Eurasia Press & News
VIENNA, Austria – Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said on Monday (March 30th) he does not expect his country’s Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU to be implemented any time soon. It hinges on arresting war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic. At a meeting with Austrian counterpart Michael Spindelegger …
Read More »Serbia: White List “Feasible” by End of Year
The Serbian government has done its utmost to enact necessary laws for Serbia to accede to the Schengen “white list” by the end of 2009, says the European Integration Office. European Integration Office Director Milica Delevic told B92 that a special migration management strategy and three action plans were required …
Read More »Djukanovic Calls for Better Relations with Serbia
Montenegro Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic has said that relations between Serbia and Montenegro are not satisfactory, but that there is scope for improving them. He told B92 he was ready to work on establishing a quality relationship, provided Belgrade displayed the same willingness. Djukanovic said cooperation between Serbia and Montenegro …
Read More »New Serbian Parliament Building Inaugurated
Deputies in Serbia’s Parliament will meet for the first time today in their new chamber, the renovated Hall of the National Parliament in Nikola Pasic Square. The chamber has been restored to its 1936 appearance. President of Parliament Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic said deputies would first take part in a series of …
Read More »Tax Proposals Provoke Uproar in Serbia
Trade Minister Slobodan Milosavljevic told a B92 TV talk show last night that a new solidarity tax which has caused public uproar could be introduced but is “only one of the measures considered”. Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic, in the presence of International Monetary Fund representatives, announced that the government had …
Read More »Interpol says war crimes suspect held in Kenya not Ratko Mladic
PARIS, France/NAIROBI, Kenya – Interpol said on Friday (March 27th) that a man arrested in Kenya on suspicion of war crimes in former Yugoslavia did not have the fingerprints of former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic. Police in Kenya released the detainee on Friday, saying he was a Croatian national …
Read More »Brammertz discusses Serbia’s co-operation with ICTY in Belgrade talks
BELGRADE Serbia – Hague war crimes tribunal (ICTY) Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz expressed his satisfaction with Serbia’s efforts to co-operate fully with the ICTY during his talks on Friday (March 27th) with War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic. The meeting between Brammertz and Vukcevic was “extremely successful and efficient”, said Bruno …
Read More »EC envoy says Serbia unlikely to start accession talks this year
BELGRADE, Serbia – It is unlikely that Serbia can start EU accession talks this year, the head of the European Commission (EC) Delegation to Belgrade, Josep Lloveras, said on Friday (March 27th). Overall, the process required to start those talks could last around 10-12 months, so it is practically impossible …
Read More »Serbia’s Albanians Return to Peace Group
Ethnic Albanian officials in south Serbia have signed an agreement paving the way for their return to a peace coordination body set up in the tense region after the 2000-20001 conflict. Ethnic Albanian representatives rejoined the Serbian government’s Coordination Body for South Serbia, and the agreement was signed by Riza …
Read More »Kosovo War Veterans in Peace Plea to Serbs
Kosovo Liberation Army Veterans have sent a letter to Serbian war veterans pledging for peace, good neighbour relations and urging all to refrain from nationalist rhetoric. “Your organisation foresees the preservation of “Ethnic Serbia” borders, while you know that 90 percent of the population in Kosovo are Albanians,” reads the …
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