team in the first round of the 2015 Davis Cup World Group, the draw in Dubai decided on Thursday.
Labour regulations to be adopted within one year
BELGRADE - The expert group in charge of labour legislations held its first meeting on Thursday, during which they agreed that the preparation of the legislations in the sectors of labour and relations between social partners should be completed within a year.
US Ambassador Queries Putin's Trip to Serbia
Michael Kirby, the US ambassador to Serbia, told Serbia's daily newspaper Novosti that Washington is not putting pressure on Belgrade to introduce sanctions on Russia in relation to the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Dodik: Putin could soon visit Serbia, and Balkans
Dodik: Putin could soon visit Serbia, and Balkans
MOSCOW -- RS President Milorad Dodik is in Moscow on Thursday where he told B92 that Russian President Vladimir Putin could soon travel "to the Balkans and Belgrade."
The leader of the Serb entity (RS) of Bosnia-Herzegovina met with Putin today.
Migrants prevented from illegally crossing border
Migrants prevented from illegally crossing border
BELGRADE -- Ten migrants from Afghanistan and Syria were on Wednesday prevented from crossing into Serbia illegally, it has been announced.
The migrants were discovered on the Preševo border crossing between Serbia and Macedonia, and in the customs terminal in the town of Kruševac.
Banker Tsvetan Vasilev 'Feeling Betrayed by Everybody'
Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB) majority owner Tsvetan Vasilev has announced "political pressure" beyond his control is being exerted on him.
While in a police station in Serbia's capital Belgrade, the Bulgarian businessman has explained he would like to undergo the entire official extradition procedure and is waiting for his lawyers to make him familiar with the next step.
Many letters of interest sent for Serbian companies
BELGRADE - There is great investor interest in the privatisation of Serbia's state-owned companies, Serbian Minister of Finance Dusan Vujovic said on Thursday.
"The Privatisation Agency has received many letters of interest, and as many as 60 percent of them are credible," Vujovic told a regional conference on free zones, held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia.
Serbia on map of European eco-countries
OBEDSKA BARA - Serbia has great potential for eco-tourism, but only 6 percent of its territory is protected, while the standard in the EU is 11 percent of a country's territory, Eco-Dev project coordinator Sophie Kekic said on Thursday.