Serbia

SERBIA Leading a delegation to the UN General Assembly, Serbian President Boris Tadic says Belgrade is seeking closer ties with the US. AT the start of its trip, the Serbian delegation met representatives of the Serbian diaspora, Senator George Voinovich, Ohio governor Ted Strickland and Ohio National Guard Commander Gregory …

KOSOVO Serbians would not accept Montenegrins to be mentioned in Kosovo’s Constitution, leader of Self-determination Movement Albin Kurti said. He noted despite Serbians in Kosovo are 6% of the population they can impose veto on political decisions mentioned in the Constitution. “Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu and the Prime Minister Hacim …

SERBIA President Boris Tadić says the state will react to all forms of violence in the streets of Belgrade and will not allow an atmosphere of chaos to be created. Tadić fiercely condemned the barbaric behavior of sport fans and assaults on foreign nationals in previous days, adding that the …

SERBIA Serbia is fully cooperating with the Hague and is doing its utmost to bring the last two fugitives before the Hague, says the National Council for Cooperation. “The government’s position is clear. As soon as Hague fugitives Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić are located, if they are in Serbia, …

SERBIA Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić says that Serbia could submit its EU membership application before the end of the year, during the Swedish EU presidency. Jeremić said that, for Serbia, submitting the application was “strategically important, vital and crucial, and that it would draw a line under the international debate …

KOSOVO EULEX wants to reach an agreement with the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) giving the mission access to all police information, writes Priština daily Koha Ditore. “EULEX wants to establish a permanent system that would allow it to make non-stop, ad hoc requests for access to the Kosovo police’s information,” …

Biljana Plavšić is well and is delighted with the Hague’s decision to release her on October 27, says Republic of Srpska PM Milorad Dodik after visiting her. Stating that they had discussed a number of issues, Dodik said yesterday that Plavšić needed rest and rehabilitation after all the years that …

SERBIA, ALBANIA The War Crimes Prosecution has lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court over the verdicts in the 1999 Suva Reka war crimes case. The Supreme Court has been called on to quash the War Crimes Chamber’s decision to acquit Radoslav Mitrović, Nenad Jovanović and Zoran Petković, and to …

A total of 76 “political subjects”, non-attached candidates, civil initiatives and coalitions have registered for the upcoming local elections in Kosovo, scheduled for November 15. Elections Commission chairperson Miradie Mavrici informed that the competition at the local elections will go among 37 Albanian, 21 Serbian, 7 Bosnian, 3 Turkish, 2 …

SERBIA Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic has said that unresolved issues remain five years after an agreement of five former Yugoslav states took effect. A two-day meeting of representatives of the five successor states – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia – has started in Belgrade.