Yugoslav Army

Generals and senior officers of the Yugoslav Army (VJ) who held command positions during the 1998-99 war in Kosovo will teach at Belgrade's Military Academy.

Beta is reporting this on Wednesday, citing an article published in the daily Vecernje Novosti.

Pro-government media outlets have accused US ambassador Kyle Scott of interfering in Serbia's affairs after the diplomat criticised Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin for praising convicted war criminals.

The daily Vecernje novosti on Friday accused Scott of wanting to control the Serbian government.

The US ambassador in Belgrade should not meddle in Serbia's internal affairs - our ambassadors abroad don't do it, Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said Thursday.

The US ambassador in Belgrade should not meddle in Serbia's internal affairs - our ambassadors abroad don't do it, Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said Thursday.

The Washington Post is reporting that Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin has praised Vladimir Lazarevic.

Lazarevic is a retired Yugoslav Army (VJ) general whom the Hague Tribunal has found guilty of war crimes.

The Washington Post is reporting that Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin has praised Vladimir Lazarevic.

Lazarevic is a retired Yugoslav Army (VJ) general whom the Hague Tribunal has found guilty of war crimes.

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On October 8, Croatia marks the day in 1991 when the republic's parliament held a session in secrecy that severed all ties with Yugoslavia.

The assembly thus confirmed the parliament's earlier Declaration of Independence from Yugoslavia, passed on June 25, 1991.

The factory, whose demise seriously hurt the region around Maribor, has seen a revival in recent years, mostly owing to Chinese-owned bus maker TAM Europe.

The beginnings of TAM date back to 1942, when the Germans used the location on the outskirts of Slovenia's second largest city for the production of aircraft parts for the Luftwaffe.

A new boulevard in Belgrade will be named in honour of Yugoslav Army soldiers killed in a Kosovo Liberation Army ambush in 1998, which Serbia considers a war crime.

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A memorial bust has been unveiled on Wednesday of Tibor Cerna, one of the 108 Yugoslav Army (VS) soldiers who died during the Battle of Kosare.

The memorial is located in Debeljaca, a village in Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina, and was unveiled by Cerna's mother Kata and President Aleksandar Vucic.