Serbian language

Linguist on Bosnian: Language can't be named after country

The language spoken by Bosniaks can be called Bosniak, after the nation, but under no circumstances can it be Bosnian, after the country, says Ivan Klajn for "Blic" .

Serbian Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic has written to his Croatian counterpart Lora Vidovic propmpted by the decision of Vukovar in Croatia to ban bilingual signs.

The city authorities' decision concerns the use of Serbian Cyrillic - the alphabet of the town's Serb minority.

The Council of Europe (CoE) has expressed regret over the decision by Vukovar City Council to change the city's statute and ban the use of bilingual signs.

These signs are written in both Croatian Latin and Serbian Cyrillic scripts and placed on public institutions, squares and streets.

There is no room for the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet in any of Croatia's 23 municipalities where Serbs constitute at least a third of the population.

The decision passed on Monday by the local administration in the municipality of Vukovar "sends a clear message - Serbs are not welcome: they best be assimilated, or move out," says Miodrag Linta.

Military exercises involving troops from Russia, Serbia and Belarus are due this year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has said.

Shoigu made the announcement after meeting his Serbian counterpart Bratislav Gasic on Saturday.

Russian daily Kommersant quotes Shoigu as saying "much importance" is placed on the drill which will be titled "Slavic Brotherhood - 2015".

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic stated Tuesday that over the past year the Serbian army has honorably served its people and proved that it plays a major role.

BELGRADE - Serbia has achieved a high level of alignment with EU regulations in the consumer protection sector in Serbia, Serbian State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications and head of the Negotiating Group 28 Vesna Kovac said on Thursday.

PIROT - Pirot-based poet Andrija Stanulovic received a recognition for excellence in poetry in a competition for young poets in Trieste.

BELGRADE - Head of the Serbian parliament committee for the diaspora Janko Veselinovic has met with Slovenian officials and pointed out the unresolved status of the Serbian community in that country.

BELGRADE - A first permanent exhibition, featuring exclusive works by the region's most significant contemporary artists of the past 50 years, will open at the New Moment gallery in Belgrade late Thursday.