Darko Tanasković

It is necessary to analyze why Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who does not say anything by accident, decided to announce intensified lobbying for the recognition of the so-called Kosovo, and that explicitly in cooperation with the USA, said the former ambassador of Serbia to Turkey and UNESCO, Professor Darko Tanaskovic.

An exhibition of sculptures by Ivan Mestrovic from the collection of the Serbian National Museum in Belgrade opened on Tuesday night at the museum. 

During December and January, visitors to the museum will have an opportunity to see 40 works by the famous Yugoslav sculptor, most them created before World War I, the so-called "Vidovdan fragments".

BELGRADE - Pristina's decision to give up on a UNESCO membership bid is not unexpected and it is a diplomatic success for Serbia, says Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO Darko Tanaskovic.

Pristina said earlier this week a "pragmatic" postponement of applications for membership in UNESCO and INTERPOL had been made based on full coordination with the US and other Quint nations.

PRISTINA - If Pristina decides to renew its UNESCO membership bid this year, Serbia will be ready for a diplomatic fight to prevent such a legally, politically, culturally and morally unacceptable action, says Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO Darko Tanaskovic.

FILE - In this Nov.12, 2013 file photo, the logo of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris. The United States has succeeded Monday Nov. 9, 2015 in its bid to remain on UNESCO's executive board, the only way to wield American power at the world's cultural and scientific agency now that the U.S.

If Pristina renews its failed 2015 bid to join UNESCO, Serbia is prepared to fight diplomatically to prevent it, says Serbia's ambassador to this UN agency.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Serbia's Ambassador to UNESCO Darko Tanaskovic says Turkey is "one of the most active countries lobbying for Kosovo-Metohija's UNESCO membership, and that is a part of their (Turkey's) strategy of Neo-Ottomanism."

Serbia's Ambassador to UNESCO Darko Tanaskovic says Turkey is "one of the most active countries lobbying for Kosovo's UNESCO membership."

He attributed this to Turkey's "strategy of Neo-Ottomanism."

Serbia's Ambassador to UNESCO Darko Tanaskovic says Turkey is "one of the most active countries lobbying for Kosovo's UNESCO membership."

He attributed this to Turkey's "strategy of Neo-Ottomanism."

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Should Kosovo become a UNESCO member, the consequences for the Serbian identity and cultural heritage in the province would be unforeseeable, says Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO Darko Tanaskovic.