Serbian nationalists

The introductory part of the session of the Main Board will be open to the media, when President Aleksandar Vui will address the public, after which the session will be closed to the public. Also, after the session, statements for the media are planned.
Prior to the session of the Main Board, a session of the Presidency of the Serbian Progressive Party will be held.

Former head of Serbian State Security Radomir Markovic repeated to the appeal court that he is not guilty for the 1999 murder of the Serbian journalist and editor Slavko Curuvija.

Markovic claimed that Curuvija was only put under state surveillance "due to his contacts with foreign intelligence agencies …The task of every state security is to establish the nature of these contacts".

A lecture given by two well-known Serbian historians in Zagreb earlier this week has caused controversy in Croatia because it appeared to show sympathy for the Serbian nationalist Chetnik movement in World War II.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Friday she did not believe the Russian Federation was behind a February 15 protest held outside the Presidency of Serbia building in central Belgrade.

"I do not believe the Russian Federation is behind that protest in any way or that it supports such people in any way, indirectly or directly," Brnabic told reporters in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday evening a protest outside the Presidency of Serbia building in Belgrade was an attempted coup and demanded that the relevant authorities take all necessary measures.

KRAGUJEVAC - When the state and its foundations are in jeopardy amid a difficult global situation, the most important thing is that we are together and united in our desire to protect the state, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday.

KRAGUJEVAC - As a people, without a state we would be in the position of peoples even larger than us that live in territories that belong to others and by laws made by others and are left at the mercy of the interests of others, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday in Kragujevac, central Serbia, at a ceremony marking February 15, Serbia's Statehood Day.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has signed a decision under which the number of Serbian Armed Forces special troops will be increased.

According to the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, the decision was made based on the Law on the President of the Republic and the Law on the Serbian Armed Forces.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received on Tuesday a congratulatory message from the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin ahead of February 15, Serbia's Statehood Day.

"Serbia is a significant and dependable partner of Russia. We highly appreciate the balanced foreign policy course pursued by Belgrade in the current complex international circumstances.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will receive the ambassadors of Quint states to the OSCE Mission in Vienna and the five countries' seniormost diplomatic representatives in Belgrade on Thursday.

The meeting in the building of the General Secretariat of the President of the Republic is scheduled for 9 am, the presidential press office has announced in a statement.