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Lagumdzija to visit Belgrade on Wednesday
BELGRADE - Foreign Minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina Zlatko Lagumdzija will visit Belgrade on Wednesday and meet with the highest state officials of Serbia.
Lagumdzija is set to meet with Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, the Serbian government released.
Lagumdzija will also confer with Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic.
Top officials gather at Battle of Cer memorial
Top officials gather at Battle of Cer memorial
TEKERIŠ -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić and Serb Republic (RS) President Milorad Dodik laid wreaths at a memorial honoring soldiers fallen in the Battle of Cer.
Vucic: Time to live and work for Serbia
TEKERIS, Aug 19 (Tanjug) - It is time that we live and work for Serbia like our ancestors, who gave everything for freedom and the country in World War I, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday in Tekeris, near Loznica, at the main ceremony commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Cer, in which Serbian forces won the first Allied victory in the Great War.
European farmers seeking to bypass Russian bans with ‘Made in Turkey’ tags
European food producers are reportedly seeking to bypass Moscowâs ban on western food imports by deceiving authorities over the origin of the products with tags claiming the food is produced in countries that are not banned, including Turkey.
Vucic, Dodik honour soldiers fallen in Battle of Cer
TEKERIS - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and President of Republika Srpska (RS) Milorad Dodik laid wreaths at the monument honouring soldiers fallen in the Battle of Cer, the first victory of Serbia and its allies in the Great War.
Trucks wait up to 12 hours on border crossing in west
Trucks wait up to 12 hours on border crossing in west
BELGRADE -- Trucks are on Tuesday waiting up to 12 hours to leave Serbia on the Batrovci border crossing with Croatia, the Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) has announced.
At the same time, passenger vehicles leaving Serbia on the Gostun crossing must wait about 30 minutes.
Foreigners learn unique way of making ceramics
ZLAKUSA - The 19th International Colonyof Fine Ceramics has started in the village of Zlakusa, near the west Serbian city of Uzice, where 10 artists from around the world will have a unique opportunity to make clay objects in a way that has been used there for 400 years.
International children's folklore festival opens in Uzice
UZICE - The 6th Licitar Heart international children's folklore festival has opened in Uzice, western Serbia, with a ceremony that involved its 850 participants.
The festival, which opened late Monday, features 27 folklore groups from 10 countries, which will be performing on nearby Mt Zlatibor, in Mokra Gora, Pozega, Bajina Basta, Visegrad and Republika Srpska until August 23.
First chapters to open in 2015
BRUSSELS - The first chapters in Serbia's EU accession process should not be opened before the beginning of the next year, Tanjug learnt from diplomatic sources in Brussels.
Ukraine Separatists Hail Arrival of Serb Volunteers
The Prime Minister of the breakaway pro-Russian enclave in eastern Ukraine, the Republic of Donetsk, on Monday said 14 Serbian volunteers had joined his embattled forces.
Aleksandr Zakharchenko said his troops were drawing volunteers from all over the world, Russia's NTV reported.
Chepurin: Serbia must be ready to seize export opportunity
UZICE - The possibilities for Serbian-Russian economic cooperation are great at this moment and Serbia must be ready to seize that opportunity, Russian Ambassador Alexander Chepurin said in Uzice.
In the wake of the embargo on European goods, Serbian agriculture has a great opportunity on the Russian market, which offers great possibilities, he said.
DS: Given no abuse, investigation to strengthen rule of law
NOVI SAD - The Committee of the Democratic Party (DS) of the Autonomous Province (AP) of Vojvodina has said that the party will view the setting up of a police investigative team to examine activities of four institutions in Vojvodina as a contribution to the rule of law in Serbia if the investigation is not abused for political purposes.
Over 4,000 migrants seek asylum in Serbia
BELGRADE - Deputy Protector of Citizens Milos Jankovic has said that more than 4,000 migrants from Asian and African countries whose ultimate goal is reaching Western Europe countries expressed intention to seek asylum in Serbia in the first half of this year.
5-hour, 30-minute wait times at borders with Croatia,Hungary
BELGRADE - Due to increased traffic, cargo vehicles exiting Serbia at the Batrovci border crossing into Croatia wait for about five hours, the press office of the Serbian Interior Ministry has said in a statement.
Vucic and Udovicic confer with athletes
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic conferred on Tuesday with Ivana Spanovic and Tatjana Jelaca who won silver medals at the recently ended European Athletics Championship in Zurich.