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Few Kosovo-Serbia Deals Implemented, Report Warns
Only four of 16 agreements reached between Belgrade and Prishtina since 2011 have been fully implemented, according to a new report on the Kosovo-Serbia negotiations.
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Brammertz: Seselj to receive verdict at end of 2015
SARAJEVO - Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz has said that the verditc in Seselj's case cannot be expected before the end of 2015.
Unfortunately, it is a fact that there is no verdict 10 years into the case, he told TV N1, adding that he hoped it would be delivered as soon as possible.
VBA ready to respond to all challenges, threats
BELGRADE - Serbia's Military Security Agency (VBA) is a modern service fully prepared to adequately respond to all contemporary challenges and threats, the VBA Deputy Director, Brigadier General Petar Cvetkovic, has said.
Declaration signed on principles in administration
BRUSSELS - The ministers of public and state administration of Western Balkan countries and Turkey have signed a joint declaration on the main principles in this field following a conference in Brussels.
The conference ended on Wednesday, and the declaration was signed on behalf of Serbia by Minister of State Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki.
Serbian Leaders Dismiss Vojislav Seselj Threats
Ruling politicians in Serbia played down the belligerent return from the Hague Tribunal of nationalist leader and war crimes suspect Seselj, who has vowed to oust the government.
Hague prosecutor: No verdict before end of 2015
Hague prosecutor: No verdict before end of 2015
BELGRADE -- Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz has said that Hague indictee Vojislav Šešelj is "not the first person to be temporarily released."
A verdict in his trial "cannot be expected before the end of 2015," the prosecutor revealed.
New copper smelter "to boost GDP"
New copper smelter "to boost GDP"
BOR -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić visited on Wednesday the copper mining and smelting complex RTB in Bor, eastern Serbia.
The construction of a new copper smelter is underway there, with dry runs scheduled to begin by the end of the year.
Sertic:Real sector development,order into public companies
BELGRADE, - Serbian Minister of Economy Zeljko Sertic said Wednesday in the talks with a delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the Serbian government's priorities are to develop the real and private sector and introduce order into public enterprises.
G. Grass: Today I would not be in favor of bombing Serbia
BELGRADE - German Nobel Prize-winning author Guenter Grass has said that today he would be against the 1999 bombing, noting that one should have guessed that the campaign would be led by the U.S. and that it would not end in Kosovo, but expand throughout Serbia.
New copper smelter in Bor expected to boost Serbian GDP
BOR - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic visited on Wednesday the copper mining and smelting complex RTB in Bor, eastern Serbia, where the construction of a new copper smelter is underway, with dry runs scheduled to begin by the end of the year.
Seselj: Tribunal wanted to get rid of me
BELGRADE - Vojislav Seselj, leader of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS), told his supporters in Belgrade Wednesday that the Hague tribunal had thrown him out "of the Scheveningen dungeon in a brutal way."
Indian embassy donates two vehicles to Obrenovac
BELGRADE/OBRENOVAC - The Indian embassy donated on Wednesday two vehicles, an SUV and a tractor worth a total of EUR 33,000, to the Obrenovac utility companies.
The donation contract, secured by Mahindra and the company Agropanonka from Novi Sad, was signed by head of the Obrenovac municipality Miroslav Cuckovic on behalf of the local authorities.
Mihajlovic urges liberalization of goods transport to Russia
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic proposed on Wednesday a full liberalization of goods transport to the Russian Federation.
Greens of Serbia call for ban on GMO crops
BELGRADE - The Greens of Serbia urged Serbian MPs on Wednesday to follow in the footsteps of their colleagues in the European Parliament (EP) who voted to allow EU Member States to introduce bans on GMO cultivation in their territory.
Fernandez: Argentina has always stood by Serbia
BELGRADE - Serbia and Argentina nurture friendly relations and share the same stands on a number of issues, including the issue of Kosovo, officials stated at the ceremony to mark the 86th anniversary of establishment of the two countries' diplomatic relations.