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Montenegrin PM says his policy is "not anti-Russian"
Montenegrin PM says his policy is "not anti-Russian"
PODGORICA -- Montenegrin PM Milo Đukanović denied on Friday that his foreign policy was anti-Russian, saying he was representing "realistic interests" of the country.
"Serbia will meet conditions for EU accession"
"Serbia will meet conditions for EU accession"
BELGRADE -- Serbia will meet all the conditions for EU accession, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić stated on Thursday in the talks with Swiss President Didier Burkhalter.
Burkhalter is also his country's foreign minister and chairman of the OSCE.
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Kosovo takes action against illegal construction
Kosovo takes action against illegal construction
Authorities arrest officials suspected of corruption, draft new laws and destroy illegal structures.
Kosovo authorities are destroying illegally built structures. [Laura Hasani/SETimes]
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Nikolic: Serbia will meet conditions for EU accession
BELGRADE - Serbia will meet all the conditions for EU accession, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic stated on Thursday in the talks with Didier Burkhalter, president of the Swiss Confederation and the head of the country's Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.
Babic: Spending cuts- reason for smaller gov't
BELGRADE - Zoran Babic, head of the parliamentary group of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), said on Thursday that the next government with 16 ministries, the smallest in the last two decades, stemmed from the need to rationalize budget spending as much as possible.
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Kosovo Extends EULEX Mission, Creates War Crimes Court
The Parliament in Pristina approved Wednesday a law to extend EU's rule-of-law mission to Kosovo, EULEX, until June 2016.
A special court will also be set up to investigate alleged war crimes by the former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), according to BalkanInsight.
Alleged Kosovo Gangster Accused of Inciting Murder
A EULEX press release on Thursday said the defendant was charged with inciting another to commit the murder of Kosovo police officer Triumf Riza alongside other offences.
Riza was shot dead in Pristina by a hitman suspected of working for Enver Sekiraqa in August 2007.
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Serbia Welcomes New Kosovo War Crimes Court
Belgrade said that the establishment of a new Kosovo tribunal with international judges to prosecute war crimes was “good news” that would shift guilt away from Serbia.
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Serbs in Orahovac sell their houses
ORAHOVAC – Serbs are increasingly leaving Orahovac in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), with 15 Serb houses being sold in the upper part of the municipality in the past few days alone, and the Serbs there are very worried about it, according to the Frankfurt-based Serb Diaspora newspaper Vesti.
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Two Indicted Over Kosovo War Case Secrecy Breach
The EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo has indicted two suspects who allegedly violated secrecy rules in the ‘Drenica Group’ case against wartime guerrillas accused of abusing civilian prisoners.
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