Serbian media

Russian rescuers arrive in flood-stricken Serbia

NIŠ -- The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations has responded to an appeal for assistance made by the Serbian government and sent a team of rescuers to Serbia.

BELGRADE - Victoria Group, one of the largest companies in Serbia's agro-industry, has supported the measures of the Serbian government aimed at economic recovery and creation of stable business conditions for all investors and companies in the country.

BELGRADE - Serbia is politically very stable country and economically competitive, Republic of Korea's Ambassador to Serbia Kim Kwang-keun said, adding that there is room for strengthening of bilateral cooperation in all areas.

BELGRADE - Serbia will be presented by the movie entitled Leto bez meseca (Moonless Summer) directed by Stefan Ivancic in the official selections of this year's Cannes Festival.

The movie was produced by the Faculty of Dramatic Arts and the Belgrade-based Non-Aligned Films and it will be displayed as part of Cinefondation program on May 21.

BELGRADE - Six workers of Naftna Industrija Serbije (NIS), who were injured by a blast during seismic testing in Kasidol, the municipality of Pozarevac, are not in a life-threatening condition, NIS stated on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Deputy head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Paula Thiede said on Tuesday journalists had to work in the interest of the people, and not the publishers or the govenrment, and that they had to oppose any pressure or form of censorship.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister of Sport and Youth Vanja Udovicic has said that tough reforms are expected in Serbia's sport in the next two years, adding that a privatization of the biggest sport clubs is inevitable, because the government cannot maintain that level of investment in professional sport anymore.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic said that the decision to start government sessions at the exact time as scheduled and the decrees on working hours in the public sector and the use of official vehicles indicate a new system of work and responsibility.

BELGRADE – Belgrade’s Kralj Petar Prvi primary school, the oldest school in Serbia, celebrates 296 years since its establishment on Wednesday.

The celebration will be held at the Faculty of Education in Belgrade Wednesday evening, Kralj Petar Prvi’s acting director Mladen Stefanovic has told Tanjug.

Train severs man's leg in accident at main station

BELGRADE -- A 47-year-old man lost his leg on Tuesday morning in an accident that happened at Belgrade's Main Train Station.