Serbia

Newly-elected Serbian President says he is nationalist, but also a democrat

The new elected Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic announced recently that he is a nationalist, but also a democrat and will respect European values. “Probably a lot of time will pass till the western press accepts me and treats me fairly, as during many years they wrote negatively about me,” he …

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Georgian FM thinks understanding with Serbia on Abkhazia can be reached

Georgian Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze commented on recent Serbian President’s remarks on the possible recognition of Abkhazia’s independence: “First of all on this issue I must say that the people of Georgia and Serbia are bounded with the same historical past, Orthodox

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Serbian President will be sworn in on May 30 or 31

Serbia’s new parliament will meet for its inaugural session on May 30 or 31. Tomislav Nikolic will be sworn in as the country’s new president on the same day. When the Serbian parliament meets on May 30 or 31, it will first verify the mandates of the newly elected MPs, …

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Newly elected Serbian President to resign from leader of Serbian Progressive Party

Tomislav Nikolic, the Leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SDS), will resign from chairperson of the party. He promised to step down as head of the party if he will be elected as Serbian President. The Constitution of Serbian allows to the president to also be a member and leader …

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Slovak FM visits Belgrade

Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak visited Belgrade on Thursday as an envoy of EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton. He met with Serbia’s Interior Minister and with newly elected president

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Newly elected Serbia President to visit Moscow

Newly elected President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolic, will visit Moscow on May 26 to attend the congress of Russia’s ruling party, United Russia. He has accepted a long-standing invitation to take part to the congress of Russia’s ruling party. This will be Nikolic’s first visit abroad since he was elected …

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Hague Prosector Serge Brammertz visits Serbia

Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will meet with Serbian officials in charge of cooperation with the court on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Brammertz met with Serbia’s Chief War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević to talk about cooperation in ongoing cases against Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić. After this visit, Brammertz …

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