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Serbia's OSCE chairmanship given backing
BASEL - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has had bilateral meetings in Basel with his Russian, Turkish, Swedish and Moldovan counterparts, and the main topic of the discussions was Serbia's OSCE chairmanship in 2015, for which the country was given backing.
Arrests made over Balkan war massacre in joint operation
Atifa Memovic last saw her husband two decades ago, but she remembers it as if it were yesterday. It was snowing, and Fikret, a railway worker, was wearing a jeans jacket with winter lining, a gray sweater over a checkered shirt, and on his wrist a Seiko watch. He kissed her and promised to be back on the afternoon train.
He never made it.
Russian envoy: Ethnic strife persists in Kosovo
Russian envoy: Ethnic strife persists in Kosovo
NEW YORK -- Violence against Serbs in Kosovo and desecration of Orthodox monasteries "are a clear evidence of persisting ethnic strife in the Kosovo Albanian society."
PM at UNSC: Serbs in Kosovo live in ghettos
PM at UNSC: Serbs in Kosovo live in ghettos
NEW YORK -- Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that the basic premises for normal life have not been established in Kosovo to this day,
He stressed Serbia's commitment to reconciliation between the different peoples living in Kosovo and to providing a better everyday life for all.
Vucic: Kosovo still without basic premises for normal life
NEW YORK - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that the basic premises for normal life have not been established in Kosovo to this day, stressing Serbia's commitment to reconciliation between the different peoples living in Kosovo and to providing a better everyday life for all.
Economists Question Serbia Unemployment Fall
After Aleksandar Vulin, Serbia's labour minister, said that the government managed to cut unemployment by more than six per cent in a year, experts cautioned that the labour market outlook is not as rosy as he has suggested.
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Arrests for 1993 Strpci station train kidnappings
Arrests for 1993 Strpci station train kidnappings
BELGRADE, SARAJEVO -- Five persons have been arrested in Serbia and ten in Bosnia-Herzegovina on suspicion that they took part in the 1993 kidnapping of train passengers.
The train was traveling on the Belgrade-Bar line when 20 passengers were taken out and later killed.
Police and customs seize ton of marijuana
Police and customs seize ton of marijuana
BELGRADE -- The Serbian police and customs service on Friday confiscated a ton of marijuana, Tanjug is reporting.
The seizure took place at the Presevo border crossing between Serbia and Macedonia.
The drug 's origin was Albania. The Interior Ministry (MUP) is expected to soon reveal more details.
Serbia, Bosnia Arrest 15 in War Crimes Swoop
In a joint operation, Serbia and Bosnia arrested 15 people suspected of seizing 20 passengers from a train in the Bosnian town of Strpci during wartime in 1993 and killing them.
Vucic, Thaci discuss resumption of dialogue
Vucic, Thaci discuss resumption of dialogue
NEW YORK -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic says he had an informal meeting with Kosovo Prime Minister Hasim Thaci at the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday.
Dacic: OSCE can contribute to solution for Ukrainian crisis
BASEL - The Ukrainian crisis poses a serious threat to regional stability and security in Europe, and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) can make an efficient contribution to addressing the challenges emanating from the crisis, Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Thursday.
Vucic: Serbia pillar of stability in Western Balkans
NEW YORK - Serbia is a pillar of stability in the Western Balkan region, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday during the talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Summit of China, Central and Eastern Europe in Belgrade
BELGRADE - High-ranking officials of Serbia, China and 15 more countries will be brought together in Belgrade on December 16-17 for the third summit of leaders of Central and Eastern European countries and China.
An economic forum of the participating countries will be held on the sidelines of the summit, reads a statement on the Serbian government's website.
Linta: Memorial for Serb victims should be put up in Belgrad
BELGRADE - Miodrag Linta, president of the Coalition of Refugees Associations, called on the Belgrade City Commission for Monuments and Names of Streets and Squares on Thursday to support the initiative to put up a memorial to Serb victims killed in the 1991-2000 war conflicts in the territory of the former Yugoslavia.
Amendments to Dayton signed by regional ministers
Amendments to Dayton signed by regional ministers
BASEL -- Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro signed a document on takeover of full responsibility for regional stability and armament control.
This took place during the OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel on Thursday.