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A Belgrade based far right group has requested that all the country’s NGOs and media funded from abroad, including BIRN, be labelled as “foreign agents”, based on a Russian model.On Friday, the Serbian far-right movement “SNP Nasi” called on the authorities to pass a law that would label all NGOs …
Read More »Serbian Judges Receive Death Threats
The Serbian Constitutional Court has received a letter with death threats addressed to the court’s judges and their families.An unknown group sent on Thursday a letter to the Serbian Constituational Court threatening to kill its 11 judges. “Based on the findings and declarations, the world’s pan-Serb alliance in defence of …
Read More »Russia, Serbia Criticise the ICTY before the UN
At a meeting of the UN Security Council, Russia and Serbia slammed the recent Hague Tribunal acquittals while the ICTY Chief Prosecutor praised the cooperation with the countries in the region.Speaking on Wednesday at the bi annual meeting of the UN Security Council on work of the UN war crime …
Read More »Nikolic Honours Serbia’s Foreign Friends
Serbia’s President has rewarded sympathetic international public figures with special merits as part of celebrations ahead of Serbia’s Statehood Day on February 15.President Nikolic has bestowed the Sretenje medal, second class, on the US lawyer Ramsey Clark for his public and humanitarian work, according to the latest Official Gazette. Clark …
Read More »NATO Ambassador’s Suicide Stuns Serbia
Prime Minister expresses sorrow over the shock death of the ambassador to NATO, Branislav Milinkovic, who was reported to have killed himself in Brussels on Tuesday.Serbia’s Prime Minister on Wednesday expressed his sorrow about the death of the country’s NATO ambassador who committed suicide in Brussels on Tuesday. Media reports …
Read More »Serbian State to Quit Managing Public Firms
Ruling coalition has proposed changes to the law on public companies, obliging the state to withdraw from day-to-day management of public enterprises.Mladjan Dinkic, Finance Minister, told parliament on Tuesday that amendments to the Public Companies Law envisage the state withdrawing from company management roles.
Read More »Kosovo, Serbia Leaders Set For Third Meeting
Future of Serb-run north and implementing a deal on control of the borders are likely to dominate talks in Brussels between Hashim Thaci and Ivica Dacic.The Prime Ministers of Kosovo and Serbia are to meet on Tuesday for the third time in Brussels with the EU’s High Representative for Foreign …
Read More »Kosovo Serbs Protest Again Over Border Deal
About a hundred Kosovo Serbs rallied at Jarinje to protest over a border deal that they say implies recognition of Kosovo’s independence.Up to a hundred Serbs staged a protest on Tuesday at the Jarinje, crossing point between Kosovo and Serbia against the planned implementation of an agreement on Integrated Border …
Read More »Start Date for EU-Serbia Talks Recommended
The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday urged the European Council to “set a date for opening accession talks with Serbia” as soon as possible.The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has advised the European Council to give Belgrade a start date for membership talks.”Serbia has never been closer to …
Read More »Serbia Wants ICTY Convicts in Local Prisons
Serbia will reiterate its request that the Hague Tribunal allows its citizens, who are convicted before this court, to serve their sentences in the country.According to the Head of Serbian National Council for Cooperation with the ICTY, Rasim Ljajic, Serbia is already negotiating this issue with the ICTY. “The final …
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