Serbia

The new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, SPC, is scheduled to be elected at a church election assembly, which begins 22 January. The Bishop of Dalmatia Fotije confirmed the information. “All 45 bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church will be invited and will attend the election assembly. If an …

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski during an official visit to Israel welcomed Serbian President Boris Tadic’s offer to mediate in his country’s name row with Greece. “Tadic’s offer is well-intentioned. He is neither the first nor the ast politician who wishes to help. Many have tried and others just expressed …

A memorial service in the village of Kravica, near Bratunac, in eastern Bosnia, today marked the 17th anniversary of the 1993 massacre of 49 Serb villagers. The Bosnian Muslim forces from Srebrenica, led by Naser Orić, attacked the village in January 1993, to kill the villagers and burn their homes.

The Kosovo Albanian government in Priština has “considered Serbian President Boris Tadić’s request to visit Kosovo”, said one of its officials. Deputy PM Ram Manaj said today that they also “decided to allow” for the visit to take place.

Spanish Ambassador to Belgrade Inigo Espana has announced official Madrid’s strong support to Serbia’s EU candidacy. As the country which assumed the six-month EU presidency on January 1, Spain thinks that Serbia’s candidacy should be discussed as soon as possible.

Vuk Jeremić opened the two-day Ambassadors’ Conference in the Palace of Serbia on Monday. The guest of honor at the conference was Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who also addressed the gathering. Jeremić said that the priority of Serbia’s foreign policies in the coming year will be the continuation of …

President Boris Tadić said that Serbia’s foreign policy priorities are the EU, the country’s sovereignty, regional cooperation and economic diplomacy. Tadić addressed the Ambassadors’ Conference in Belgrade on Tuesday and said that the success of Serbia’s foreign policies is an articulation of relations with big world powers such as Russia, …

Serbian international law expert Tibor Varadi says the ICJ will “probably consider Croatia’s genocide lawsuit against Serbia and Serbia’s countersuit in the same proceedings”. “I think the most rational and logical thing is to have joint proceedings, because the suits deal with the same period and the same series of …

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic will be the first member of Socialist Party of Serbia, SPS, to attend the traditional National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. The press attache to the American Embassy in Belgrade, Brian Stimler, confirmed that a diplomatic A1 visa has been issued to Dacic.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou came to Belgrade on Monday to voice his support for Serbia’s and the Western Balkans’ integration into the EU, citing 2014 as a possible target date. According to the Greek news agency ANA, Papandreou noted that his presence in Belgrade is a signal for an …