Takovo

The military flags handover ceremony on the occasion of establishing the 72nd Special Operations Brigade and the 63rd Parachute Brigade is being held at the "Second Serbian Uprising" Memorial Complex in Takovo.

TAKOVO - The 201st anniversary of the Second Serbian Uprising against Ottoman rule was commemorated in Takovo, near Gornji Milanovac, central Serbia, on Saturday.

The 270-meter right tube of the Savinac tunnel on Corridor 11 near Takovo, central Serbia, was bored on Monday.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic congratulated the workers, opening a bottle of champagne to mark the occasion.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic met on Friday with renowned Russian filmmaker and Oscar winner Nikita Mikhalkov, and underlined that Serbia will never forsake its friends.

We know the value of friendship and we will never forsake our friends, no matter how difficult our position may be, said Nikolic, according to the presidential media relations office.

Turkish worker dies in construction site accident

BELGRADE -- Turkish citizen Ekrem Kaplan (40) died on Friday in an accident on the Corridor 11 construction site in the village of Sarani near Gornji Milanovac.

The announcement was made by the Serbian Ministry of Labor, Veteran and Social Affairs.