Charge d'affaires, a.i., of the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Ottawa, Mrs. Mirjana Sesum-Curcic, laid a wreath on the occasion of Victory Day over Fascism, at the "Ottawa Memorial - Commonwealth Graves Commission" monument.

Above mentioned monument commemorates those who lost their lives while serving or training with the Air Forces of the Commonwealth in Canada, the West Indies and the United States in the Second World War, and who have no known grave. Among fallen members of the Allied Air Force is Nikola M. Popović (flying officer).

A large number of guests attended ceremony, including representatives of the clergy of Serbian Orthodox Church in Canada, as well as representatives of the other churches - Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian and American. Also, the senior representatives of the Government of Alberta, as well as many members of Serbian community were present.

At the opening ceremony, representatives of churches, Government of Alberta, and representative of the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Ottawa, Ms. Snezana Miladinovic, First Counsellor, held a speech, in which they praised Serbian community in Calgary, as well as the building of Serbian Church.

The celebration was accompanied by the program of the folklore groups "Morava", "Tara" and "Sava", a performance of the children's choir "Avala", as well as visiting group from Vancouver "Old Sounds".

THESSALONIKI, May 8 - Full-fledged EU membership is the top priority for the new Serbian government, Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said. He made the statement on Thursday at a meeting of EU and Western Balkan foreign ministers in Thessaloniki, Greece. The government is oriented towards completing the accession talks by the end of its term in 2018, and we expect that Serbia could become a full-fledged EU member by 2020 in that case, Dacic said. Serbia is committed to carrying out reforms in all fields - in particular, the rule of law, interior affairs and protection of human and minority rights, Dacic said.

BELGRADE, April 28 - On April 27, Serbian Parliament voted in a new cabinet helmed by Serbian Progressive Party leader Aleksandar Vucic consisting of 16 ministries and two ministers without portfolio. The cabinet was voted in by rollcall. A total of 198 MPs backed the cabinet, 23 were opposed and six abstained from voting. The new cabinet was officially set to start after the prime minister and ministers were sworn in. The new Serbian government is made up of: Ivica Dacic, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Zorana Mihajlovic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transportation and Infrastructure; Rasim Ljajic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Telecommunications and Tourism; Kori Udovicki, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government; Lazar Krstic, Minister of Finance; Dusan Vujovic, Minister of the Economy; Snezana Bogosavljevic-Boskovic, Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection; Aleksandar Antic, Minister of Energy and Mining; Nikola Selakovic, Minister of Justice; Srdjan Verbic, Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development; Zlatibor Loncar, Minister of Health; Ivan Tasovac, Minister of Culture and Information; Aleksandar Vulin, Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Issues; Bratislav Gasic, Minister of Defense; Nebojsa Stefanovic, Minister of the Interior; Vanja Udovicic, Minister of Youth and Sports; Velimir Ilic, Minister without Portfolio; Jadranka Joksimovic, Minister without Portfolio.

BELGRADE, April 24 - The Serbian parliament MPs on April 23 elected Maja Gojkovic, a member of the Serbian Progressive Party Presidency, as parliament speaker. She was backed by 194 MPs, 14 were against, while nine abstained from voting.

Gojkovic said that she would persevere in facilitating the equal rights and responsibilities of all MPs, regardless of whether they were from the ruling coalition or the opposition. In her first address to the parliament in her capacity as speaker, Gojkovic said it was a great privilege to be "the first among equals", but that it was also a huge responsibility.

On Thursday, April 10, was held the first meeting of the newly formed Canadian - Serbian Chamber of Commerce in Toronto (http://www.canadaserbia.ca). The event was attended by approximately 70 people, business owners and successful business people. Mr. Vukašin Dželatović, Consul and Trade Commissioner represented Consulate General of the Republic of Serbia in Toronto.

The mandate of the Chamber is to promote Serbian business community in Canada, to advocate for the business interests of people from Serbian community at the Canadian authorities and associations, as well as to straighten business relationships among member companies of the Chamber and businesses in Serbia.

We invite all companies (large corporations as well as one-person businesses and business professionals) that are interested to join the Canadian - Serbian Chamber of Commerce.

In March 2014, Charge d'affaires, a.i., of the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia, Mrs. Mirjana Sesum-Curcic, paid a courtesy visit to His Worship Mr. Jim Watson, Mayor of Ottawa.

Speakers of Canadian Parliament, along with the Women Ambassadors of Ottawa, hosted a panel discussion and reception on March 25, 2014 on Parliament Hill to mark International Women’s Day.

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