Tony Blair

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was on Thursday in Belgrade "in an official visit," the daily Blic said it learned unofficially.

The Belgrade-based paper wrote that Blair spent one day in Serbia, and quoted a government source as saying:

The British media have reported that Tony Blair turned down a speaking engagement in a world hunger forum in Sweden in a dispute over this fee.

According to the reports, the former British prime minister and the former Middle East peace envoy for the Quartet asked to be paid EUR 450,000 - or EUR 380 per second of his 20-minute address.

British Prime Minister David Cameron's plan to hold a European Union membership referendum if he is re-elected next month would lead to an intense period of uncertainty for businesses, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will say on April 7.
   

Serbian government and "delivery unit" system Blair's man is commanding Sebian ministers

One of key associates of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be answering directly to Serban Prime Minister Vucic, about work efficiency in capital projects in Serbia.

Vucic comments on Blair's trip to Belgrade

BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic says former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's trip to Belgrade earlier in the week "did not cost Serbia a penny."

Referring to his deputy's statement made on Thursday, reporters asked the prime minister whether he "chatted and drank coffee" with 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.

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.

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

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