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Former Yugoslav Army commander Nebojsa Pavkovic and deputy prime minsiter Nikola Sainovic said at their Hague Tribunal appeal that they are not guilty of murder and persecution of Kosovo Albanians during the 1999 conflict. The two have been sentenced in 2009 to 22 years of jail each for deportation, murder …

After Dutch scientific analysis showed that 70 per cent of Serbian milk samples were contaminated with aflatoxin, the Belgrade government announced that contaminated milk will be destroyed.About 70 per cent of milk samples from Serbia contained aflatoxin M1 in levels higher than the EU limit, while the levels of contaminant …

Feeling stressed or not sleeping? No wonder. Noise levels in Belgrade are now up to 30 per cent higher than the limit allows.Noise levels in the capital were above the permitted levels at all 35 measured locations and at 18 the noise level was constantly above the recommended level, Belgrade’s …

Greece on Friday said it was in favour of Kosovo joining the EU and boosted its economic collaboration with Pristina, despite not yet having recognised the Balkan country’s independence. “There are varying opinions regarding the status of

EU foreign affairs head Catherine Ashton will meet Serbian and Kosovo leaders next week for further talks on normalising relations between the two sides. Ashton will first meet Serb President Tomislav Nikolic, Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and the deputy premier in Brussels on Monday, a statement said Friday.

Tomislav Nikolic has handed a posthumous award to the late Hugo Chavez for his contribution to strengthening relations between Serbia and Venezuela.Tomislav Nikolic on March 6 awarded Venezuela’s late President, Hugo Chavez, with the Order of the Republic of Serbia. Nikolic honoured Chavez for “developing and strengthening peaceful cooperation and …

The retired general who commanded Dutch peacekeepers in the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica when Bosnian Serb fighters overran the town and massacred some 8,000 Muslim men won’t be prosecuted for involvement in the slayings, authorities announced Thursday.

General Momcilo Perisic, acquitted of war crimes by the Hague Tribunal last week, could now be prosecuted for spying for the United States after he returned to Serbia.Perisic’s trial for passing state secrets to US will be scheduled as soon as the Hague Tribunal officially confirms he was acquitted of …

Deputy PM Vucic says the ruling Serbian Progressive Party will propose a cabinet reshuffle based on an assessment of the work of all government ministers – and some will have to go.Aleksandar Vucic, the deputy Prime Minister and leader of ruling Progressive Party, said his party will assess the work …

A new survey suggests that a considerable majority of Serbian citizens, however reluctantly, accept that Kosovo is now an independent country.A new poll shows that about 63 per cent of Serbian citizens accept that Kosovo is in practice an independent state – and that Serbia can only fight now to …