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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 »Macedonia Marks Ohrid Accord Anniversary
Macedonia is marking eight years since the signing of the 2001 Ohrid Peace Accord, which put an end to a six month ethnic Albanian insurgency. The central ceremony marking the anniversary will be held in the winter resort of Mavrovo, situated near the north-western town of Tetovo, a focal point …
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 »Za borbu protiv krize dali 39 miliona evra
SARAJEVO, BiH Evropska unija odobrila je jučer 39 miliona eura vrijedan paket finansijske pomoći BiH za prevazilaženje posljedica finansijske krize. Delegacija Evropske komisije u BiH saopćila je da će odobrena bespovratna sredstva biti iskorištena za finansiranje velikih infrastrukturnih projekata. “Evropska komisija usvojila je program čiji je cilj da BiH pomogne …
Read More »New NATO chief to visit Kosovo
KOSOVO New NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is set to make his first official trip Thursday to Kosovo, where he hopes to gradually diminish the alliance presence to a small reaction force or pull out completely. Rasmussen is expected to hold meetings with Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu, Prime Minister Hashim …
Read More »EU approves € 39 million financial crisis response package for Bosnia and Herzegovina
BiH Today the European Commission adopted a programme to help Bosnia and Herzegovina to mitigate the impacts of the financial and economic crisis. The € 39 grant finance will support the development of small and medium sized enterprises and provide significant investment in infrastructure in the transport, environment, and energy …
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 …
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