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?e?elj's hawks need to be sentenced
The Hague wants Serbia to file a lawsuit against Vjerica Radeta and Nemanja ?arovi? ?e?elj's hawks need to be sentenced
The Hague Tribunal sent a request to Serbian Justice Department to process the members of Serbian Radical Party, Vjerica Radeta and Nemanja ?arovi?.
The Tribunal claims ?e?elj's associates were obstructing the justice with their public statements.
IMF decides on deal on Feb. 23, public debt "under control"
IMF decides on deal on Feb. 23, public debt "under control"
BELGRADE -- Dusan Vujovic said on Friday that the Board of Executive Directors of the IMF would decide on the new precautionary arrangement with Serbia on February 23.
IMF to decide on arrangement with Serbia on February 23
BELGRADE - Serbian Finance Minister Dusan Vujovic said on Friday that the Board of Executive Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would decide on the new precautionary arrangement with Serbia in Washington on February 23.
Stefanovic: 60,000 Kosovo Albanians want Serbian passports
BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said Friday that Serbia had received about 60,000 passport applications from Kosovo Albanians.
Friedrich: Serbia has key role in stabilization of Balkans
BERLIN - Peter Friedrich, Baden-Wuerttemberg's minister for the Bundesrat, Europe and International Affairs in the Bundesrat (Federal Council), has said that Serbia plays a crucial role in stabilization of the Balkans, adding that Belgrade has to work at full speed on normalization of relations with Pristina.
Miscevic: Serbia ready to open Chapters 23 and 24
BELGRADE - Head of Serbia's negotiating team in the EU accession talks Tanja Miscevic said Friday that the political will and the technical readiness are in place for Serbia to start the negotiations on Chapters 23 and 24, related, among others, to the rule of law, judiciary reform and fundamental rights.
60,000 Albanians apply for Serbian passports
60,000 Albanians apply for Serbian passports
BELGRADE -- Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Friday that the authorities have received about 60,000 passport applications from Kosovo Albanians.
Dacic: Continue level-headed dialogue in Brussels
WASHINGTON - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic stated that the dismissal of Serb minister in the Kosovo government Aleksandar Jablanovic would have a negative impact on the continuation of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, but he added that the talks in Brussels need to continue in a level-headed manner.
"Level-headed dialogue" must continue - FM
"Level-headed dialogue" must continue - FM
WASHINGTON -- Ivica Dacic says the dismissal of a Serb minister in the Kosovo government will have a negative impact on the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.
But, added the Serbian foreign minister, "the talks in Brussels need to continue in a level-headed manner."
Humiliation of Serbia "must not be allowed"
Humiliation of Serbia "must not be allowed"
BELGRADE -- Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric says that "streets must not be allowed to dictate the political life in Kosovo."
Serbia "must not be humiliated as was attempted in Pristina earlier," he told the RTS broadcaster late on Thursday.
Hundreds of Albanians detained at Serbia-Hungary border
Hundreds of Albanians detained at Serbia-Hungary border
BELGRADE -- 290 persons, mostly Albanians from Kosovo, have been arrested in the past 48 hours as they were attempting to illegally cross from Serbia to Hungary.
This was announced by Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic during a news conference in Belgrade on Friday.
Data on media ownership to be made public
Data on media ownership to be made public
BELGRADE -- New rules for the entry in the media registry will be applied as of February 13, said Sasa Mirkovic, state secretary at the Ministry of Culture and Information.
According to Mirkovic, in that way, for the first time, the data on media ownership and subsidies will be made public.
Dacic: Serbia, USA relations on upward trajectory
WASHINGTON/BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said for Radio and Television of Serbia that he conferred with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland on a number of topics, including Serbia's OSCE presidency and regional issues.
Students tear-gassed in school bus near southern town
Students tear-gassed in school bus near southern town
PRESEVO -- 17 high school students in Presevo reported to the local health-care center late on Thursday after tear gas was used in a school bus.
The medical institution's director, Mitat Sahiti, said that all students were doing well after receiving treatment and were sent home after midnight, RTS reported.
"Goal is to force Serbs to leave talks"
"Goal is to force Serbs to leave talks"
BELGRADE -- "The essential objective" of the latest developments in Kosovo is for Serbs to leave "the negotiations and local institutions," says Milivoje Mihajlovic.