News archive of May 2017
Awards presented at Ankara Film Festival
The best film award at the 28th Ankara International Film Festival's National Feature Film competition was given to Ali Kemal Çınar's "Genco."
The festival, organized by the World Mass Media Research Foundation between April 20 and 30, ended with an award ceremony at Şinasi Stage, attended by well-known figures of Turkish cinema artists, academics and art lovers.
Serbia hands protest note to France over Haradinaj
BELGRADE - Secretary-General of the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Veljko Odalovic on Thursday handed a protest note to French Ambassador Christine Moro over a decision of the Colmar appeals court to reject a Serbian extradition request for Ramus Haradinaj.
The note said the Serbian government believed the decision was politically motivated and without legal grounds.
Djuric has "no answer" to question about dialogue resumption
BELGRADE - The release of former "Kosovo Liberation Army" commander Ramus Haradinaj is a display of great hypocrisy, says the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, noting that, as a result, he had no answer to the question whether Belgrade and Pristina would resume their dialogue.
Kocijancic: EU expects dialogue to continue
BRUSSELS - The EU expects Belgrade and Pristina to continue dialogue in the spirit of constructive commitment, European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic told Tanjug.
Although the Haradinaj case has re-escalated tensions between Belgrade and Pristina, the EC does not expect this to lead to a potential freezing of the dialogue on normalisation of relations between the two sides.
US pledges 9.1 mln dollars more to Serbia
BELGRADE - Based on amendments aimed at improving Serbia's public administration and making its economy more competitive, the US will give Serbia 9.1 mln dollars more in development aid.
The amendments were signed on Friday by Serbian European Integration Minister Jadranka Joksimovic, US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott and USAID Director Azza El-Abd.