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BELGRADE, Serbia Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic says that a draft protocol for cooperation between Serbian police and the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, has been completed, daily Politika reports Monday. “It is in our best interests to stop crime in our territory […] and that is …
Read More »Serb War Crimes Suspect Detained
A Serb suspected of having played a part in the destruction of the League of Prizren house in 1999 has been remanded in custody for 30 days. Goran Vuckovic was charged with the war crime and threatening behaviour, following his arrest on Tuesday. The house where the League of Prizren …
Read More »Local elections in two Kosovo municipalities
BELGRADE, Serbia The Serbian government has called early local elections for Sunday in two municipalities in Kosovo, reports said on Wednesday. Voters will cast their ballots for municipal authorities of Priština, which have been dislocated to Gračanica, and Peć, moved to Goraždevac.
Read More »Serbia to Uncover Mass Graves
The Serbian Justice Ministry has announced that a state commission will be formed by September to mark out uncovered mass graves from 1944-46, daily Danas reported Thursday. The graves are thought to contain victims of Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito’s Partisans. “The forming of this commission is good for our …
Read More »Serbian Government Denies Guantanamo Allegations
Serbian government officials deny that they discussed the possibility of transferring Guantanamo detainees to Serbia’s Zabela prison. “The Serbian government did not discuss receiving prisoners from the US-controlled Guantanamo prison in Cuba to the special ward of the Zabela Correction Facility near the town of Pozarevac,” the director of the …
Read More »Deficit increase as temporary solution
BELGRADE, Serbia The IMF’s approval for increasing the budget deficit, which the government is hopeful of, is only a short-term solution for the economy. The government is ready to ask the International Monetary Fund to allow an increase budget deficit, but it is well aware that it will have to …
Read More »KPS arrest “Serb war crimes suspect”
PRIŠTINA, Kosovo Kosovo police, KPS, spokesman Arber Beka said last night its members arrested a Serb “suspected of having committed war crimes in Kosovo”. This morning, he said that the Serb, “whose surname is Vučković” was arrested in Prizren. The spokesman specified that the suspect was born in 1973 and …
Read More »War veterans in open letter to Tadić
LESKOVAC, Kosovo Kosovo war veterans from Leskovac in southern Serbia are asking for a meeting with President Boris Tadić, reports said today. They wish to meet with Tadić by August 25, in order to solve the problems regarding the wages owned to them by the state. The former Yugoslav Army …
Read More »500 years of Krušedol monastery
KRUŠEDOL, Serbia The Serbian Orthodox Krušedol monastery on Mt. Fruška Gora is marking five centuries since its foundation. The anniversary will be celebrated with holy liturgies and a church and folk assembly. Metropolitan of Montenegro and Littoral Amfilohije and 14 bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) served a liturgy …
Read More »Government stopped distribution of another 100 state flats
BELGRADE, Serbia Apart from 288 flats purchased at prices below market value during mandate of Vojislav Kostunica, another 100 flats are in the process of purchase. For 212 flats the users have not submit request for purchase. Serbia Government is to decide what shall happen with the remaining 312 state …
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