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NOVI SAD - The European Congress of Neurosurgeons, with the main topic of Controversies in Neurotraumatology, will be held October 20-22 at the Master Centre of the Novi Sad Fair, it has been announced at a press conference.

A court in Novi Sad has found 59-year-old Mihalj Skivijan guilty of murder and sentenced him to 15 years in prison.

Skivijan killed 30-year-old Merima Redzepova, with whom he was in a relationship, by striking her on the head with a hammer at least 15 times.

A 4 mln euro plant built by French metal auto parts maker Mecafor was opened in Kikinda, northern Serbia, Thursday.

The ribbon was cut by Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic, French Ambassador Christine Moro and Kikinda Mayor Pavle Markov at a ceremony also attended by Mecafor owner and president of the board of directors, Nicholas Grosdidier.

Aleksandar Vucic was in northern Serbia on Thursday where he and spoke about presidential elections and the decision to send humanitarian aid to Aleppo.

"I see there are many candidates, many parties, many other candidates," the prime minister and the leader of the ruling SNS said in Kikinda, where he attended the opening of a Mecafor car parts plant, and added:

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic believes that "no candidate can threaten his reelection" if he decides to run in the presidential elections next year.

Nikolic spoke to reporters in Novi Sad on Thursday morning, where traveled to open the European Congress of Neurosurgeons.

The police in the town of Pancevo, northeast of Belgrade, have seven men under arrest for physically assaulting police officers.

The officers came under attack as they were responding to a report in Njegoseva St. in Pancevo, at 02:30 CET on October 16.

BRUSSELS - Novi Sad has been named one of the three European Capitals of Culture for 2021.

Novi Sad and Timisoara, Romania, will in November be joined by a city in Greece - Eleusis, Kalamata or Rhodes.

Novi Sad beat Montenegro's Herceg Novi in the final selection round, becoming the first city from a non-EU country to take the prestigious title.

BRUSSELS - BRUSSELS - Novi Sad has been named one of the three European Capitals of Culture for 2021.

Novi Sad and Timisoara, Romania, will in November be joined by a city in Greece - Eleusis, Kalamata or Rhodes.

Novi Sad beat Montenegro's Herceg Novi in the final selection round, becoming the first city from a non-EU country to take the prestigious title.

APATIN - Increasing the GDP growth rate to three percent and beyond is one of the most significant goals of the Serbian government, Minister of Economy Goran Knezevic said Friday at the ceremonial opening of a wastewater treatment plant at the Apatin Brewery.

SENTA - Serbia will continue the discussions with Pristina on the agreement on telecommunications and try to improve the situation, PM Aleksandar Vucic said Thursday.

"We will have many more contacts, we will talk to everyone, and try to see if there is anything we can improve or everything is set in stone, in layman's terms," Vucic told reporters in Senta, northern Serbia.