Medieval Serbia

Researcher Saša Čaval from the Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies has won the European Research Council Consolidator Grant for her project to research stećci, large medieval tombstones found across the Western Balkans.

"After deletion of the Visoki Deani Monastery name-tag on Google maps yesterday and the prompt intervention of our IT team, the name of the Monastery has reappeared on the map again. Let's hope that such incidents will not happen again", the monastery Visoki Decani said on Twitter.

The Serbian Orthodox Church, the most loyal ally of modern Serbian chauvinism in the Balkans, began celebrations on the 700th anniversary of the death of King Stefan II Milutin (1282-29 October 1321) in RN Macedonia, but without inviting local scholars, a BGNES reporter reported.

PHOTO: TANJUG / SAVA RADOVANOVIC

Serbia's new president, Aleksandar Vucic, will take the oath of office during a ceremony at the Serbian National Assembly in Belgrade on Wednesday, May 31.

The daily Vecernje Novosti is reporting this on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic received on Wednesday in Belgrade the charter of the Greek city of Serres awarding him the title of Citizen of Honor.

Nikolic met with a delegation of Serres, headed by Mayor Petros Aggelidis.