Serbia

Second round of Serbian Presidential elections to be held on May 20

The second round of presidential elections in Serbia has started a day after Democrat leader Boris Tadic won the largest percentage of votes in the first round, on 26.7 per cent, closely followed by the Progressives’ Tomislav Nikolic who won 25.5 per cent. Tadic and Nikolic therefore will go into …

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon raised concerns over Kosovo tensions

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon says that vandalism, threats and attacks on facilities of the Serbian Orthodox Church are on the rise in Kosovo, which could make difficult the on-progress Belgrade-Pristina dialogue. In his latest report, the UN chief says the number of crimes against minority

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Police arrested several people in South Serbia for 1990 Kosovo war crimes

The Serbian police arrested on Friday morning several people who are suspected they have committed war crimes during the Kosovo conflict in the 1990s. The arrests were made in Bujanovac and surrounding villages in south Serbia, an area with predominantly Albanian population. Most of the arrested persons are former members …

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German and Swedish FMs urged Serbia to remain committed to its EU road

German and Swedish Foreign Ministers hailed in Berlin an agreement on holding of the Serbian elections in Kosovo. Guido Westerwelle and Carl Bildt also urged Serbia to remain committed to its EU road. “The people in Serbia need to make their own decision,” Bildt stressed commenting the upcoming elections in …

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