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BELGRADE - The first Film and Chips Festival, which focuses on new British film, will be held simultaneously in 10 cities in Serbia January 16-18, 2015, with identical programs.

The Festival is held in cooperation with the British Council, and according to a statement by Belgrade's Dom omladine, it will premiere some of the most recent work by young British authors.

18,000 cakes stolen from landfill and resold

KRAGUJEVAC -- 18,000 cakes were stolen from a landfill in the town of Kragujevac in central Serbia ahead of the New Year's holiday and illegally resold, it has emerged.

PM and interior minister visit on duty firefighters

BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic visited one hour after midnight on Thursday the Fire Brigade in Belgrade.

Accompanied by Police Director Milorad Veljovic, they wished firefighters a happy new year, and saw that the night was passing peacefully.

New Year welcomed in across Serbia

BELGRADE -- Very cold weather has not prevented many Serbians from ringing in the New Year outdoors across the country.

Thousands of Belgraders and tourists who arrived to the Serbian capital for the holidays spend the final moments of 2014 and welcomed in 2015 attending concerts organized in three city squares.

SYDNEY - Radnicki Kragujevac have won an international water polo tournament in Sydney by beating Turkey's Galatasaray in a penalty shoot-out in the thrilling final after three sets of penalties.

Radnicki had a 13-11 lead as the match drew to a close, but Galatasaray scored in the dying second of the game to secure the penalty shoot-out.

"Telekom will be sold, money will go to budget"

BELGRADE -- Economist Stojan Stamenkovic expects the government to sell the Telekom Srbija telecommunications company "in order to fill budget holes."

BELGRADE - The first Film and Chips Festival, which focuses on new British film, will be held simultaneously in 10 cities in Serbia January 16-18, 2015, with identical programmes.

According to a statement from Belgrade's Dom omladine, the festival will premiere some of the most recent work by young British authors.

President Nikolić's son: I will demolish my illegaly built weekend cottage

President Tomislav NIkolić's son Radomir has suddenly decided to follow the law. He will demolish his illegaly built weekend cottage, he promised yesterday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin will talk on the phone Wednesday about ways to solve the problems related to Serbia's debts for gas and exports to Russia of Fiat cars manufactured in Kragujevac, central Serbia, Tanjug has learnt at the prime minister's office.

University infrastructure revamped thanks to EU donation

BELGRADE -- The European Union backed the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development with a EUR 30 million donation.