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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.
OSCE sec-gen: Serbia is fair mediator for Ukraine crisis
OSCE sec-gen: Serbia is fair mediator for Ukraine crisis
BRUSSELS -- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier says he expects Serbia to be a constructive factor in tackling the Ukrainian crisis during its OSCE chairmanship.
Serbia is a fair mediator and, as such, it will have broad support from OSCE members, Zannier said during a visit to Brussels.
"Šešelj is symbol of ethnic cleansing"
"Šešelj is symbol of ethnic cleansing"
BELGRADE -- Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia President Sonja Biserko says SRS party leader Vojislav Šešelj is "a symbol of ethnic cleansing."
Šešelj returns to Serbia, addresses supporters
Šešelj returns to Serbia, addresses supporters
BELGRADE -- Vojislav Šešelj has returned to Serbia after spending eleven and a half years in detention at the Hague Tribunal in the Netherlands.
Zannier: Serbia a fair mediator
BRUSSELS - Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General Lamberto Zannier told Tanjug on Wednesday that he expects Serbia to be a constructive factor in tackling the Ukrainian crisis during its OSCE chairmanship.
Serbia is a fair mediator and, as such, it will have broad support from OSCE members, Zannier said during a visit to Brussels.
Deflation in Serbia totals 0.2 percent
BELGRADE - Serbia recorded a monthly deflation of 0.2 percent in October, while the inter-annual inflation totalled 1.8 percent, shows the data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia issued on Wednesday.
Consumer prices of products and services recorded an increase by 2.2 percent compared to December 2013.
Albania limits import of Serbian pharmaceutical products
Albania limits import of Serbian pharmaceutical products
BELGRADE -- Serbian Economy Minister Željko Sertić says Albania in September passed a law limiting imports of drugs and medications of all types produced in Serbia.
This move ignores all protocols and agreements signed between the two countries, he added.
Dacic to meet with Burkhalter, Steinmeier in Berlin
BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic will on Wednesday meet with the President and Foreign Minister of the Swiss Confederation Didier Burkhalter, who is OSCE chairman-in-office, and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin on the fringes of a conference on antisemitism.
Vucic receives Indonesian ambassador in farewell visit
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic received Indonesian Ambassador to Serbia Samuel Samson in a farewell visit on Wednesday.