Nikola Tesla

NOVI SAD - Milos Vucevic, mayor of the city of Novi Sad, northern Serbia, hosted a reception at the City Hall on Tuesday for participants in the 28th ‘Tesla Fest' International Festival of Innovation, Knowledge and Creativity.

BELGRADE - The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra will allocate a part of the revenues from the forthcoming concert in the Severance Hall, Cleveland, as a contribution to the procurement of a new bronze bust of Nikola Tesla, the Philharmonic Orchestra announced on Monday.

PRAGUE - The biggest sculpture in the world dedicated to famous scientist Nikola Tesla was unveiled in Prague on Thursday, in the presence of several hundred people and foreign delegations, the city authorities have said in a release.

NEW YORK - A bust of the famous Serbian-American scientist Nikola Tesla, made by academic sculptor Bojan Mikulic, was handed over to the New Yorker Hotel in Manhattan to be officially unveiled at a ceremony on January 10, the U.S.-based Tesla Science Foundation stated in a release.

Belgrade airport among fastest growing in Europe

BELGRADE -- Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport is the second fastest growing capital city airport in Europe with the passenger growth of 32 percent.

This data was released by the European airport trade body, ACI Europe, in its report for the first half of 2014.

BELGRADE - The pre-trial chamber of the Belgrade-based High Court put Director of the Belgrade Airport “Nikola Tesla” Velimir Radosavljevic in detention for 30 days on Friday.

The chamber delivered the decision after upholding an appeal by the High Public Prosecutor's Office and reversing the decision of the investigative judge.

BELGRADE - Serbia marked the National Science Day and the anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla with numerous events, panels, programs and meetings on Thursday.

NOVI SAD - Spectacular fireworks and fantastic electronic music show staged at the Petrovaradin Fortress marked the official start of the 15th EXIT festival in Novi Sad.

The festival, crowned this year with the much-coveted Best Major European Festival award, dedicated its opening ceremony to the greatest Serbian scientist of all time, Nikola Tesla.

EXIT festival starts with "spectacular fireworks"

NOVI SAD -- Spectacular fireworks and fantastic electronic music show staged at the Petrovaradin Fortress marked the official start of the 15th EXIT festival in Novi Sad.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said on Thursday, on the anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla, that Tesla's achievements constitute a legacy that Serbia should preserve with pride and unselfishly share with the entire mankind.