Vulin

According to KRIK, Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin on Thursday said that he had brought EUR 205,000 into the country unnoticed.

Vulin previously said that the money belonged to his wife's aunt, who lives in Canada, and had been borrowed to buy an apartment in Belgrade.

The EU press service has reminded would-be-member Serbia that freedom of expression is an important value of the European club - and that Serbia's respect for it will be examined closely during its accession process.

Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin's Movement of Socialists party lashed out after KRIK published a report on Monday alleging that Vulin bought an apartment in Belgrade under suspicious circumstances with money he had borrowed from his wife's aunt in Canada.

Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Tuesday that the MiG-29 warplanes from Russia will arrive to Serbia by the end of the year.

Vulin spoke at a session of the National Assembly's Committee on Defense and Interior Affairs, referencing the used planes that Russia has donated to the Serbian Air Force.

Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Tuesday that the MiG-29 warplanes from Russia will arrive to Serbia by the end of the year.

Vulin spoke at a session of the National Assembly's Committee on Defense and Interior Affairs, referencing the used planes that Russia has donated to the Serbian Air Force.

Military analyst Aleksandar Radic says there are indications that the MiG-29 jets from Russia will arrive in October.

"Moscow says they will arrive - it means they will arrive. All the bureaucratic obstacles have been overcome, and I believe they will arrive in October," he told Novi Magazin, and added:

Buying the Russian S-300 missile systems is not a decision that is made overnight - but equipping the army remains a priority, says Aleksandar Vulin.

Buying the Russian S-300 missile systems is not a decision that is made overnight - but equipping the army remains a priority, says Aleksandar Vulin.

Serbia's Defence Minister, Aleksandar Vulin, has encountered opposition after he said that displaying President Aleksandar Vucic's portrait in ministry and army's offices would be a mark of respect for the country's "supreme commander".

Novica Antic, from the Army Union, has advised the minister to try to improve the position of soldiers instead.

Aleksandar Vulin's cordial meeting with Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu has set off alarms with EU's ambassadors and representatives in Serbia, writes Blic.