Yugoslavia

BELGRADE - Serbia will be represented at an international book fair in Skopje (from April 8-14), and then in Sarajevo (April 23-28), the National Library of Serbia (NBS) as an executive organizer announced on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will meet with former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Belgrade on Thursday to mark the initiation of operation of the Serbia-Germany Forum, the Forum announced on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbia does not accept the recommendation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on the cessation of refugee status of refugees from Croatia and will continue to provide full protection and support to all refugees in its territory, Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MSP) released on Friday.

BELGRADE- Serbia does not accept the recommendation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on the cessation of refugee status of refugees from Croatia and will continue to provide full protection and support to all refugees in its territory, Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MSP) released on Friday.

BELGRADE - Esa Ligorio-Djurovic, a former member of the Yugoslav national swimming team, has died in Belgrade at 81.

A multiple-time national champion, she was a record holder and the winner of Yugoslavia's first medal at major competitions.

Ligorio-Djurovic won the bronze medal in 400 metres freestyle at the 1954 European Championships in Turin.

Kosovo army would be rearmed KLA - Czech president

BELGRADE -- Czech President Miloš Zeman has said that creating the armed forces of Kosovo would only mean that the KLA, responsible for terrorist actions, has been rearmed.

BELGRADE - The establishment of the Kosovo army would mean rearmament of members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), which carried out terrorist actions during the war in Kosovo, Czech President Milos Zeman stated.

KOPAONIK - Winterfest, a three-day wine, gastronomy and viticulture conference with an emphasis on wine tourism, kicked off on the Kopaonik mountain in southern Serbia on Thursday.

Thaci's statement "irresponsible and untrue"

BELGRADE -- The Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija has strongly condemned a statement by Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci.

Earlier this week, he said that Serbian forces "committed genocide in Kosovo."

In its reaction, the office stressed that this claim was "irresponsible and untrue."

BELGRADE - The Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) has strongly condemned a statement by Kosovo Prime Minister Hasim Taci that Serbian forces committed genocide in Kosovo, stressing that this claim is irresponsible and untrue.