Анди Мъри отпадна от US Open, Надал продължава напред
Един от фаворитите за спечелването на US Open Анди Мъри отпадна в третия кръг на турнира. Шотландецът загуби с 1:3 сета (7:6, 6:7, 3:6, 3:6) от Станислас Вавринка и пропусна възможността да спори с американеца Сам Куери за място на четвъртфиналите.
И двамата имаха проблеми с контузии по време на мача, но швейцарецът ги преодоля по-лесно и стигна до успеха. Според шотландеца именно физическите му проблеми са довели до загубата, въпреки че Вавринка довърши мача с травми и в двете... Read more..
Emir Kusturica in role of priest
The shooting of Nicostratos, a directorial debut of Olivier Horlait, begins early April in Greece and the film will feature Serbian director Emir Kusturica in one of the roles.
2010-03-30,
Curcic picks Serbia-based players for Japan friendly
Serbia team made up of domestically-based players has been named ahead of the friendly game against Japan on 7 April. Hosts Japan will be without the three star players who play in European leagues, while the match starts at 12.20 Serbia time.
Partizan basketball team are two steps away from booking a place at Euroleague’s final-four event. They need two more wins in the quarter-final series against Maccabi and, with the tie at 1-1 at the moment, they have their first chance to take the overall lead tonight, 8.45pm at the Belgrade Arena. Game 4 is played on 1 April at the same time and place.
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic did not seem to despair much over his latest defeat to Olivier Rochus at the Sony Ericsson event in Miami, as he was seen partying over the weekend. Djokovic attended a posh birthday party of businessman Amir Benesh, accompanied by Serbian fashion model Ivana Kukric and Serbian Tennis Association president Slobodan Zivojinovic.
2010-03-30,
Slim majority for condemnation of crime
Resolution on Srebrenica shall not be adopted today by wide consensus of political parties in Serbia. Not even all parties of the ruling coalition are going to vote for it – the JS and Bosniac List for European Sandzak. It is still unknown what stance the LDP and Rasim Ljajic’s party are going to take.
2010-03-30,
Soskic and Vujovic among serious candidates
There are intensive ongoing talks with candidates for the new Governor of the National Bank of Serbia. As ‘Blic’ learns, the DS shall suggest to its coalition partners Doctor Dejan Soskic, Professor of the Faculty of economy and also President of the NBS Council.
The Serbian tennis corpus, save for the exception of Jelena Jankovic, have seen early exits from the first week of tennis at the Miami combined event, as Novak Djokovic, Janko Tipsarevic, Viktor Troicki and Ana Ivanovic showed signs of weakness in their respective performances.
Having failed to live up to their reputation in the opening game of the Euroleague quarter-final series against Partizan, Maccabi resorted to all means necessary to overcome the Serbian champions in the second game on their own turf. A brutally physical approach and constant provocations marked the Israeli giants’ performance in Game 2, as Maccabi managed to tie the series at 1-1 as the quarter final goes to Belgrade this week.
Popular Belgian group Vaya Con Dios, led by charismatic singer Dani Klein, are to give a concert at Belgrade’s Sava Centar hall, while the tickets for the event are priced at 1,800, 2,400 and 3,200 dinars.
Declaration on Srebrenica might be on agenda tomorrow at the special session of Serbian Parliament. As Parliament Speaker Slavica Djukic Dejanovic says for ‘Blic’ ‘the text of the declaration cannot be changed any more’ but can be withdrawn in order to make a completely new document. However, the present document already has tight majority and it might happen that Tomislav Nikolic’s SNS supports it, too.
2010-03-29,
EU credit of EUR 200 millions also at risk because of auditors’ pays
Serbia might lose a credit of EUR 200 millions from the EU if the State auditing institution (DRI) fails to carry out financial check of at least three public enterprises. Perhaps the last deadline expires tomorrow since if changes of the law on DRI are not on agenda of Serbian Parliament as per emergency procedure, there shall probably be no time for auditing of the public enterprises and consequently no money from the EU.
Political analyst Ivan Vejvoda told daily Politika that in being able to write a joint Kosovo resolution with the EU, Serbia has gained an important ally.
He said that Serbia has gained an important ally in a time when it would be getting ready to hold talks with the Kosovo Albanian leadership.
The Slovak Parliament ratified the Stabilization and Association Agreement between Serbia and the EU on Wednesday.
The National Council of the SLovak Republic adopted the agreement with only one of the 140 present MPs not voting in favor of ratifying the agreement, according to Radio Deutsche Welle.
2010-09-08,
Mufti, human rights minister ready to talk
Mufti Muamer Zukorlić expects an invitation to talks from the Serbia top state officials regarding issues leading to growing tensions in Novi Pazar.
However, Human and Minority Rights Minister Svetozar Čiplić says that he is open for a dialogue but that he believes that the mufti would not show up for the meeting.
2010-09-08,
Construction workers go on warning strike
Representatives of three construction workers unions staged a one-hour warning strike Wednesday.
As they announced earlier, the workers went on strike at their work posts for one hour this morning. in order to draw the attention of the government and relevant ministries to the difficult position of construction workers.
2010-09-08,
New York imam says Islamic center will proceed
The U.S. imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York says the project will continue.
In an opinion piece published in Wednesday's New York Times newspaper, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said the debate about the center reflects American values, including "recognition of the rights of others, tolerance and freedom of worship."
2010-09-08,
More than 720,000 unemployed in Serbia
According to the National Employment Service, there are over 720,000 unemployed persons in Serbian currently.
The largest number of these unemployed persons is made up of people under the age of 30, in between the ages of 45 and 55, people with disabilities, women and the Roma minority.
