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BELGRADE - The head coach of the Serbia men's national basketball team Svetislav Pesic said on Monday evening a EuroBasket 2025 berth was the priority but that the upcoming qualifying games against Finland and Georgia would also help him pick a team for the Paris Olympic Games.

CHICAGO - Serbia's NBA superstar Nikola Jokic says there is still "a long way to go" until the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and that Serbia head coach Svetislav Pesic will be the first to know whether he will be playing for the national team next summer.

BUDAPEST - Serbian side Cukaricki lost 3-1 away to Hungarian football giants Ferencvaros in the UEFA Europa Conference League Group F in Budapest on Thursday evening.

The hosts had a goal disallowed for offside in the 10th minute.

Djordje Ivanovic put Cukaricki in front in the 26th minute with a low driven shot from about ten yards out following a Bojica Nikcevic assist.

BELGRADE - The head coach of the Serbia men's national basketball team Svetislav Pesic revealed on Monday Nikola Jokic, Vasilije Micic and Nikola Kalinic will definitely miss the upcoming FIBA World Cup.

Center Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic will be able to play for the Serbian national team at the European Championship 2022, as Serbian NBA star confirmed this to coach Svetislav Pesic. So, Jokic will play in the August "window" and at the European Championship, but he will not play in the June "window" due to NBA league rules that limit how much time a basketball player can spend with the team.

Pesic will lead our national team already in the November qualifications for the 2023 World Cup, when Serbia will meet Latvia on November 25, while three days later it will visit Belgium.

The information was transmitted by "Blic" and according to their information, the new coach will be an experienced expert Svetislav Pesic.
The "Eagles" are already waiting for the first window of qualifications for the World Cup in November, and in 2002, Pesic won the World Cup in Indianapolis as the coach of Yugoslavia.

In the abuse of office case, Markovic was accused of inciting Zivka Cica Knezevic, who at that time was a Serbian government secretary and a member of the government housing commission to give an apartment to Ilona Pesic, a woman who babysat Markovic's grandson.

The Higher Court's verdict comes almost 15 years after the initiation of criminal proceedings in the case.

Markovic was tried in absentia as she is inaccessible to Serbia's judicial authorities. An international warrant was issued for her arrest in 2005.

BELGRADE - 'The Promise' ('Obecanje') the latest project by renowned Serbian director and screenwriter Zeljko Mirkovic, has been selected for Speed Meetings on May 28-29 at the international documentary film festival DocsBarcelona, the Film Center Serbia (FCS) released on its website.