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Bashar al-Assad (Beta/AP, file)

Syrian president “won’t step down before elections”

Sunday 19.05.2013 | 13:26 | Source: Beta | Comments: (0) | Send comment

BEIRUT -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stated that he will not step down before elections are held in the country.

Yesterday's news Saturday, 18 May 2013

Ivica Dačić (Beta, file)

“We must reach agreement if we want EU talks date”

Saturday 18.05.2013 | 14:31 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (5) | Send comment

NOVI SAD -- PM Ivica Dačić says Serbia has to reach “some kind of deal“ on the implementation of the Brussels agreement if it wants to get a date for the EU talks.

Aleksandar Vučić (Tanjug, file)

Serbia has “zero tolerance” for crime, corruption

Saturday 18.05.2013 | 14:01 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (5) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- With the arrests for abuses in Galenika pharmaceutical company, the state has shown it has zero tolerance for crime and corruption, Aleksandar Vučić has said.

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Eight arrested for abuses in pharmaceutical company

Saturday 18.05.2013 | 11:32 | Source: Beta, RTS, Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Eight persons suspected of abuses in Galenika pharmaceutical company were arrested by police on Saturday morning.

Tomislav Nikolić (Beta)

No reason not to get EU talks date, president says

Saturday 18.05.2013 | 12:41 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment

BELGRADE, NOVI SAD -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić says he is hoping that Serbia will get a date for the beginning of the EU accession negotiations in June.

Dejan Pavićević (Tanjug, file)

“No agreement on Kosovo’s country code”

Saturday 18.05.2013 | 15:49 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (14) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Head of Belgrade’s technical team Dejan Pavićević has denied information that Belgrade has agreed to allow Kosovo to get an international country code.

Aleksandar Vučić (Tanjug, file)

Vučić, Westerwelle to discuss citizenship, documents

Saturday 18.05.2013 | 10:53 | Source: Tanjug, Večernje novosti | Comments: (3) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Serbian First Deputy PM Aleksandar Vučić and German FM Guido Westerwelle will discuss two key topics – citizenship and identity documents.

Guido Westerwelle (Beta, file)

German FM to demand swift implementation of agreement

Saturday 18.05.2013 | 16:06 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (8) | Send comment

BERLIN -- German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will try to convince both sides of the necessity of a swift and sustainable implementation of the Brussels agreement.

Employment rate in Serbia 37.4 percent

Saturday 18.05.2013 | 13:27 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Employment rate in Serbia is 37.4 percent and is higher among men (44.9 percent) than among women (30.5 percent) according to the results of the 2011 census.

Dragoljub Mićunović (FoNet, file)

No rifts in DS, party official says

Saturday 18.05.2013 | 15:27 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Democratic Party (DS) Political Council President Dragoljub Mićunović has stated that there are no divisions among the Democrats.

Predrag Danilović (Partizan Basketball Club, file)

Ex-basketball player stabbed in Belgrade

Saturday 18.05.2013 | 11:40 | Source: B92, Beta | Comments: (1) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Famous Serbian basketball player Predrag Danilović was stabbed with a knife in Belgrade last night and is stable after surgery.

Russia reveals Moscow CIA station chief's identity

Saturday 18.05.2013 | 12:57 | Source: BBC | Comments: (1) | Send comment

MOSCOW -- Russia has named the alleged U.S. intelligence chief in Moscow - a move seen as breaching diplomatic protocol.

(Beta/AP, file)

North Korea launches three short-range missiles

Saturday 18.05.2013 | 14:34 | Source: Ria novosti | Comments: (1) | Send comment

TOKYO -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the waters off its eastern coast on Saturday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency has reported.

Opinions & Analyses

For American foreign policy, no good options

10.05.2013. | Comments: 2
Buildings damanged by an Israeli airstrike in Damascus, on May 5 (Beta/AP/SANA)

"One feels sympathy for U.S. President Barack Obama. Whatever he does in Syria, he is doomed. Had he intervened a year ago, as many pundits demanded, he might presently be in the midst of a quagmire..."

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Vučić discusses Kosovo deal, implementation, deadlines

2.05.2013. | Comments: 3
Aleksandar Vučić (Tanjug, file)

"We did not reach an agreement and it is obvious that there is no will to hold the referendum, because, I think it is clear to everyone how the people and the citizens would declare themselves..."

Reports

Joint report on Serbia's progress

23.04.2013. | Comments: 0

Joint report to the European Parliament and the Council, submitted by the European Commission and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.