Tanjug

SOFIA - World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic was chosen as Balkan Athlete of the Year 2014 for the fourth time in a row, in the 42nd edition of the poll conducted by the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA).

The Wimbledon champion received a total of 91 points, 40 more than second-placed US Open winner, Croat Marin Cilic.

PM: Reforms are matter of survival

BELGRADE, DAVOS -- Reforms are a matter of survival for Serbia, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said in an opinion piece for Belgrade-based weekly NIN.

BELGRADE - Reforms are a matter of survival for Serbia, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said in an opinion piece for Belgrade-based weekly NIN.

BELGRADE - The agreement in the field of higher education under which the Roman Catholic Church can establish and run schools in Serbia is a sign of good cooperation between the country and the Holy See, Stanislav Hocevar, the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Belgrade, said on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic and Serbian Foreign Minister and OSCE Chair Ivica Dacic will take part in the solidarity march in Paris on Sunday which will be organised in response to the terrorist attack on the editorial of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.

President offers condolences to French counterpart

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has sent condolences to French President Francois Hollande following an attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

The attack killed at least 12 people in Paris on Wednesday, Tanjug reported.

Energy, planning, construction legislation passed

BELGRADE -- Serbian MPs adopted on Monday the Energy Law, which envisages "easier investing in the energy domain and greater protection of buyers."

It also "adjusts this economic field with EU regulations," said Tanjug.

"German vice-chancellor to focus on economy"

BELGRADE -- The upcoming visit to Belgrade by German Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel is "proof of good bilateral relations and a desire to promote economic cooperation."

This is what German Ambassador in Belgrade Heinz Wilhelm told Tanjug.

BELGRADE - The upcoming visit to Belgrade by German Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, who will be at the head of a German business delegation, is proof of good bilateral relations and a desire to promote economic cooperation, German Ambassador in Belgrade Heinz Wilhelm has told Tanjug.

"World Shadow Government" group meets in Belgrade

BELGRADE -- The Trilateral Commission is holding a regional meeting of its European group in Belgrade from Friday until Sunday.

In it report, Tanjug noted that the group is "frequently referred to as 'World Shadow Government'."