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BELGRADE - An exhibition titled "'Geological Treasure of the Serbian Land" will open at the Gallery of Science & Technology of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) on April 10, presenting a collection of minerals, rocks and fossils belonging to the Belgrade-based Faculty of Mining and Geology.

"EU is not Europe without Serbia"

BELGRADE -- Serbia's outgoing Prime Minister Ivica Dačić met in Belgrade on Monday with Austrian Archduke Karl von Habsburg.

Better political dialogue and economic cooperation were in the interest of both countries, Dačić remarked.

Vučić, Schroeder to open Serbia-Germany Forum

BELGRADE -- Deputy PM Aleksandar Vučić will meet with former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Belgrade on Thursday.

The meeting will mark the initiation of operation of the Serbia-Germany Forum, the Forum announced on Monday.

Vučić, Schroeder meet to discuss setting up of Serbia-Germany Forum

Bulgaria's Irrigation Systems employees have already received their delayed salaries, Minister of Agriculture and Food Dimitar Grekov announced.

The funds allocated by the Government amount to BGN 15M, and only part of it, namely 1.6M monthly, will go for salaries.

President receives Oiltanking's managing director

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić on Friday in Belgrade met with the managing director of the Oiltanking company, Sven Thiessen.

Poll: 55 percent of Serbians in favor of EU membership

BELGRADE -- A new Medium Gallup poll, showing that 55 pct of the Serbian population supports the country's membership in the EU, will be presented on Friday in Belgrade.

By Eleni Varvitsioti

The European Commission said on Thursday that it has approved three significant investments to help get Greece thoroughly into the digital age with money from the European Regional Development Fund totaling 389.4 million euros.

BELGRADE - German Ambassador to Serbia Heinz Wilhelm said on Thursday Germany was satisfied with Serbia's stand concerning the situation in Crimea, and that he personally understood Belgrade's position.

Pictures from Macedonia's capital Skopje can be seen at the European Parliament's visitors center in a short film dedicated to Sofia.

The story presented by the film starts with the 1997 protests that rocked Bulgaria's capital and goes on with later years of transition to market economy in the country.

Serbia lowest-ranked in region on enabling trade index

BELGRADE -- Serbia fell on the list of the Global Enabling Trade Report of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and is now 89th among 138 countries.

Two years ago, in the previous report, Serbia was 71st of 132 countries, the Beta news agency reported.