New Year and Christmas reception organzied by the SAF CHOD and minister of defence

12/20/2012 | News First Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army Lt. Gen. Ljubisa Dikovic gave a traditional reception to celebrate the upcoming New Year and Christmas holidays in the House of Guards last night. Among the many guests, the reception was attended by the President of the Republic of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolic, Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, ministers, representatives of the legislative, executive and judicial...

Noblest deed of the year

12/17/2012 | News Awards for "The most noble achievement," which daily "Vecernje novosti" awards were presented today in the City Hall to those who were the bravest in 2012. Major Goran Savic was given a posthumous award. Pilot Savic tired until the last moment to stop the plane from reaching the town centre, thus sacrificing his life to save others. Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ljubisa Dikovic gave an award to his brother, Bojan Savic. The award was posthumously awarded the Helen...

Marking the 98th anniversary of the Kolubara battle

12/15/2012 | News Central government event marking the 98th anniversary of the Battle of Kolubara was held today in Lazarevac. The commemoration began by paying state and military honors at the Memorial Church of St. Dimitrije. Wreaths were laid by the Prime Minister of Serbia, Ivica Dacic, the delegation of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces, led by Deputy Chief of General Staff Major General Milan Bjelica, representatives of the municipality of Lazarevac...

SAF CHOD visits Turkey

12/14/2012 | News SAF CHOD LTG Ljubisa Dikovic is ending his two-day visit to Turkey today during which he talked with his Turkish counterpart General Necdet Özel. During the talks of the two delegations, both sides agreed that there was still room for promoting bilateral military cooperation, especially in the field of military education-educating officers in command staff and general staff colleges in military schools in Serbia and Turkey, as well as in joint exercises and training sessions.

Demo exercise for FAP 1118 vehicle

12/13/2012 | News At "Beranovac" race track near Kraljevo a demonstration exercise presenting the development, application and technical characteristics of off-road vehicle FAP 1118 in the organization of the General Logistics Department of Material Resources was held yesterday. According to the exercise leader, head of the Department of Traffic and Transportation of the General Logistics, Col. Zeljko Rankovic, it is a vehicle that has been officially included in the equipment of the...

The Army came first to rescue

12/09/2012 | News Ever since early morning, members of the Serbian Armed Forces have been engaged in all snowed areas in Vojvodina participating in clearing the roads and junctions, helping the population that was stuck in snow drifts. Manpower and machinery of the 17th mechanized battalion of the First Army Brigade have been engaged on the old road Novi Sad – Subotica, on the part Backa Topola – Feketic which where they have recovered more than 10 buses and trucks.

Chief of General Staff visits Greece

12/05/2012 | News Delegation of the Serbian Armed Forces led by Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Ljubisa Dikovic, has been in a visit to the Hellenic Republic since yesterday. With the highest military honours, General Dikovic laid a wreath at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in the central Athens' Syntagma Square. After laying the wreath, a welcoming ceremony for General Dikovic was organised in front of the Ministry of National Defence, where he met with the Chief of...

Promotion of film “A century of the daring ones”

12/03/2012 | News In the House of Guards in Topcider tonight, a projection of the documentary film “A century of the daring ones”, dedicated to the centenary of the Serbian military aviation, was organised. The television audience will have the opportunity to watch this film on 24 December on Channel 1 of the programme of the Serbian Broadcasting Corporation within the formal ceremony to mark the Day of Air Force and Air Defence, and there is also a and DVD in the Serbian and English...

A press conference on the occasion of promotion of the film “The century of the daring ones”

12/03/2012 | News A press conference on the occasion of promotion of the film “The century of the daring ones”, dedicated to the centenary of the Serbian military aviation, has been held today at the Central Military Club. The speakers at the conference were AF&AD Commander Major General Ranko Zivak, author of the film Sladjana Zaric, director Filip Colovic and director of the Military Film Centre “Zastava film” Lieutenant Colonel Mate Vujnovic.

Visit of the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces

11/29/2012 | News The two-day visit of the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces, Brigadier General Andrej Osterman to Serbia, started today by reception at the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces. After short formal talks on bilateral military cooperation, extending words of welcome to the high guest and members of the Slovenian delegation, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces Major General Milan Bjelica pointed out that it had been stated...