Politics
Russia, China back UN-led organs probe
Wednesday 8.02.2012 | 20:42 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentNEW YORK -- Russia's UN envoy has called on the Security Council to support Serbia's initiative for a Kosovo human organ trafficking probe under the auspices of the UN.
Ice shuts down river traffic in Serbia
Wednesday 8.02.2012 | 20:49 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send commentBELGRADE -- The Serbian government recommended new measures for conserving energy and fuel while extremely low temperatures persist; river traffic shut down.
FM: Negotiations only way to solution
Wednesday 8.02.2012 | 17:06 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (6) | Send commentNEW YORK -- Serbia's Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said in New York on Wednesday that negotiations were the only way to reach a sustainable and lasting solution for Kosovo.
Ruling coalition "uncertain of majority" in parliament
Wednesday 8.02.2012 | 18:33 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentBELGRADE -- The first working day of the Serbian parliament in 2012 was marked with the uncertainty whether MPs would be able to form a majority.
Italian official: Serbia fulfilled all EU conditions
Wednesday 8.02.2012 | 16:05 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Italian Chamber of Deputies President Gianfranco Fini said on Wednesday Serbia had fulfilled all the conditions and should be granted the EU candidate status.
EU mediator, Belgrade negotiator meet in Vienna
Wednesday 8.02.2012 | 18:12 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send commentVIENNA -- EU mediator in the Belgrade-Priština dialogue Robert Cooper and head of the Belgrade negotiating team Borislav Stefanović conferred in Vienna on Wednesday.
“Probe will shed light on attempted escape”
Wednesday 8.02.2012 | 13:27 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić says that an investigation will show whether Zemun gang members had some help in an attempt to escape from prison.
"Time not right for EU enlargement"
Wednesday 8.02.2012 | 16:57 | Source: NIN | Comments: (1) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Serbia deserves the candidate status but I believe that now is not a good moment for the EU enlargement, European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schulz says.
Committee on Kosovo votes on government report
Wednesday 8.02.2012 | 09:27 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Serbian parliament's Committee on Kosovo discussed Tuesday the government report on steps taken to stabilize the situation in Kosovo in the past three months.
Daily: DSS, Progressives to hold post-election talks
Wednesday 8.02.2012 | 09:53 | Source: Večernje novosti | Comments: (1) | Send commentBELGRADE -- The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) will try to form a joint state policy after elections, daily Večernje novosti writes.
Serbia has 85 registered political parties
Wednesday 8.02.2012 | 13:55 | Source: Danas, Tanjug | Comments: (5) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Two new political parties have been registered in Serbia: the Movement for Serbia's Development and the Roma Union of Serbia.
Thaci against "special status" for north
Wednesday 8.02.2012 | 14:28 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (11) | Send commentPRIŠTINA -- Hashim Thaci once again rejected the possibility of a special status for northern part of Kosovo, said reports from Priština on Wednesday.
Yesterday's news Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Candidacy in jeopardy unless dialogue resumes
Tuesday 7.02.2012 | 13:20 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (26) | Send commentBRUSSELS -- Serbia will not become a candidate for EU membership if Belgrade fails to, by the end of next week, reach an agreement with Priština on Kosovo's representation.
Negotiator: Belgrade constructive, Priština stalling
Tuesday 7.02.2012 | 17:01 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (11) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Borislav Stefanović says Belgrade maintains a constructive approach, insisting on the continuation of the dialogue and providing new solutions.
Referendum "will damage Serbia politically"
Tuesday 7.02.2012 | 11:40 | Source: Tanjug, Press | Comments: (24) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Goran Bogdanović has said that holding a referendum in Kosovo's north might not be a huge economic damage, but would cost Serbia dearly in political terms.
"Next govt. should declare political neutrality"
Tuesday 7.02.2012 | 11:42 | Source: Tanjug, Večernje novosti | Comments: (15) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Vojislav Koštunica has voiced his opinion that following elections - expected this spring - a new government should declare political and military neutrality.
Parliament committee on Kosovo to convene
Tuesday 7.02.2012 | 10:00 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (6) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Chairman of the Serbian Parliament's Committee on Kosovo and Metohija Ljubomir Kragović has scheduled a session of this body for Tuesday.
Icicle kills woman in Belgrade
Tuesday 7.02.2012 | 15:19 | Source: B92, Beta, Blic, Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentBELGRADE -- A woman died today after an icicle formed on the roof of a building in Belgrade fell on directly on her, police sources have confirmed.
Big freeze continues, ice forms on large rivers
Tuesday 7.02.2012 | 10:38 | Source: B92 | Comments: (1) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Serbia went through another extremely cold night, to wake up to morning temperatures ranging from minus 15 to minus eight degrees centigrade.
Đoković named Laureus World Sportsman of Year
Tuesday 7.02.2012 | 11:45 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (6) | Send commentLONDON -- Serbian tennis player and World No. 1 Novak Đoković has been named Sportsman of the Year at the Laureus World Sports Awards in London.
Zemun Clan members attempt escape
Tuesday 7.02.2012 | 09:23 | Source: B92 | Comments: (0) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Two former members of the Zemun Clan criminal group last night attempted to escape their detention union in Belgrade, local media are reporting.
IMF, Serbian government launch talks
Tuesday 7.02.2012 | 09:26 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Serbian officials met in Belgrade on Monday with a visiting IMF mission and opened talks on the first review of the current precautionary stand-by arrangement.
"2012 inflation within planned framework"
Tuesday 7.02.2012 | 10:08 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentBELGRADE -- The 2012 inflation will be within the planned framework of 5.5 to 6 percent", considering the indicators at the end of 2011, says IZIT's Saša Đogović.
Councilors wish to name street after terrorist
Tuesday 7.02.2012 | 10:04 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (53) | Send commentBUJANOVAC -- Councilors from ethnic Albanian parties in Bujanovac, southern Serbia, have adopted a proposal to change the names of several local streets.
Another train derails in region due to snow
Tuesday 7.02.2012 | 16:58 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentZAGREB -- A train that was traveling on the Split-Zagreb line in Croatia on Tuesday derailed near the town of Knin, said reports.
Russian foreign minister visits Syria
Tuesday 7.02.2012 | 17:07 | Source: euronews, RIA Novosti | Comments: (13) | Send commentMOSCOW -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is on Tuesday visiting Syria amid ongoing clashes in that Middle Eastern country.
Opinions & Analyses
Germany's role in Europe and European debt crisis
1.02.2012. | Comments: 5
"Germany must have a free-trade zone in Europe. Germany also needs robust demand in Europe. Germany also wants prudence in borrowing practices. And Germany must not see a return to the anti-German feeling of previous epochs."
B92 TV
KFOR spokesman: Institutions in north "not parallel"
22.12.2011. | Comments: 3
A spokesman for the NATO troops in Kosovo, KFOR, says that this international mission "does not think there are parallel and illegal institutions in northern (Serb-dominated) Kosovo".
Reports
Balkans in HRW's annual World Report
23.01.2012. | Comments: 0
The Human Rights Watch international NGO has published its 22nd annual World Report, summarizing human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2011.