Tony Blair

Minister breaks silence on "talk over coffee" with Blair

BELGRADE -- Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said on Thursday that "the ministers' conversation with Tony Blair in Belgrade" yesterday was "not secret."

According to her, the former British prime minister was "not hired as a consultant for a fee."

Cabinet ministers attend Blair's lecture, keep mum

BELGRADE -- B92 learned exclusively that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was in Belgrade on Wednesday where he spoke in front of several cabinet ministers.

The visit that included the one-hour lecture was shrouded in secrecy.

Russian pressure on Vu?i?

Russian television "Russia Today (RT)" intensely criticized Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vu?i? and his government.

Television controlled by Vladimir Putin criticized Vu?i? and Serbian government because of their cooperation with company owned by Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Blair's spin doctor recounts "fascinating trip" to Belgrade

BELGRADE -- Alastair Campbell, known as former British PM Tony Blair's adviser and spin doctor, has written a blog post about his recent "fascinating" visit to Belgrade.

Former UK PM Tony Blair is to receive funding to advise Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, British media report.

Sixteen years back, Blair was among politicians at the spearhead of the NATO bombing campaigns carried out against Belgrade during the Kosovo War. Vucic himself was Minister of Information of former Yugoslavia at the time.

A parliamentary committee investigating possible British links to torture will request access to blacked out parts of a US Senate report on CIA treatment of Al-Qaeda suspects, its chairman said Dec. 14.
      

The West should cooperate with Russia in confronting Islamic extremism, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.

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Suspected extremists torched a West Bank mosque in an apparent revenge attack Nov. 12, as the Palestinian leader and the U.S. top diplomat were to meet Jordan's King Abdullah over the spiralling violence.

LONDON - A deal on the Smederevo steel mill is very close, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said after discussions with Esmark Inc. CEO Jim Bouchard in London.

A public invitation will be issued in seven or eight days, with a tender to follow in 35-40 days, Vucic told the RTS.

Islamic State jihadists have released a video on Saturday, which they claim shows the beheading of a British aid worker, David Haines, who has been held hostage since his abduction last year.