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Serbia Road Death Suspect ‘Hiding in Turkey’
After almost a month of investigation, Serbian police have named a suspect in the killing of 21-year-old Luka Jovanovic, who was hit by a car on July 25 on Branko’s Bridge in Belgrade.
According to the police, surveillance camera footage showed that suspect Marko Milicev hit Jovanovic with his black Mini Countryman and then drove off.
LDP, DSS: Ban Balazs Sziva concert in Novi Becej
BELGRADE - Two parties with no seats in the parliament asked the Serbian authorities on Thursday to ban the appearance of Hungarian neo-Nazi Balazs Sziva at the music festival in Novi Becej, in Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina.
Dacic meets UN coordinator
BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met on Thursday with UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia Irena Vojackova-Sollorano to discuss cooperation with the UN following the Donor Conference in Brussels.
Ban sought on concert of Hungarian neo-Nazi
Ban sought on concert of Hungarian neo-Nazi
BELGRADE -- LDP and DSS parties have asked Serbian authorities to ban the performance of Hungarian neo-Nazi Balazs Sziva at a music festival in Novi Bečej, northern Serbia.
Results of probe into embassy torchings due soon
BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Thursday that he expects the first results of the task force set up to establish all circumstances of the 2008 embassy torchings in Belgrade to be presented soon, noting that all information will be made public.
"There are solutions for 40 restructuring companies"
"There are solutions for 40 restructuring companies"
BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić said Wednesday he believed it possible to find a solution for around 40 restructuring companies and save them from bankruptcy.
There is solution for 40 restructuring companies
BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday he believed it possible to find a solution for around 40 restructuring companies and save them from bankruptcy.
Borovcanin: Young people must be priority
BELGRADE - Making young people the priority for all government services, especially those concerned with employment, is the most significant objective, Serbia's State Secretary for Youth Nenad Borovcanin has said.
Talks with IMF will be continued
NOVI SAD - Governor of the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Jorgovanka Tabakovic said Sunday that the country’s talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were expected to resume in the fall, after the adoption of a revised budget.
Linta: Another arrest on Croatian warrant
BELGRADE - Serbian police arrested Petar Ladjevic, a Serb refugee now living in Brcko, Bosnia-Herzegovina, at the border crossing with BiH on an international warrant for an alleged war crime, President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta said on Friday.
Low risk of Ebola outbreak - epidemiologist
Low risk of Ebola outbreak - epidemiologist
BELGRADE -- Epidemiologist Bojana Grgić said on Friday that the risk of appearance of the Ebola virus in Serbia was low.
Government submits four new bills to parliament
BELGRADE - Serbia's government has sent four new bills and draft proposals to amend and modify a number of laws to parliament on Thursday.
These legislative proposals, expected to be debated during the parliament’s regular autumn session, include the bill amending and modifying the law on civil servants and employees and the bill amending and modifying the public administration law.
OSCE supports gov't call for minority voter registration
BELGRADE - The OSCE Mission to Serbia welcomed on Thursday the Serbian government's call to members of national minorities to register on electoral lists ahead of the election for national minority councils, urging them to do so in a timely manner.
Teenager was hit by killer's car before she was murdered
Teenager was hit by killer's car before she was murdered
BELGRADE -- The suspect in the murder of a 15-year-old girl is Dragan Đurić - a 34 year-old Belgrader who lives in the suburb of Surčin, the interior minister has said.
The victim, Tijana Jurić, was reported missing on July 26 from the town of Bajmok in Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina.
Changes to law on higher education sent to parl't
BELGRADE - The Serbian government put forward to the parliament several bills and amendments to laws, including amendments to the law on higher education, in late July and early August.
Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic signaled earlier in a statement to Tanjug that in late August, besides a budget review, MPs should debate new legal arrangements relating to education.