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Greek PM calls for compromise in Kosovo, Tanjug
May 1, 2008 on 7:09 am | In Economy, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
ATHENS — Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis says that his country has always favored an agreement on the Kosovo issue over a policy of fait accompli. Karamanlis said that any decisions Greek made in future would be based on a detailed and overall analysis of the situation, media in Greece reported on Wednesday. The Greek prime minister […]
Kosovo announces new passports, Sofia Echo
May 1, 2008 on 7:08 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
Kosovo announced it would issue new passports and other personal documents to replace those issued by UNMIK in the last nine years, New Kosova Report news agency said on May 1. Printing of the new documents was said to start as early as July 2008. The documents would have the highest security standards in the region, New […]
Croat, Hungarian most wanted Nazi, killed 1000 Serbs, Jews, Associated Press
May 1, 2008 on 7:07 am | In News in English | No Comments
The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s list of 10 most wanted Nazis, as of April 1, 2008. It was released Wednesday: 1. Dr. Aribert Heim, whereabouts unknown: Indicted in Germany on charges he murdered hundreds of inmates at Mauthausen concentration camp, where he was camp doctor. Disappeared in 1962, before planned prosecution. 2. John Demjanjuk, in United States: Ukrainian […]
Western pressures on Serbia and the Alternatives, Serbianna
May 1, 2008 on 7:06 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 2 Comments
By Boba Borojevic April 30, 2008 The government of Serbia underwent a period of severe crisis following the unilateral declaration of independence by the Albanian leaders in its southern province of Kosovo and Metohija on February 17. Three weeks later Prime Minister Kostunica called early parliamentary elections, thus acknowledging the collapse of the coalition government over disagreements […]
Will South Stream push EU off course?, FOCUS News Agency
May 1, 2008 on 7:04 am | In Economy, News in English | 1 Comment
Greece became the latest country to deal a blow to Nabucco, the gas pipeline favoured by the EU and the US, after it signed up to Russia’s South Stream project, European Voice announced. One by one, Russia is picking off the countries, which lie between the Black Sea and its main energy markets in Western Europe. In […]
UN experts investigate March violence in Kosovo, Xinhua
May 1, 2008 on 7:03 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
PRISTINA, Apr 30, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) — A team of United Nations experts has started investigations into the violent clashes that rocked northern Kosovo in March, a spokesman for the UN mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) said on Wednesday. “The UN investigation team is conducting interviews at this time and a report will be […]
NATO Begins Revising Kosovo Security Operations, AFP
May 1, 2008 on 7:00 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 1 Comment
BRUSSELS (AFP)–The North Atlantic Treaty Organization launched Wednesday a revision of its security operations in Kosovo in response to developments in the former Serbian province since it declared independence, a spokesman said. The move, launched by ambassadors in Brussels, was made to adapt NATO’s 17,000-strong KFOR mission to the “evolution of the situation on the ground […]
Radicals: Ratify SAA in extraordinary session, B92
May 1, 2008 on 6:57 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
BELGRADE, ŠABAC — The Serb Radical Party (SRS) has urged a session of the parliament to give lawmakers a chance to ratify the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA). Nikolić meets his party’s supporters in Šabac yesterday (Tanjug) The deputy party leader Tomislav Nikolić Wednesday called on Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica’s Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) […]
Serbia press exposes rifts on EU, BBC
May 1, 2008 on 6:56 am | In Economy, In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
Serbian President Boris Tadic has faced criticism over the EU agreement Whether a victory or a “betrayal of Serbia”, Belgrade’s pre-membership deal with the EU is revealed by Serbia’s press as deeply divisive both for its political establishment and its people. Most dailies focus on the divisions between pro-Western President Boris Tadic and his Prime Minister, […]
Bosnia angered by signing of EU-Serbia deal, EU Observer
May 1, 2008 on 6:55 am | In News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
By Elitsa Vucheva The signing of a pre-accession deal between the EU and Serbia has been criticised by Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has so far not had the privilege of being offered a similar deal. “Although the practice of the EU is to insist on fulfilment of all the requirements needed for deepening relations with potential member […]
UN prosecutors to appeal war crimes acquittal of Kosovo’s ex-Premier Haradinaj, Associated Press
May 1, 2008 on 6:52 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A U.N. spokeswoman says prosecutors plan to appeal the acquittal of Kosovo’s former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. Yugoslav war crimes tribunal spokeswoman Olga Kavran says details of the grounds of appeal are to be released Friday. The U.N. court acquitted Haradinaj April 3 of the 1998 murder, torture and rape of Serbs […]
Entire Russian humanitarian aid shipment arrives in Kosovo, Government of Serbia
May 1, 2008 on 6:50 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
Kosovska Mitrovica, April 30, 2008 – Red Cross secretary in Kosovo-Metohija Dragisa Murganic said that the entire shipment of Russian humanitarian aid arrived in Kosovo-Metohija today. In a statement to the news agency Tanjug, Murganic said that food products arrived today and the aid was distributed to all Red Cross centres in the province. He recalled that […]
Fiat signs Serbia deal on investment and new cars, Reuters
May 1, 2008 on 6:44 am | In Economy, In Focus, News in English | No Comments
By Ivana Sekularac BELGRADE (Reuters) - Italy’s Fiat is teaming up with Serbia to invest 700 million euros ($1.09 billion) to produce two new car models in local carmaker Zastava’s plant in the town of Kragujevac. Serbian officials said Fiat would own 70 percent of the joint venture. “Fiat plans to start production of one new model by […]
Anniversary of Croatian attack on Serbs, B92
May 1, 2008 on 6:41 am | In In Focus, News in English | No Comments
BELGRADE — Today marks the 13th anniversary of the so-called Operation Flash, which the Croatian army mounted in western Slavonia. The result was a large number of ethnic Serb civilian casualties, while 30,000 were forced to leave their homes. The two-day assault started with artillery fire on Pakrac. According to the Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, […]
U.S. terror report mentions witness intimidation in Kosovo, B92
May 1, 2008 on 6:39 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
WASHINGTON — Serbia cooperated with the U.S. on a wide range of terrorism issues, a report says. The United States State Department Country Reports on Terrorism released yesterday, also says that although Serbia joined the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the bilateral Weapons of Mass Destruction Agreement, signed in 2006, has not yet been ratified. “Failure […]
Kosovo and Macedonia sign demarcation protocol but complications remain, IBRU News (Durham University)
May 1, 2008 on 6:37 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
On 18 April 2008 representatives from Kosovo and Macedonia signed a protocol on boundary demarcation, but serious complications remain. The leaders of the respective demarcation commissions Bekim Collaku, representing the Republic of Kosova (Kosovo), and Todor Nanev from Macedonia signed the protocol in Skopje and announced that the demarcation process would be concluded within one […]
“Kosovo not condition for EU”, B92
May 1, 2008 on 6:26 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 1 Comment
BELGRADE — Mlađan Dinkić says even without ratification of the SAA in EU states, Serbia can still achieve candidate status and enter the Schengen White List by the end of the year. The G17 Plus leader told B92’s Poligraf that signing the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) was the first step towards the country’s EU membership, […]
Kostunica threatens to annul SAA, MakFax
May 1, 2008 on 6:22 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
Tuesday’s signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) between Serbia and the European Union triggered diametrically opposite reactions among Serbian public. In a number of towns across Serbia, President Boris Tadic’s supporters celebrated the signing of SAA, which puts Serbia on the track to EU membership. The outgoing Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, on the other hand, […]
Funkcionalno odvajanje Srba na Kosovu - neminovnost, Tanjug
May 1, 2008 on 6:05 am | У Вести на српском, Косово и Метохија | Нема коментара
Srpski premijer Vojislav Koštunica izjavio je u Jagodini da je “funkcionalno odvajanje Srba na Kosovu i Metohiji neminovnost” i da će se o tome pregovarati sa UNMIK-om, ma koliko ti pregovori teško tekli. “Do nekog rešenja mora se doći, jer vidimo da su se zapravo i oni najmoćniji u međunarodnoj zajednici kojima je svaka voda bila […]
Инфлација обећања, НИН
May 1, 2008 on 5:38 am | У Вести на српском, Економија | Нема коментара
Демократска странка гарантује двеста хиљада радних места у наредне четири године, ДСС на тих двеста додаје још сто хиљада које ће запослити гасовод, СРС не нуди Велику Србију већ малу привреду, ЛДП би да уведе евро а СПС обећава све бесплатно Након првог дела изборне кампање у коме су се бирале стран(к)е и расправљало да ли […]
Zastava i Fijat potpisali Memorandum o razumevanju, Tanjug
May 1, 2008 on 5:36 am | У Вести на српском, Економија | Нема коментара
Ministar ekonomije Mlađan Dinkić i potpredsednik “Fijata” Afredo Altavila potpisali su juče u Beogradu Memorandum o razumevanju, strateškoj saradnji i zajedničkom ulaganju. Memorandum predviđa formiranje zajedničke kompanije, u kojoj bi ”Fijat” imao 70 odsto, a država Srbija 30 odsto vlasništva. .banner_text_link{ text-align: right } .banner_text_link a{ font-size: 12px; color: #ccc } .banner_text_link a span{ font-size: 10px; } .banner_text_link […]
SAD: JAČANJE RUSKIH MIROVNIH SNAGA DESTABILIZOVAĆE REGION, RTS
May 1, 2008 on 5:33 am | У Вести на српском | Нема коментара
SAD su ocenile da bi ruski plan za jačanje mirovnog kontingenta u otcepljenim gruzijskim republikama Južnoj Osetiji i Abhaziji mogao da destabilizuje čitav region. ‘Izvesno je da neki od koraka koje je preduzela Rusija, u okviru jačanja snaga duž granice, mogu da destabilizuju region’, izjavio je sinoć portparol Stejt departmenta Šon Mekormak. On je izrazio nadu da […]
Parastos žrtvama “Bljeska” u crkvi Sv. Marka, Tanjug
May 1, 2008 on 5:30 am | У Вести на српском | Нема коментара
U crkvi Svetog Marka u Beogradu u četvrtak je održan parastos žrtvama zločina hrvatskih snaga u zapadnoj Slavoniji, kada je za samo 36 sati ubijeno više od 280, a u egzodus naterano oko 15.000 Srba. Povodom 13. godišnjice ovog zločina, počinjenog u operaciji “Bljesak”, parastos žrtvama služio je vikarni episkop patrijarha Pavla Atanasije hvostanski, uz sasluženje […]
Svečana dodela počasnih srpskih pasoša u subotu, Blic
May 1, 2008 on 5:29 am | У Вести на српском | Нема коментара
Svečanost „Novi srpski pasoš - novo lice Srbije” povodom dodele prva 204 pasoša najzaslužnijim građanima Srbije biće održana u subotu, 3. maja, u Domu Narodne skupštine. Vlasnik novog pasoša biće i najbolji student i doktorant u Podsdamu Miodrag Sremčević, rođen u Kragujevcu, a radi na Kolumbija univerzitetu u SAD, kao i dr Dragan Perić iz Gračanice, […]

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