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BELGRADE - New Red Star Belgrade head coach Barak Bakhar said on Monday the Red-and-Whites were a football club with an impressive history, rich tradition and plenty of silverware in their trophy cabinet, and noted that he was convinced he would achieve success during his tenure in Belgrade.

Today, a large gathering of "Serbia of Hope" is being held in Belgrade, which began at 7 p.m. in front of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, and which was called by the President of Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received US Senators Chris Murphy and Gary Peters on Thursday, and noted that Serbia was committed to develop closer cooperation with the US in all areas of mutual interest.

BELGRADE - Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) Chief of General Staff Gen Milan Mojsilovic met with Cypriot Ambassador to Belgrade Demetrios Theophylactou on Wednesday to discuss the political and security situation in the region and prospects for development of bilateral military-to-military cooperation.

The Government of Serbia proposed a solution for parents and students who cannot return to regular classes at "Vladislav Ribnikar" elementary school, after the murder of nine children and a guard.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will receive US Senators Chris Murphy and Gary Peters in Belgrade on Thursday.

In a statement, the presidential press office said the meeting at the General Secretariat of the President of the Republic was scheduled for 9 am and that a press release would be sent to media afterwards.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that since May 8, more than 37,000 illegal weapons and explosive devices have been handed over to authorities. He added that he will fight for the return of the death penalty after the shootings in Belgrade and the municipality of Mladenovac, in which dozens of people were killed and injured, BGNES reported.

BELGRADE - Serbia is a major investment hub for the entire Balkans and its people are capable and educated, International Republican Institute Board of Directors member Randy Scheunemann said in Belgrade on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbian European Integration Minister Tanja Miscevic said on Friday Germany was Serbia's largest foreign investor and its largest donor of development aid.

Miscevic said German aid in the past 23 years totalled 2.3 bln euros and could be compared only to EU grants.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Friday that, in the wake of two mass shootings in Serbia earlier this month, foreign agencies were directly trying to destabilise the country, and reiterated that there would be no change of government in Serbia without elections.