United Arab Emirates

ABU DHABI - Serbia has neglected its old friendships for some time, but now these friendships are being renewed and strengthened, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said in an interview for Abu Dhabi-based daily The National.

BELGRADE/ABU DHABI - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic conferred on Sunday in Abu Dhabi with Managing Director of the LuLu Group Yusuff Ali, who voiced interest in including Serbian food products in the offer of the UAE's leading hypermarket chain.

Gulf leaders agreed Nov. 16 on the return of Saudi, Emirati, and Bahraini envoys to Qatar after an extraordinary meeting in Riyadh, promising an end to eight months of tense relations.
      

Twin car bombs struck near the shuttered Egyptian and United Arab Emirates embassy buildings in the militia-controlled Libyan capital on Nov. 13, an AFP correspondent and a UAE official said.
      
Two guards posted outside the empty Egyptian embassy compound were wounded in the first blast, Libya's LANA news agency reported.
      

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will hold separate meetings with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and investor from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Mohamed Al Abbar will present the master plan for the City on Water project on Friday, the Tuesday edition of the Belgrade-based daily Politika states.

ABU DHABI - A Serbian Business Council has been ceremonially opened in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Abu Dhabi, as an official representative office of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS).

ABU DHABI/BELGRADE - The Serbian Business Council in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) opened in Abu Dhabi and the ceremony was attended by government representatives, prominent businessmen from both countries and the Serbian Embassy officials, the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) released on Friday.

DUBAI - The Tennis Federation of Serbia (TSS) has signed a cooperation protocol with the Tennis Federation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Dubai, the TSS posted on its website on Friday.

Head of TSS Dusan Orlandic signed the agreement and thanked the UAE colleagues on their hospitality and intiative to establish cooperation.

Two crates shipped from the United Arab Emirates to the port of Piraeus and labeled “office supplies” were found to contain 19.9 million contraband cigarettes, customs authorities reported on Friday.

The illegal cigarettes would have cost the Greek state 3.5 million euros in lost taxes had they made it onto the market, the report said.