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'World War I Memorials in Belgrade' exhibition opens

BELGRADE -- Photography exhibition 'World War I Memorials in Belgrade' was opened on Monday on the Sava promenade at Kalemegdan.

GOLUBAC - Serbian Minister of Trade and Tourism Rasim Ljajic, Head of the EU Delegation in Serbia Michael Davenport, representatives of the Austrian Development Agency and Golubac mayor marked on Wednesday the beginning of the renovation of Golubac Fortress which dates back to the 14th century.

ZLATIBOR - Well-positioned cultural institutions and enhancement of cultural tourism can be an important segment of Serbia's economic development, Serbian Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac told a regional conference of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) on Mt. Zlatibor, a tourism hub and climatic resort in western Serbia.

BELGRADE - A regional conference of national committees of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) on the topic of 'Museums and cultural tourism' will start on Monday, September 8, in Mona Hotel on Mt. Zlatibor, western Serbia.

BELGRADE - The fourth Danube Fest, which will commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of World War I, is to be held on September 5-13 at the Belgrade Fortress, a press conference was told on Wednesday.

As in the previous years, the programme was conceived by the artistic council, comprised of three renowned Serbian artists - Katarina Jovanovic, Goran Markovic and Nebojsa Bradic.

BELGRADE - A monument honouring Serbian and Russian soldiers killed in World War I will be built at Kalemegdan, the Belgrade City Assembly decided on Tuesday.

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.

VIENNA - The Subotica Synagogue has been included in the list of seven most endangered monuments in Europe, the leading European organisation for heritage protection Europa Nostra released.

VALJEVO - Bishop of Valjevo Milutin presented Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic with the medal of St Bishop Nikolaj in the monastery Lelic on Saturday for his efforts and care for Serbia and its people and for tireless work towards improving the relations between the government and the Serbian Orthodox Church.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija has condemned strongly the threats against the monastery of Visoki Decani and urged Kfor to boost military protection of the monastery and identify and bring to justice as soon as possible the unknown perpetrator who has threatened to raze it.