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The EU has earmarked 9 million euros for projects aimed at implementing a national plan for supporting refugees and internally displaced persons, IDPs, in Serbia. Josep Lloveras, head of the European Commission delegation to Serbian, yesterday told media that helping IDPs and refugees was a vital initiative, especially during the …
Read More »Serbia formally requests Bulgaria to extradite Ceku
Serbia, citing a 1960 bilateral agreement, has filed a formal request to Bulgaria for the extradition of Agim Ceku, the former Kosovo prime minister arrested at the Macedonian – Bulgarian border because of an Interpol warrant issued at the request of Belgrade that wants him on war crimes charges. In …
Read More »Serbs Send Nuclear Fuel to Russia, Citing Security
Serbia plans to ship thousands of kilograms of spent nuclear fuel to Russia as it seeks to avert security threats and decommission a research reactor, a government official said on Tuesday. The Vinca Nuclear Institute, 17 km (11 miles) southeast of Belgrade, will ship 2.5 tonnes of spent fuel rods …
Read More »Tadic Visit Strains Bosnia-Serbia relations
The recent visit of Serbian President Boris Tadic to Banja Luka, the seat of the Bosnian Serb leadership, continues to draw strong criticism from other Bosnian leaders. “Tadic is reneging on the Dayton agreement,” leader of the strongest Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) Party of Democratic Action, SDA, Sulejman Tihic, said in …
Read More »Kosovo: EULEX condemns Serb roadblocks
The EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo has condemned the use of roadblocks by local Serbs, who are attempting to stop EULEX custom officers from working in the north of the country. Roadblocks were erected on Monday and Tuesday on the roads leading to Gates 1 and 31 in northern Kosovo, …
Read More »Serbia War Crimes Court Sentences Croat Serb
Serbia’s war Crimes Court on Tuesday sentenced a Croatian Serb to 20 years in prison for killing Croat prisoners of war in the eastern Croatian city of Vukovar in 1991. Damir Sireta, alias Sico, was indicted for taking part in the killing of some 200 Croatian soldiers and civilians at …
Read More »Serbia Stands Against West in Bosnia
Serbian President Boris Tadic has issued a strong statement of support for the Bosnian Serb leadership in a joint condemnation of Bosnia’s top western envoy, who has moved to abolish a Bosnian Serb declaration challenging his powers. Bosnian Serb leaders continue to contemplate their response to Bosnia’s High Representative Valentin …
Read More »Serbia rejects partial implementation of trade accord
BELGRADE, Serbia Serbia rejects any partial implementation of the interim trade accord it signed with the EU, as proposed by the Netherlands and Belgium last week. Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic insisted late on Saturday (June 20th) that such a solution would be “inadequate” and warned it is dangerous …
Read More »Serbia: Passports for Kosovo Residents
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic has announced that the country’s new biometric passports will be offered to all residents of Kosovo, stressing that the decision is technical, rather than political in nature. Late Sunday evening, Jeremic appeared on the local B92 Television station and announced that Serbia would be placed …
Read More »European leaders back Western Balkans’ integration
BELGRADE, Serbia Presidents of fourteen Central and Southeast European countries voiced strong support Friday (June 19th) for the Western Balkans’ integration into the EU and its visa liberalisation process, media reported. Attending a two-day summit in the northern town of Novi Sad, the leaders stressed the entire region’s future depends …
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