Serbia

Bucharest. Belgrade has permanent dialogue with Romanians in Serbian region Timočka Krajina, This is what Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremic said. As an answer to the question whether Serbia allows education and implementation of religious services to be held in Romanian in Timočka Krajina he said protections of …

Bucharest.“Romania is Serbia’s reliable ally”. Thus is what Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremic said in an interview with Eventinenmtul zilei. He was on a visit in Bucharest this week. 130 years since the establishment of Romanian-Serbian diplomatic relations were celebrated during his visit. In reference to the bilateral …

The bill, which now goes to parliament, is a key precondition for Serbia to join the European Union and its visa-free regime. The Serbian government said on Friday it had amended an anti-discrimination bill following requests from key religious communities but that the draft still met international standards. The bill, …

Thirteen Serbs were convicted of war crimes and sentenced to prison on Thursday for the execution-style killings of some 200 Croats — one of the worst massacres of prisoners of war (POWs) during the bloody Balkan conflicts of the 1990s. Serbia’s war crimes court judges handed the maximum 20-year sentence …

Belgrade – Thirteen Serbs were convicted of war crimes Thursday and sentenced to prison for the execution-style killings of some 200 Croats – one of the worst massacres of POWs during the bloody Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, AP reports. Serbia’s war crimes court judges handed the maximum 20 year …

The Serbian government plans to debate the controversial anti-discrimination bill on Friday, and says it will consider some of the changes that religious communities have requested. Branko Ruzic from the Socialist Party of Serbia told B92 he did not expect any problems at today’s cabinet meeting and believed the bill …

Ministers, friends and former colleagues Thursday paid tribute to Serbia’s first democratically elected prime minister Zoran Djindjic, shot in front of his government’s headquarters exactly six years ago, on March 12. Current Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković, other members of his government, as well as former members of Djindjic’s government plced …

BELGRADE, March 12  – Serbia will need $2.0 billion from the International Monetary Fund for 2009 alone and a new three-year loan deal with the lender would mean a lot more money to maintain stability, the central bank governor said on Thursday. In a live interview with B92 radio, governor …

Austrian diplomat Valentin Inzko has been approved by all EU member countries to be the new EU Special Representative, EUSR, for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Inzko now faces Russian scrutiny before he can also be appointed the new High Representative to the country. “The process is still ongoing,” Inzko told Balkan …

Soldiers of the EU’s peacekeeping mission, EUFOR, supported by NATO and local police, began to search a house of a close associate of the war-time Bosnian Serb commander and war-crimes suspect, Ratko Mladic, for material that would help reveal his whereabouts. Around 4:00 am on Thursday, some 60 EUFOR soldiers …