Geography of Europe

LEPOSAVIC - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic received the plaque of the honorary citizen of Leposavic on Thursday for his contribution to the survival of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija, Leposavic Mayor Dragan Jablanovic said.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The Kosovo Central Electoral Commission (CEC) confirmed that leader of the Citizens' Initiative Srpska Goran Rakic won in the elections for northern Mitrovica mayor.

According to the final results of the elections, Rakic won 2,778 votes which is 52.48 percent of the total turnout, stated Nenad Rikalo late on Wednesday as the only Serb member of CEC.

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic and his Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz conferred in Belgrade on Wednesday over the strengthening of the two countries' political dialogue and economic cooperation.

BELGRADE - The exhibition titled “Ancestors to Descendants - Gifts and Purchases of the Ethnographic Museum 1999-2013", showcasing a selection of items collected over the past 15 years, opened on Tuesday evening at the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - The International Fair of Tourism will be held in Belgrade from February 27 to March 2, bringing together over 1,000 exhibitors from 54 countries across the globe.

BELGRADE - An event titled "Days of Indonesia" opened in Belgrade on Tuesday evening, in the presence of numerous distinguished guests, and will run through Sunday, March 2.

Dragica Nikolic, wife of the Serbian president, declared open the evening titled "Wonderful Indonesia- the World's Heart of Wonders" at Hotel Crowne Plaza in Belgrade.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Newly elected Mayor of Kosovska Mitrovica Goran Rakic requested on Tuesday from international representatives in Kosovo that all persons from Kosovska Mitrovica kept in custody without reason be released pending their trials.

STRPCE - Serbia's Minister Without Portfolio in charge of Kosovo Aleksandar Vulin said in Strpce on Tuesday that the planned parliamentary election in Kosovo could slow down the creation of the community of Serb municipalities (ZSO).

VIENNA - Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz will visit Belgrade on Wednesday with, as announced, a message of encouragement for the continuation of the reform process.

Kurz will have separate meetings with Serbia's President Tomislav Nikolic, First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, and Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic.

Greece's biggest Jewish community said Monday it has taken Germany to Europe's top human rights court, seeking the return of a huge ransom paid to Nazi occupiers more than 70 years ago to free thousands of slave laborers — who were still sent subsequently to German death camps.