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July 28th marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War which later came to be known as World War I. On this date in 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia - exactly a month the Austrian heir to the throne, Franz Ferdinand, and his Czech wife Sofie Chotek were assassinated in Sarajevo.

Inspired by India's tropical forests and gardens, a Serbian artist visiting West Bengal is working on art installations that will deck up a suburban area, about 25 km from here.

Service will commemorate the initial declaration of war by Austria-Hungary against Serbia that ultimately led to all the other declarations of war by the other great powers Note: We do not store your email address but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature.

World War I broke out 100 years ago this summer. In late June, Gavrilo Princip, a 19-year old terrorist loosely associated with the Greater Serbia secret society "Black Hand," assassinated the heir to the Austrian throne in the Bosnian mountain town of Sarajevo.

The Velika Morava begins at the confluence of the South Morava and the West Morava, located near the small town of StalaA , a major railway junction in central Serbia.

Olja Kaludjerovic and Andrea Krnjaic are students at the University of Novi Sad in Serbia.

Thanks to sharp-eyed GEB reader 'Nikola', we've learned that Street View imagery is now available in a number of cities in Serbia.

Fried brains and stomach soup on the menu at busy HOSPITAL A chef says he has been inundated with orders for fried brains, stomachs and decapitated heads despite serving them in a busy hospital.

Serbian oil company NIS reported a 5 percent fall in first-half net profit due to higher taxes and will have to cut spending on projects in the second half.

After a scandal sparked by suspicion that the doctoral theses of certain Serbian politicians were plagiarised, about 1,800 Serbian scientists and professors submitted a petition to the Serbian government and called for "the protection of academic honour."

Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. That adage applies to governments as well as to people.

House of Dreams, a Northeast Portland homeless shelter for cats, is asking for the community's help to enable it to continue to provide safe sanctuary for the "kitty misfits" in its care.The shelter is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to help pay for necessary repairs to keep its resident cats warm and dry this winter.

Although unions have launched protests over the adoption of the reformed Labour Law, Finance Minister Lazar Krstic resigned, believing that the reforms should be even swifter and tougher.

I've added a new podcast to my already-lengthy list. It's another BBC one - this time a short 2-3 minute piece each day, summing up news stories of 100 years ago in the lead up to World War I. A few weeks in, and I've already learned plenty, but it highlights a number of key elements that resonate strongly, including some that came up last week in ... (more)

Farmers in Kula, Serbia have made formal complaints about an Abu Dhabi company, Al Rawafed Agriculture, which is trying to acquire land.

From Adolf Hitler down to the petty bureaucrats who staffed the Nazi death camps, thousands of perpetrators of World War II war ... Associated Press Hungarian soldiers execute Serbians and Jews on Miletic Street in Novi-Sad, Yugoslavia, Jan. 23, 1942, during a series of "raids" in a photo provided by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Office for Kosovo head Marko Duriae met with UNMIK Chief Farid Zarif and told him that Serbia intends to support Serbs' participation in a new Kosovo government.

'Putin will come to Belgrade to celebrate with us the day when Belgrade was liberated ,' the Serbian president told Radio Television of Serbia late on Thursday, adding that the Russian leader will arrive here on his invitation.

Serbia's net minimum wage - deducting taxes and contributions for mandatory social insurance - will be RSD 115 per hour from July until December.

Belgrade says it hopes to join the EU, but will not reconsider its participation in Russia's South Stream project.