Society

Serbia placed on Belgium’s “safe country list”

Wednesday 16.05.2012 | 16:35 | Source: Beta | Comments: (0) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Belgian government has placed Serbia on a list of safe countries and the country will now process Serbian citizens' asylum requests faster.

Yesterday's news Tuesday, 15 May 2012

An image made from video showing the convoy under attack (file)

20 years since massacre of ambushed JNA troops

Tuesday 15.05.2012 | 12:48 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (20) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Tuesday marks 20 years since the ambush on a convoy of soldiers of the former Yugoslav Peoples' Army (JNA) that was retreating from Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Aleksandar Vučić (Tanjug)

"Democrats and their leader ruined institutions"

Tuesday 15.05.2012 | 16:02 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić says Boris Tadić and the Democratic Party (DS) used legal, political and other forms of violence to destroy independent institutions.

Vuk Jeremić (Beta, file)

FM: Priština conducts campaign of intimidation

Tuesday 15.05.2012 | 09:20 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (23) | Send comment

NEW YORK -- Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić agreed with the assessment of the UN secretary-general that the room for the Belgrade-Priština dialogue may be "narrowed".

The Serbian government HQ (file)

Plane trouble prevents PM from reaching Brussels

Tuesday 15.05.2012 | 12:29 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- A government airplane malfunction kept outgoing PM Mirko Cvetković from traveling to Brussels on Tuesday, it has been announced.

Ivica Dačić (file)

SPS leader Dačić: Support for Tadić is "normal"

Tuesday 15.05.2012 | 12:19 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Ivica Dačić has said that it was "normal" for his to support DS leader Boris Tadić in the second round of the Serbian presidential elections.

(Tanjug, file)

Kosovo: Serb returnees threatened with expulsion

Tuesday 15.05.2012 | 15:34 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (19) | Send comment

KLINA -- Serb returnees feel intimidated after flyers were distributed in their villages in Metohija, calling for them to once again be driven out of their homes.

Tomislav Nikolić (Tanjug, file)

Nikolić says his victory will help Serbia "learn truth"

Tuesday 15.05.2012 | 10:55 | Source: Beta, Tanjug, Večernje novosti | Comments: (16) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić says he wants to win in the presidential runoff in order for the truth about election fraud, privatizations and affairs to come to light.

Boris Tadić (Tanjug, file)

Tadić: Threats dangerous for democracy

Tuesday 15.05.2012 | 09:37 | Source: RTS, Tanjug | Comments: (15) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Boris Tadić warned that talk about the use of physical force in the electoral process was "unnatural and not suitable for establishment of a democratic system".

(Tanjug, file)

"Tensions serious risk for Kosovo's stability"

Tuesday 15.05.2012 | 09:26 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (7) | Send comment

NEW YORK -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned in his latest report on Kosovo that tensions and confrontations constitute a serious risk for its stability.

Serban central bank sells EUR 20mn

Tuesday 15.05.2012 | 09:39 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- The Serbian dinar (RSD) weakened by 0.1 percent and the official middle exchange rate was set at RSD 112.4376 per one euro (EUR) on Tuesday.

(Tanjug/MUP)

Russia thanked for support on Kosovo at UNSC

Tuesday 15.05.2012 | 14:36 | Source: Beta | Comments: (4) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Ivica Dačić today met with representatives of Russian Cossacks and Serb diaspora in Russia, and expressed his gratitude to that country.

(Tanjug)

LGBT population's rights under threat, NGO report finds

Tuesday 15.05.2012 | 16:51 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (11) | Send comment

BELGRADE, STRASBOURG -- The lesbian rights NGO Labris presented on Tuesday in Belgrade its annual report, that said the rights of the LGBT population in Serbia were endangered.

Candidates have three days left to campaign

Tuesday 15.05.2012 | 11:32 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- The candidates in the Serbian presidential runoff have three days left to campaign before the election silence rule is enforced.

Man determined to shoot rabbit dies in accident

Tuesday 15.05.2012 | 12:41 | Source: Beta | Comments: (9) | Send comment

GORNJI MILANOVAC -- A 21-year-old man from a village in central Serbia died on Tuesday after a failed attempt to shoot a rabbit, local police said.

A scene from Athens (Beta/AP)

Greece receives warning from eurozone

Tuesday 15.05.2012 | 16:27 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (10) | Send comment

ATHENS -- Leaders of Greek parties that met on Tuesday in Athens failed to reach an agreement that would allow them to form the country's new government, said reports.

HRW: Prisoners tortured in secret Baghdad prison

Tuesday 15.05.2012 | 11:46 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment

NEW YORK, BAGHDAD -- A secret prison is still operating in Baghdad, where torture is carried out on prisoners held there illegally, Human Rights Watch has announced.

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Opinions & Analyses

Putin's evolving strategy in Europe

8.05.2012. | Comments: 1
President Vladimir Putin is seen in Moscow on May 8 (Beta/AP)

"Vladimir Putin was sworn in for a third term as Russian president, and France's presidential election continued the trend of losses for incumbent European governments when French President Nicolas Sarkozy lost to socialist challenger Francois Hollande.

B92 TV

“Belgrade cannot control political will of northern Kosovo"

17.02.2012. | Comments: 1

"As far as official Belgrade is concerned, this is an official confirmation that it cannot control the political will of the citizens in northern Kosovo, which is not bad in the context of political conditions that Germany and other EU member states

Press Room

Agreement on regional representation of Kosovo

25.02.2012. | Izvor: Tanjug | Comments: 11

BELGRADE -- The text of the agreement on regional representation of Kosovo, reached during the round of the Belgrade-Priština dialogue that ended in Brussels on Feb. 24.

Restaurants

Znak Pitanja

27.10.2011. | 15:28 | Comments: 1

It’s not very easy to maintain a good reputation and tradition over a long period of time, especially if you are on the competitive battlefield of the capital’s culinary scene.