Latest News from Serbia
Mirovic: Messages of hatred heard on St Vitus' Day
BELGRADE - Vice President of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Igor Mirovic condemned on Saturday the messages of open hatred heard at the gathering of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) and the explicit intention to cause political conflicts.
100 years since Assassination at Sarajevo
BELGRADE - Today marks 100 years since the June 28, 1914 assassination at Sarajevo of Archduke of Austria-Este Franz Ferdinand that Austria-Hungary used as an excuse for invading Serbia and starting World War One.
Nikolic: Serbia will continue fighting for its holy land
GAZIMESTAN - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic laid a wreath at the memorial honouring Kosovo heroes at Gazimestan, a monument commemorating the historic Battle of Kosovo.
SRS calls for Seselj's immediate release
BELGRADE - Supporters of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) called on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) during a protest on Saturday to immediately and unconditionally release their leader Vojislav Seselj.
Stefanovic: Crime rate in Belgrade drops by 20 percent
KRUSEVAC - Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs Nebojsa Stefanovic stated on Saturday that the crime rate in Belgrade dropped in the first five months of the year by over 20 percent compared to the same period in 2013.
He also said that the security situation in Serbia is good.
PM expects Barroso to back Serbia's EU entry
OBRENOVAC - Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that he expects that, during Sunday's meeting in Belgrade, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso will give clear backing to Serbia's EU accession.
Bosnia Marks Centenary of Sarajevo Assassination
Bosnia on Saturday is staging a range of cultural events to mark the centenary of the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Bosnian Serb revolutionary Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914, although Serb politicians are staging parallel commorations.
Serbia, Holy See sign agreement on cooperation
BELGRADE - The foreign ministers of Serbia and the Holy See, Ivica Dacic and Dominique Mamberti respectively, signed on Friday an agreement on cooperation in the field of tertiary education, and agreed that Serbia and the Holy See have common interests, and that cooperation should be encouraged.
University of Pristina in Kosovska Mitrovica marks its Day
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - A celebration was held at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Kosovska Mitrovica on Friday to mark the Day of the Pristina University, which is temporarily seated in this city.
Serbia gets approval for direct flights to U.S.
BELGRADE - Serbia has been given an approval for direct flights from Belgrade to the United States as of the second half of 2015, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday.
Air Serbia will fly from Belgrade to Chicago, Vucic said at a joint press conference with U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby.
Kirby: US allocates additional USD 1.5 million of aid
BELGRADE - U.S. Ambassador in Serbia Michael Kirby stated on Friday that the U.S. government has allocated additional USD 1.5 million worth of assistance for the flood-hit population in Serbia, so the total aid his country set aside for the purpose adds up to USD 2 million.
Serbia is doing excellently in EU integration
VIENNA - Austria's Defence Minister Gerald Klug said after a meeting with his Serbian counterpart Bratislav Gasic on Friday that Serbia was making excellent progress towards EU membership, adding that Austria would continue to support Belgrade.
The talks between Belgrade and Pristina are an important step towards the EU, he told a joint news conference in Vienna.
FM: Pope's visit in interest of state of Serbia
FM: Pope's visit in interest of state of Serbia
BELGRADE -- Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić has said that it was "in the interest of the state of Serbia" for Roman Catholic Pope Francis to visit the country.
Serbian-Albanian ties to be improved for Balkan stability
BELGRADE - The key to stability in the Western Balkans is to promote Serbian-Albanian relations, and stability has been reached in Kosovo-Metohija, it was stated on Friday at a conference dubbed "Safety aspects of normalization of relations between Belgrade, Pristina and Tirana", which saw the presentation of the report on the integration of police in north Kosovo.
No ban on Serbian meat exports to Russia
BELGRADE - There is no ban on Serbian pork meat exports to Russia, Serbian Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic said on Friday.
He denied media reports that another shipment of Serbian meat has been returned from Russia, adding that the next ten shipments from the Koteks company will be under particular scrutiny.