Tanjug

Cabinet holds commemorative session

BELGRADE -- The Serbian government has held a commemorative session for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Policy Jovan Krkobabić.

Krkobabić passed away on Tuesday, at the age of 84.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government has held a commemorative session for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Policy Jovan Krkobabic, who died on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - The International conference of young scientists, which was a major success for the Belgrade 2 Regional Talent Centre, ended on Tuesday with an award ceremony.

The conference involved young scientists from 18 countries worldwide, including Germany, Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, the Netherlands, Turkey, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Singapore and Indonesia.

BELGRADE - Roman Catholic Archbishop of Belgrade Stanislav Hocevar expects the new government to be a great team willing to engage in dialogue with everyone and considers it logical that the Pope, who supports an integral development of the Serbian people, should come to Serbia.

State of emergency in parts of Serbia due to flooding

BELGRADE -- The West (Zapadna) Morava River overflowed its banks on Monday morning, the Interior Ministry's Sector for Emergency Situations has said.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic wished on Saturday a happy Easter, the greatest Christian holiday, to Serbian Patriarch Irinej, priests and monks, and all citizens of Serbia celebrating this holiday, with the message that "the strength of our country should lie in understanding, love and solidarity, as our faith preaches".

BELGRADE - Serbia's Outgoing Prime Minister Ivica Dacic wished a very happy Easter to all citizens of Serbia and religious communities celebrating this Christian holiday.

BELGRADE - The president and the secretary of the Belgrade interim authority Sinisa Mali and Goran Vesic have scheduled consultations with the outgoing whips in the Belgrade City Assembly for April 22, Tanjug has learned.

BELGRADE - A multimedia exhibition on the repression of the communist regime in Serbia, titled In the name of the people! Political repression in Serbia in 1944-53, opened late Wednesday at the Historical Museum of Serbia in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - The High Court in Belgrade has announced on Wednesday that a 30-day detention was ordered for Aleksandar Bijelic, former Belgrade city manager, and eight other people suspected of abuse of office in connection with the 2010 reconstruction of the capital's longest street, King Aleksandar Boulevard.