Former Serbian official amazed at how quickly China develops

STORY: Former Serbian official amazed at how quickly China develops SHOOTING TIME: March 7, 2024 DATELINE: March 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:24 LOCATION: Belgrade CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (SERBIAN): ALEKSANDAR VULIN, Former Serbian interior minister STORYLINE: China has struck an extraordinary balance between economic prosperity and social welfare, Serbia's former interior minister, Aleksandar Vulin, said in an interview with Xinhua, underscoring his admiration for the bilateral cooperation between the two nations. SOUNDBITE (SERBIAN): ALEKSANDAR VULIN, Former Serbian interior minister "China has proven that it can achieve economic success while also taking good care of its people. Every time (I visited China), I was amazed at how quickly the country is developing. Every time, I was amazed at how dedicated the people I talked to are, how dedicated they are to their country, their jobs, and what they do. I always learned something." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Belgrade. (X

Zagreb Burger Festival held in Croatian capital

STORY: Zagreb Burger Festival held in Croatian capital DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:20 LOCATION: Zagreb CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the festival venue and people at the festival 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZRINKA FERINA, Spokesperson of the festival 3. various of chefs preparing burgers 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KARLO VULIN, Owner of "Booogie Lab" burger stall 5. various of people eating burgers 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): PAUL BARDBURY, British visitor STORYLINE: The eighth edition of Zagreb Burger Festival opened on Friday. This event, which attracts thousands of visitors each year, will last 10 days and host 20 food outlets with burgers and other specialties prepared by Croatia's best chefs. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZRINKA FERINA, Spokesperson of the festival "Each year, during the ten days, around 150,000 people come and visit the burger festival. This year is one of the largest. We have 20 stalls here for the visitors to see and try one of the most extravagant burgers in Croa

Serbia, China honor Chinese martyrs killed in NATO bombing

STORY: Serbia, China honor Chinese martyrs killed in NATO bombing DATELINE: May 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: Belgrade CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of representatives of Serbia and China commemorating the Chinese martyrs and condemned NATO's "barbaric act" STORYLINE: Laying wreaths at memorial plaques here dedicated to the three Chinese journalists killed in the NATO bombing of the former Chinese embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999, representatives of Serbia and China on Saturday commemorated the Chinese martyrs and condemned NATO's "barbaric act." Among the officials present at the commemoration were Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin, Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Darija Kisic Tepavcevic, and Tian Yishu, Charge d'affaires of the Chinese embassy in Serbia. "Chinese citizens that laid their lives here, didn't even need to be here, but they chose to do so, in order to share the most difficult and saddest moments with us," Vulin sai

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(220507) -- BELGRADE, May 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin (1st L) gives an interview at the site of the former Chinese embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in Belgrade, Serbia, May 7, 2022. Laying wreaths at memorial plaques here dedicated to the three Chinese journalists killed in the NATO bombing of the former Chinese embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999, representatives of Serbia and China on Saturday commemorated the Chinese martyrs and condemned NATO's "barbaric act." TO GO WITH "Serbia, China honor Chinese martyrs killed in NATO bombing" (Photo by Wang Wei/Xinhua)

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(220507) -- BELGRADE, May 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin (L, front), Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Darija Kisic Tepavcevic (R, front), and Tian Yishu (C, front), Charge d'affaires of the Chinese embassy in Serbia, mourn at memorial plaques dedicated to the three Chinese journalists killed in the NATO bombing of the former Chinese embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999, in Belgrade, Serbia, May 7, 2022. TO GO WITH "Serbia, China honor Chinese martyrs killed in NATO bombing" (Photo by Wang Wei/Xinhua)