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Straesser: Holding LGBT gathering is very important
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met Sunday with Christoph Straesser, German federal government commissioner for human rights policy and humanitarian aid, who stressed that holding a gathering of LGBT people in Belgrade would be of great importance.
Police arrest three persons who attacked German citizen
BELGRADE - Serbian police arrested Saturday three persons who had attacked D.H. (27), a German citizen who had arrived in Belgrade to take part in an international conference on LGBT rights.
"The attackers were arrested in two cities in Serbia and are currently in the hands of the police," the Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP)said in a release on Saturday.
Tennis-Serbian pair misses chance, India cuts lead to 2-1
BANGALORE - India's Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes defeated Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac 1-6, 7-6 (4-7), 6-3, 6-3, 8-6 in doubles in Bangalore Saturday, cutting Serbia's lead in the Davis Cup World Group Play-Off rubber to 2-1.
Sunday will see two singles matches, where Serbia's Dusan Lajovic and Filip Krajinovic will face India's Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri, respectively.
Police arrests participant in fight
BELGRADE - The police have arrested one of three participants in an incident that occurred in the center of Belgrade during the night between Friday and Saturday and that left a German citizen seriously injured, Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said Saturday.
Conpet, Serbia's Transnafta to ready in three months viability study on Pitesti - Pancevo oil pipeline
Romania's Conpet - whose core activity is the transport of crude oil, rich gas, ethane and condensate through pipelines and by railway tanks - and Serbia's peer company Transnafta will complete in the coming three months the economic analysis on the viability of an oil pipeline that could link the city of Pitesti to Pancevo, informs a release from the Romanian Energy Department.
LGBT activists stage protest walk in Belgrade
BELGRADE - Participants in a two-day conference on LGBT rights in Belgrade staged a protest walk on Saturday after yesterday's attack on a German LGBT citizen in the city's downtown.
Tennis-Jovanovski fails to defend title in Tashkent
TASHKENT - Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski was unable to defend the title at the WTA tournament in Tashkent, losing it to Italy's Karin Knapp 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) in the final on Saturday.
From the very start of the match, it was clear that Jovanovski was not up to the task against the Italian who showed great determination to win.
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Serbia beat France to reach Basketball World Cup final
MADRID - Serbia is in the final of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup after beating France 90-85 (21-15, 25-17, 15-14, 29-39) in the semifinals in Madrid on Friday.
The players coached by former basketball star Aleksandar Djordjevic will play defending champions United States in the Sunday final.
Serbia also beat European champions Spain during the tournament.
Gasic and China's Poly Group reps discuss cooperation
BELGRADE - Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic has met with a delegation of China Poly Group Corporation, a Chinese business group, to discuss establishment of defense industry cooperation.
The meeting, which took place in Belgrade on Friday, also touched on possible cooperation in third markets, the Serbian Defense Ministry said on its website.
Dacic to be in Macedonia on September 14-15
BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will pay an official visit to Macedonia on September 14 and 15, his first such visit to the country since he took up office as foreign minister.
Dacic, Slovakian ambassador discuss cooperation
BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic received Friday Slovakia's Ambassador in Belgrade Jan Varso, who handed him a letter of invitation for a meeting of foreign ministers of the Visegrad Group member states and Western Balkan countries in Bratislava on October 31.
EULEX takes over remains of 24 people exhumed in Raska
PRISTINA - EULEX forensic officials received from the Serbian authorities in Merdare on Friday the remains of 24 people most recently exhumed in Raska, south Serbia.
They also received additional evidence and other documents, EULEX stated.
The remains will be transported to the headquarters of the forensics department in Pristina for identification.
Social partners reach no agreement on minimum cost of labor
BELGRADE - Serbia's Social and Economic Council (SES) has not reached a decision on minimum wage, because the social partners failed to reach an agreement, Labor Minister Aleksandar Vulin has said.
Djuric meets eastern Kosovo mayors
BELGRADE - Head of the Serbian government office for Kosovo Marko Djuric met on Friday with mayors and heads of provisional authorities in the Kosovsko-Pomoravlje District, eastern Kosovo, to discuss long-term economic development.
Serbia takes 2-0 lead over India in Davis Cup
BANGALORE - Serbia is within easy reach of survival in the Davis Cup World Group, since it has a 2-0 lead over India after the first day of the 2014 Play-Offs rubber on Friday.
Serbia was given a 1-0 lead by Dusan Lajovic, who defeated Yuki Bhambri 6-3, 6-2, 7-5, and it was increased by Filip Krajinovic beating Somdev Devvarman 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.