Ministry of Defense

Defense minister to take part in NATO summit

BELGRADE -- Defense Minister Bratislav Gašić will head a delegation that will attend the NATO summit in Wales, set to held on September 5 and 6.

An edited version of a working paper called Outlook 2020: Bulgaria and NATO in European Defense [BG] has been published on the Ministry of Defense's website....

More Russian humanitarian aid arrives in Serbia

BELGRADE -- Another airplane carrying humanitarian assistance from Russia to the flood-affected areas of Serbia landed at the military airport Batajnica last night.

The cargo is the second part of a shipment of assistance consisting of a total of 90 tons, the Ministry of Defense announced.

BERLIN - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met in Berlin Thursday with Chairman of the Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Council of Ministers Vjekoslav Bevanda to discuss further cooperation between the two countries in all fields and their European perspective.

Top officials to gather at Battle of Cer memorial

BELGRADE -- The 100th anniversary of the Battle of Cer will be marked on Tuesday at the memorial complex in Tekeriš near Loznica, western Serbia.

A state delegation at the central ceremony, organized by the government, will be led by Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić.

BELGRADE - Officials of the Serbian and Chinese defense ministries signed Wednesday in Belgrade a protocol on the EUR 350,000 donation in medical supplies and equipment to be provided by the Chinese ministry.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic said in a meeting with Israeli Ambassador to Belgrade Yossef Levy on Tuesday that Serbia's position on the situation in Israel and in Ukraine is clear, stressing that the country supports peaceful resolution of conflicts, the Ministry of Defense stated in a release.

The Ministry of Defense has announced the building of a fence designed to curb the influx of migrants at Bulgaria's border with Turkey has finished.

Over the next days, the Chief Directorate Border Police is take over all sections of the installation, the construction of which had been assigned to the Defense Ministry.

BELGRADE - The floods that hit Serbia in mid-May killed a total of 57 people, including 23 who drowned, and 31,879 people have been evacuated, the Serbian parliament’s Defense and Internal Affairs Committee said at a meeting they held Wednesday.

Defense cooperation "best part" of Serbia-UK relations

BELGRADE -- Defense Minister Bratislav Gašić and British Ambassador Denis Keefe say defense cooperation is the best part of bilateral relations between the two countries.