28.04.2011.
Odbrana brings to you
After discussions of the Slovenian defense minister to Serbia , Sutanovac said the visit was a historic one because this was the first visit by the Slovenian Minister of Defence to Serbia. This visit also confirmed the political support for cooperation in defense industry, while the patterns of economic interest would be thoroughly considered .
Adopting the Memorandum on protecting human rights of armed forces in Belgrade ended a two-day international conference of ombudsman for the armed forces. Protecting the rights of armed forces in multinational operations and review of forms of unions within the military organizations to achieve their economic and social rights were the dominant topics of the conference, and Serbia has confirmed the institutional willingness to protect the rights of "citizens in uniform".Sasa Jankovic, Ombudsman of the Republic of Serbia, said that the members of the Serbian forces, responsible use of the right to join trade unions, who do not have members of all European armies, maintain the trust and to achieve its basic purpose - to provide better representation of themselves, participate in social dialogue and negotiation with the employer on working conditions and their social and economic rights.
The conference of military medical services of the countries of the South Eastern Europe was held in Belgrade The conference aims to review the capacity of military medical services of participating countries to agree on their joint participation in the event of accidents and disasters when more countries should respond.
Brigadier General Dragan Vladisavljevic, deputy director of Military Intelligence Agency, in an interview to Odbrana says that joint efforts in intensifying the exchange of intelligence info at the regional level means implementing a new paradigm - "the need to share", instead of the previous "the need to know). Cooperation and respect of foreign partners we are contributing to the preservation of a favorable security environment and improving relations with neighboring and most influential countries, said General Vladisavljevic.
The City Council of Novi Pazar awarded the annual plaque to the Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac for his contribution in establishing cooperation between this city and the SAF. The decision reached and adopted at a formal meeting on the occasion of celebrating 550 years of the existence of the city of Novi Pazar.
The filming of the TV "Military Academy" has started. This is a project supported by the Ministry of Defence, which strives to depict the lives and work of today’s cadets, officers and noncommissioned officers of the Serbian forces.
In the recent campaign of cleaning the Morava River the members of the Fourth Brigade. Also participated in the campaign- I want to thank everyone involved in the action, especially members of the Army of Serbia. Our goal is to take action into a real fight against the waste that marring the nature of Serbia - said Minister Oliver Dulic, at the start of the campaign in Vranje.
The infantry battalion of the Fourth Brigade in the military base “JUG” and the Nis 63rd parachute battalion tested the new camouflage uniforms M-10, including the jumper suit, which is intended for special units. Based on their assessment, final changes will be made to the uniform, after which the new uniform will enter production.
The exhibition of the collection of the Art Gallery "Nadezda Petrovic" from Cacak in the gallery of the SAF Central Military Club confirms the fact that the Serbian (post) modernist, avant-garde, realistic and fantastic art scene ranks as one of the smallest yet most valuable in the world, and its artistic contribution to world heritage is probably more significant than of all others in the national culture.
The new article series – the Life and Work of Mihajlo Pupin. Without his inventions, in which, the scientific achievements of other inventors were incorporated over time, the world would certainly be a different place today. Modern information technology, computers and the Internet are based on the discoveries and practical inventions of Mihajlo Pupin, who struggled as a shepherd to become a world renowned scientist." He had remained strongly attached to Serbia until his death and, especially, his home in Idvor.
The Military Academy sailing team participated in the prestigious regatta in Livorno in Italy where they finished eighth in the world and fourth in the classification of countries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Given the conditions in which they had trained, this result is a real accomplishment.
