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US: Serbian Armed Forces committed to promoting peace
WASHINGTON - Serbia has clearly demonstrated its commitment to promoting peace and security by training its armed forces to participate in the international peacekeeping missions, reads the U.S. Department of State website.
Police require passenger lists on Jarinje crossing
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The police on the Jarinje crossing in northern Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) require bus drivers to produce the so-called passenger lists containing the names of citizens travelling from central Serbia to KiM and back.
UAE foreign minister arrives in Serbia
UAE foreign minister arrives in Serbia
BELGRADE -- Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan has conferred with Serbian top officials on Friday.
Community of municipalities "to be discussed in Brussels"
Community of municipalities "to be discussed in Brussels"
MEDVEĐA -- Ivica Dačić says the formation of a community of Serb municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo is yet to be addressed during the Belgrade-Priština dialogue in Brussels.
"Election silence" in force ahead of voting on Sunday
"Election silence" in force ahead of voting on Sunday
BELGRADE -- Participants in the March 16 early parliamentary elections and local elections in Belgrade and several other towns have wrapped up their campaigns.
They are now prohibited from campaigning and this ban will be in place until the polling stations close at 20:00 CET on Sunday.
Even 700,000 people more in voters’ list
Dramatic difference between population census and voters’ lists Even 700,000 people more in voters’ list
In the general list of voters there are 6,767,324 registered citizens with the right to vote. That is by about 700,000 people more in relation to the population census from 2011 when that number was 5,940,816.
Bloggers: Genocide trials will have no winner
Bloggers: Genocide trials will have no winner
As the International Court of Justice begins hearing the Croatian and Serbian lawsuits, bloggers weigh in with their thoughts.
The judges at the International Court of Justice arrive for the start of the Croatia-Serbia genocide trial on March 10th. [AFP]
EU rejects Crimea-Kosovo comparisons
EU rejects Crimea-Kosovo comparisons
Threats of genocide spurred Kosovo's separation, but no such threat lies in Crimea.
Propaganda billboards in Crimea draw comparisons to Nazism to persuade voters to separate from Ukraine. [AFP]
Croat officials assumed genocide as tool of ethnic cleansing
THE HAGUE - Agent of Serbia Sasa Obradovic presented the evidence before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday that Serbs from Kninska Krajina were destroyed as an ethnic group in Operation Storm in the summer of 1995, and that the genocidal intent of the then Croatian president Franjo Tudjman was realized in the operation.
URS official: Pristina should not insist on statehood
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - United Regions of Serbia (URS) Presidency member Danijela Vujicic said on Thursday that the Brussels Agreement will not be implemented to the full extent if Pristina continues to insist on the statehood of Kosovo.
Dacic: Establishment of ZSO to be discussed in Brussels
MEDVEDJA - Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said on Thursday that the statutory formation of a community of Serb municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo-Metohija is yet to be addressed during the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue in Brussels.
PKS observes 157th anniversary
BELGRADE – The Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) has launched an internal reform and stepped up activities to support businesses and improve the competitiveness of the economy, PKS President Zeljko Sertic said on the occasion of the PKS' 157th anniversary.
UAE foreign minister to visit Serbia on Friday
BELGRADE - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan will visit Serbia on Friday where he will have separate meetings with Serbian top officials.
UAE foreign ministers will confer with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Mrkic.
Exchange between Serbia and Russia exceeds USD 3 billion
BELGRADE - Exchange between Serbia and Russia totalled slightly over USD 3 billion in 2013 which is by 11.6 percent more than in 2012, officials stated at the gathering entitled 'Serbia-Russia: Exports without borders.'
Gysi: NATO has opened Pandora's box in Kosovo
BERLIN - Gregor Gysi, leader of the socialist left-wing political party The Left, said in the Bundestag on Thursday that NATO and the EU are partially responsible for the current situation in Ukraine because of the policy they pursued in previous years.