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President decorates Indonesian ambassador

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić has decorated Indonesian Ambassador to Serbia Semuel Samson with the Order of the Serbian Flag, Second Class.

This was announced in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian Radical Party (SRS) leader Vojislav Seselj has consented to being examined by a Serbian medical team in The Hague on condition that it is headed by cardiologist Milovan Bojic, former Serbian deputy prime minister and minister of health, Informer reported on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government has sent a letter to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), seeking from the tribunal to furnish it with information about the medical condition of Serbian Radical Party (SRS) leader Vojislav Seselj and former Republic of Serbian Krajina president Goran Hadzic, given that the defendants agree with that.

Vladimir Putin arrives in Belgrade

BELGRADE -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Serbia. His Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolić welcomed him at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla International airport.

Memorial to Serbian and Russian troops unveiled

BELGRADE -- A memorial to Serbian and Russian troops who died defending Belgrade during the First World War was unveiled at the Belgrade Fortress on Thursday.

It is the first joint memorial for the troops of the two countries related to that period.

Nikolić talks region, crises, "Dačić as competition"

SARAJEVO -- President Tomislav Nikolić is confident he would win in the next presidential election, and that current Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić "is no competition."

Hague prosecution: Šešelj's detention is legal

THE HAGUE -- The Hague Tribunal prosecution has asked that Vojislav Šešelj's compensation request for wrongful detention be dismissed as legally unfounded.

THE HAGUE - The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) withdrew on Thursday the motion for granting provisional release to Vojislav Seselj because the accused failed to state his commitment to comply with the restrictions concerning the freedom of movement in the territory of Serbia.

Court confirms: Šešelj to remain in custody

THE HAGUE -- Vojislav Šešelj will remain in the custody of the Hague Tribunal (ICTY), it has been announced.

The UN-operated tribunal's judges decided to suspend further consideration of the possibility of granting him temporary release, it was reported on Thursday.

THE HAGUE - Leader of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) Vojislav Seselj said that he does not intend to issue a written statement on whether he accepts the terms set out by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his provisional release, the ICTY's internal memo states.