Serbia

Belgrade announces "Beer Fest"

BELGRADE -- The 12th Beer Fest will be held in Ušće Park in Belgrade August 13-17, organizers said at a press conference held on Thursday.

The event was described as "the biggest of its kind in this part of Europe and one of the hallmarks of Belgrade."

BELGRADE - The 12th iteration of Beer Fest - the biggest event of its kind in this part of Europe and one of the hallmarks of Belgrade - will be held in Usce Park on August 13-17, the organisers said at the closing press conference on Thursday.

Missing teenager found murdered

BELGRADE -- The Serbian police have found the body of Tijana J., a 15-year-old girl that went missing in the town of Bajmok, in northern Serbia, on July 26.

The police also have a suspect for her abduction and murder it custody, the MUP has confirmed for B92.

Research conducted by BIRN Serbia shows that out of 29 promises that Serbian government pledged to meet while taking office, only two have been completely fulfilled.

The government adopted a new Labour Law in July and has introduced stricter control over public procurements.

This is Where Serbian PM Will Relax This Summer

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić will spend his vacation with his kids for a weekend in hotel “Jezero“ in Bor.

Vučić still hasn't decided if he will travel this or some other weekend, but as „Blic“ learns, he will pay the costs of accommodation with his own money.

Esmark "potential partner" for steel plant

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić says that the government "has shown interest in having Železara Smederevo steelworks privatized."

Esmark is one of "credible potential partners" with which to decide a final status of Železara in the coming period, the prime minister was quoted as saying on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbs in Albania are one of Europe's most endangered minority communities as they have no recognised status of a national minority or the right to receive institutional education and information in their native tongue, and face assimilation and complete extinction as a result, Serbian Renewal Movement MP Aleksandar Cotric warned on Sunday.

BACKO GRADISTE - Around 40 percent of the roads destroyed in the May floods have been repaired so far, Serbian Minister of Transport Zorana Mihajlovic said on Sunday, announcing that all of the country's damaged roads and railway infrastructure will be repaired by October 1.

BELGRADE - Due to an absolute statute of limitations, Mihalj Kertes, a former head of the Yugoslav Federal Customs Administration, has been acquitted of charges of illegally transferring money to Cyprus between 1994 and 2000 on orders from Slobodan Milosevic.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will attend the central commemorative ceremony to mark the Remembrance day of the beginning of World War I at the Western Front in Liege on Monday, August 4.

Nikolic will attend the ceremony at the invitation by Belgian King Phillipe.