Eurasia Press & News
The Serbian government has set up a commission to investigate the unsolved murders of reporters.The Serbian government set up a commission on Thursday to assess the state of investigations into the killings of journalists in Serbia. The initiator of the move, Veran Matic, editor-in-chief of the broadcaster B92, believes that …
Read More »Time Up For Serbia’s Largest Rakija Producer
The largest producer of the traditional beverage NAVIP in Serbia and in the Balkans has closed after 84 years, another victim of the economic crisis in the region.Miroljub Spasojevic, director of the NAVIP factory, said the remaining 20 workers stopped coming to work on Monday, as the company that produced …
Read More »Serbian Red Star Chief Quits Following Tussle
After chairing Serbia’s prestigious Red Star football club for only a month, Dragan Dzajic, a football legend, resigned on Wednesday following a physical altercation with Nebojsa Covic, the club’s vice-president. It is not clear exactly why the incident occurred, but media reports said that Miodrag Zecevic, the club’s secretary, had …
Read More »Serbia’s Balkan Channel Ambitions Questioned
As the Serbian government mulls involving the Chinese in building a river channel from Belgrade to Thessaloniki, opposition parties and some experts have dubbed it unrealistic.Milan Bacevic, Serbia’s Urban Planning Minister, has travelled to China to start preliminary talks on building a channel running from Belgrade to Thessaloniki in northern …
Read More »Serbian Bosniaks Seek Opt-Out From Saint’s Day
Muslims in southwest Serbia say schools in their region should not feel pressured to celebrate the day of St Sava, the patron saint of Serbian schoolchildren and a heroic figure to Serbs.Mustafa Fetic, head of the educational board of the Bosniak National Council, which represents the country’s Muslim minority, says …
Read More »Serbia Elects New Anti-Corruption Chief
Tatjana Babic, the new head of Serbia’s Anti-Corruption Agency, says there will be no untouchable people in the fight against graft. Serbia’s Anti-Corruption Agency has elected its former acting director, Tatjana Babic, as head of the regulatory body. “As Tatjana Babic has particular experience and a good knowledge of the …
Read More »Kosovo, Serbian Presidents May Meet Soon
Atifete Jahjaga and Tomislav Nikolic are likely to meet in February or March, the office of the Kosovo President has confirmed.Ramush Tahiri, political advisor to the President of Kosovo, told Kosovo’s public broadcaster on January 21 that Atifete Jahjaga is likely to meet her Serbian counterpart, Tomislav Nikolic, late in …
Read More »Last Yugoslav King’s Remains Return to Serbia
King Peter II, who was ousted during WWII and died in 1970, will be reburied in his home country.“The remains of the Peter the Second were exhumed from St. Sava Monastery Church at Libertyville in the United States last week and will arrive at Belgrade airport on Tuesday,” the Karadjordjevic …
Read More »Petition Demands Serbian UN President’s Firing
Campaigners launched an online petition to dismiss Vuk Jeremic, the President of the UN General Assembly, after a Serb nationalist song was performed at the UN.”Vuk Jeremic should be removed so he cannot use UN platform to spread hate,” reads the petition, which so far has more than 3,500 supporters. …
Read More »Serbia Albanians Protest Monument’s Removal
Protesters rallied in the town of Presevo on Monday after Serbian police moved in to remove a monument to ethnic Albanian fighters.Several thousand ethnic Albanians rallied on Monday in Presevo in southern Serbia following Belgrade’s removal of a controversial monument dedicated to Albanian guerrillas. Demonstrators at the peaceful hour-long rally …
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