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Nikolic: Respect for hard work and creativeness
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said to winners of decorations that to see hard work and creativeness recognized and exceptional and deserving individuals highlighted is not only an important satisfaction to award winners, but also a way in which society is built and a message that it is worthwhile to devote oneself to something, to create, and that enormous efforts and achiev
Serbia's Prime Minister Ivica Dacic laid a wreath on Sunday
OPLENAC - Serbia's Prime Minister Ivica Dacic laid a wreath on Sunday at the tomb of the leader of the First Serbian Uprising Karadjordje Petrovic at the Church of St George in Oplenac and said that now was not the time to experiment with stathood, but to by united.
"That is why it is important to have political and economic unity in the country," he told reporters.
Nikolic: Let us do everything for progress of people
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic hosted a reception on February 15 to mark Statehood Day and said at the event that everybody in Serbia should be united and do all they can for the survival and progress of their people.
Vujanovic: Montenegro and Serbia want better cooperation
PODGORICA - Montenegro's President Filip Vujanovic has said Montenegro and Serbia will improve their cooperation further, especially in economy and EU integration.
Protest to Vatican over intent to declare Stepinac saint
ZAGREB - Alen Budaj, an associate of the Jerusalem-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, has said that the coutries that are legal successors to the former Yugoslavia, Serbia in particular, must send a strong diplomatic protest to the Vatican over its intention declare Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac a saint.
Preparations have begun for projects financed by UAE loan
SENTA - The Serbian government approved a report on negotiations with the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development on Friday in relation to the granting of a loan to the Serbian government for financing the first phase of the irrigation system development, Serbian Minister of Agriculture Dragan Glamocic has said.
Serbia's engagement in peacekeeping missions highly praised
BELGRADE - UN officials spoke in high terms of Serbia's participation in international peacekeeping missions, said Vladimir Bozovic, state secretary at the Serbian Ministry of the Interior (MUP), who had recently visited the U.S.
Agreement on USA assistance to development of civil society
BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government Office for Cooperation with Civil Society Ivana Cirkovic and head of the USAID Mission in Serbia Susan Fritz signed on Friday the agreement on the implementation of the project of an prosperous environment for the development of the civilian society.
Social and Economic Council without decision on minimum wage
Social and Economic Council without decision on minimum wage
BELGRADE - The Social and Economic Council of Serbia did not deliver a decision on a minimum wage on Friday due to opposing stances of employers and trade unions, the Serbian government's press office has announced.
Archive of Serbia opens World War I exhibition
BELGRADE - The Archive of Serbia opened an exhibition titled 'First World War in Archive of Serbia documents' on Friday as part of observation of Serbia’s Statehood Day, by which it officially begun celebrations of 100 years since the outbreak of the Great War.
Stefanovic: SNS wants faster reforms
BELGRADE - Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) deputy leader Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Friday that the upcoming early elections are an opportunity for SNS President Aleksandar Vucic - who he hopes will become the new prime minister - to demonstrate that faster reforms are possible.
The new government needs to be as small as possible in order to be efficient, Stefanovic told TV Pink.
Jobs for 1,050 people in Johnson Electric by 2016
NIS - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday 1,050 people will find jobs at the Johnson Electric factory in Nis by July 2016.
Kragujevac marks 99 years since death of Dr Elizabeth Ross
KRAGUJEVAC - Kragujevac marked on Friday 99 years since the death of Dr Elizabeth Ross and other members of the British medical missions who lost their life while aiding the Serbian people in World War I.
Dodik: Republika Srpska is stable
BELGRADE - Republika Srpska (RS) is stable and its political leaders will not allow any pressures or trade-offs no matter where they may come from, President of the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Milorad Dodik has said.
Greetings for Statehood Day
BELGRADE - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik sent his greetings to Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Friday for Serbia's Statehood Day, saying that Serbia had strengthened its position domestically and internationally by moving forward with its EU integration.