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Iron Maiden in Belgrade on stage seventeen meters high

The Iron Maiden is coming to Belgrade again on its Boeing 757 piloted by the band’s singer Bruce Dickson. Huge equipment packed in a dozen of trailer trucks is expected to arrive before them for the gig at the Kalemegdan on June 17.

BELGRADE - Air Serbia's Airbus A319 flight on Thursday launched a new daily airline route connecting two European capitals Belgrade and Warsaw after 15 years, Serbian air carrier released.

BELGRADE - The Serbian capital celebrated its holiday, the Ascension of Jesus, with a liturgy at the Church of the Ascension and a procession in the city streets on Thursday.

Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej served the liturgy and then led the procession, which included Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali and other city officials, through the downtown streets.

BELGRADE - A two-day international conference on World War I, organized by the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) will start in Belgrade on Friday.

CIRSD president Vuk Jeremic told Tanjug that the participants will focus on the geopolitical situation in the world in 1914 and the events leading to the outbreak of the Great War.

BELGRADE - The 2014 European Rowing Championships will be held on Belgrade's Ada Ciganlija from May 29 to June 1.

The championships will feature a record 800 competitors from 36 countries.

Serbia will have 12 representatives at Adi Ciganlija in six crews, and the greatest competitors for the top ranking will be the teams of England, Germany, France and Italy.

BELGRADE - Iron Maiden's leader and founder Steve Harris believes Serbia will come out stronger after the disaster the recent floods and wished all those who have suffered from the disaster to return to normal life as soon as possible.

Iron Maiden cannot wait for its concert in Belgrade on June 17 and hopes that the flooded areas will be repaired in the meantime, he noted.

Air Serbia "to break even by end of year"

BELGRADE -- The Air Serbia carrier expects to break even at the end of this year and have its business at "a positive zero", said Director Dane Korica.

BELGRADE - It is time for Serbia to be on the same side with Germany, and to be not only a political, but also an economic partner of the country, said Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.

"Despite campaign boycott, Serbs will participate"

BELGRADE, PRIŠTINA -- Despite the announced boycott of the election campaign, analyst Dušan Janjić expects the five Serbs lists to participate in early elections in Kosovo.

Balkan soldiers included in 50-country military exercise