Branislav Blažić

Turkey's president on April 6 announced that the country would donate medical assistance to Serbia.

Branislav Blazic was born on this day in 1957 in Kikinda.
He was the founder of the Serbian Progressive Party and a member of the Presidency.
He graduated from the Belgrade University School of Medicine and was a specialist in general surgery.

NATO chief: Serbia decides on its alliances

BELGRADE -- Serbia is "a sovereign country that makes its own decisions on cooperation with other countries," NATO's secretary general has said.

KIKINDA - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, who is also the leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), said on Saturday that the visit of SNS MPs to eastern Ukraine during the recent elections there is an internal party matter.

SNS MPs Vladimir Djukanovic and Branislav Blazic were in Donetsk during the elections, which are not recognised by Kiev.

BELGRADE/KIEV - Serbian Ambassador in Kiev Rade Bulatovic was summoned to the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) over two Serbian MPs' visit during the recent elections in Donbass that Kiev does not recognize.

Serbian ambassador summoned by Ukrainian MFA

BELGRADE -- The Serbian ambassador in Kiev has been summoned to the Ukrainian Foreign Minister over the visit of two Serbian MPs to the Donbass region.

Two MPs from Serbia's ruling Progressive Party are in hot water for monitoring separatist elections in eastern Ukraine.

Following opposition accusations about their actions in parliament, Progressive Party MP Zoran Babic said the two MPs went to the separatist headquarters of Donetsk as citizens and not as representatives of the Serbian parliament.

Ruling party MPs served as observers in Donbass

BELGRADE -- Opposition Democratic Party (DS) official Borislav Stefanović says he wants to know why two MPs from the ruling SNS party served as observers in Ukraine.