Serbian Orthodox Church

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic met on Monday with a delegation of Serb youths from Croatia and said it was time for him to discuss with Croatia all of the agreements and obligations that country had towards the Serbs.

"Serbia will maintain good relations with Croatia believing that it is the only way to solve all issues," Nikolic stated.

BELGRADE - Serbian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Bishop of Zagreb and Ljubljana Porfirije said on Friday Serbia and Croatia should continue on the path of peace, cooperation and harmonisation of interests between the two nations for the good of both sides.

BELGRADE - Serbian Patriarch Irinej Friday sent happy Easter wishes to the leaders of all Christian churches who celebrate "the most joyous Christian holiday" on the Western Christian date for Easter Sunday.

BELGRADE - An exhibition titled "Early Christian Art - Mosaics, Frescoes and Icons" will be opened in the atrium of the Central Military Club in Belgrade on Friday.

The exhibition is the fruit of collaboration between the Academy of the Serbian Orthodox Church for Arts and Conservation and Media Center Odbrana.

The mayor and leaders of a Bosnian Serb town are in hot water for advocating closer ties with Turkey - a country that many Bosnian Serbs see as the international champion of Bosnia's Muslims.

Serbs want "strong community of municipalities"

GRACANICA -- Councilors from ten Serb municipalities have adopted "a decision on united political action, protection of rights and realization of interests of Serbs."

GRACANICA - Councillors from municipalities with Serb majority population in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) adopted on Wednesday a decision on a unified political action, protection of rights and realisation of interests of Serbs through the constitution of the Community of Serb municipalities (ZSO).

Kosovo Serb mayors and municipal assembly members from the country's Serb-majority municipalities filled the house of culture in the central town of Gracanica on Wednesday on a mission to coordinate future steps.

The meeting was attended by Marko Djuric, head of Serbian government's Kosovo office, who said the gathering had the aim of uniting the Serbian community.

BELGRADE - An exhibition entitled Military Priests in Serbian Liberation Wars was opened at Dom Vojske Srbije in Belgrade, focusing on the mission of the Church and its priests in times of war.

Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej opened the exhibition on Thursday, and President Tomislav Nikolic atteneded the opening.

BELGRADE - An exhibition titled "Military Priests in Serbia's Liberation Wars (1804-1918)" will be opened at the Central Military Club (CMC) in Belgrade, the organizers - the Archive of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Odbrana Media Center - have said in a release.