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Vucic meets with German investors in Stuttgart

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 14:54

STUTTGART - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met with representatives of German firms interested in investing in Serbia during a business meeting in Stuttgart on Wednesday.

The business conference, titled "Think New Opportunities, Think Serbia," was opened by Minister for the Bundesrat, Europe and International Affairs in Baden-Wuerttemberg Peter Friedrich.

Kurtz: New chapter in Balkans should be opened

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 13:44

VIENNA - Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurtz thinks that the Tuesday verdict by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague is an opportunity for a new beginning and a shared interpretation of history.

Opening first chapters for Serbia to be accelerated

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 13:40

STUTTGART - Peter Friedrich, minister for the Bundesrat, Europe and international affairs of Baden-Wurttemberg, stated on Wednesday that this state will call on Bundesrat to speed up the negotiating process with Serbia.

Pristina "to ask for war reparations and property"

Published by B92 on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 13:23

Pristina "to ask for war reparations and property"

BELGRADE -- On the eve of a new phase of the Kosovo talks, "Pristina has prepared a list of demands," the Belgrade-daily Vecernje Novosti is reporting.

Those include "ownership stakes in companies, embassies and army barracks of the former Yugoslavia."

Lajcak: ICJ judgment - opportunity to overcome past

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 13:11

BELGRADE - Slovakia's Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak has said that the judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the mutual genocide lawsuits filed by Croatia and Serbia is a good opportunity for overcoming the past and turning to a common European future.

Construction of Economics College starts in Bujanovac

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 13:04

BUJANOVAC - The cornerstone of a new facility of the Subotica College of Economics, which will cover 2,500 square metres, has been laid in Bujanovac, southern Serbia.

Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport said on Tuesday it had required a lot of joint effort to get the construction under way.

Nikolic personally dissatisfied with the ICJ ruling

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 12:48

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic stated that he is personally dissatisfied with the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which decided to drop both the Croatian suit and the Serbian counter-suit for the genocide committed against Serbs in Croatia during the 1991-1995 war.

Kosovo PM Dismisses Controversial Serb Minister

Published by Novinite on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 12:46

Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa announced on Tuesday that the Minister of Communities and Returns Aleksandar Jablanovic, whose resignation was demanded by protesters, has been dismissed.

Jablanovic, who is a Serb Kosovar, infuriated Kosovo's Albanians by calling a group of protesters against Serbian pilgrims on the eve of Orthodox Christmas "savages", the Balkan Insight reports.

Joksimovic: Arguments against requests of Croatian MEPs

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 12:21

BELGRADE - Jadranka Joksimovic, Serbian minister without portfolio in charge of the EU integration process, has said after a number of meetings with members of the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels that Serbia takes an active stance with regards to the amendments that Croat MEPs made to the draft resolution on Serbia.

"It is now up to Serbia and Croatia to prosecute crimes"

Published by B92 on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 12:12

"It is now up to Serbia and Croatia to prosecute crimes"

BELGRADE -- Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic has said that the ICJ judgment in the mutual lawsuits "put an end to the legal dispute between Serbia and Croatia."

Kukan: Serbia, Croatia should build lasting reconciliation

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 11:55

BRUSSELS - Serbia and Croatia should accept the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) decision on their mutual genocide lawsuits and turn to building a lasting reconciliation, said Eduard Kukan, chairman of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Countries of South East Europe.

12 hurt as Serbian bus overturns in Croatia

Published by B92 on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 09:36

13 hurt as Serbian bus overturns in Croatia

BELGRADE -- A bus owned by the Serbian company Lasta traveling on the Belgrade-Split line overturned around 03:30 CET on Wednesday in Croatia.

13 passengers have been injured, none with life-threatening wounds, according to unofficial reports. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time.

Army chief rejects NGO's accusations

Published by B92 on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 09:17

Army chief rejects NGO's accusations

BELGRADE -- Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army General Ljubisa Dikovic has rejected all accusations by the Humanitarian Law Center (FHP) NGO.

In a statement for the Belgrade-based broadcaster TV Pink late on Monday, he stressed that he did not take part in war crimes either as a soldier or as a commander.

Nikolic: ICJ ruling confirms mass crimes against Serbs

Published by Tanjug on Tue, 02/03/2015 - 20:19

BELGRADE- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Tuesday that Croatia failed to prove that the Serbian side had any intent to commit genocide during the 1991/95 war in Croatia, but on the other hand, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) found that Croatia committed mass crimes against Serbs.

Dikovic rejects all a?usations by Humanitarian Law Center

Published by Tanjug on Tue, 02/03/2015 - 20:08

BELGRADE - Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces General Ljubisa Dikovic has rejected all accusations by the Humanitarian Law Center (FHP), stressing that he did not take part in war crimes either as a soldier or as a commander.

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