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Serbian police make arrest in soccer fan death

Serbian police say they have arrested another suspect in the fatal attack on a French soccer fan in Belgrade two months ago.

Serbs bid emotional farewell to Patriarch Pavle

Hundreds of thousands of people joined a somber funeral procession Thursday for Patriarch Pavle, the leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church through its post-Communist revival and the Balkans' bloody ethnic conflicts in the 1990s.

Serbs mourn their patriarch

Thousands of people waited on long lines Monday to pay their respects to the late Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle at a church in Belgrade.

Serb Patriarch Pavle dies, spoke for Balkan peace

Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle, who called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan ethnic wars of the 1990s but failed to openly condemn extreme Serb nationalism, died Sunday. He was 95.

Serbia buys 3 million Swiss swine flu vaccines

Serbia's health authorities have ordered three million swine flu vaccines from Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG worth an estimated euro24 million ($36 million).

Serbian hearings in attack on NY student to start

Pretrial hearings in the case of a Serb accused of beating a fellow student into a coma in the United States will begin in December, a Serbian court said Thursday.

Serbia seen as hub for Russian gas in Europe

Serbia will become a major hub for distribution of Russian natural gas to Europe thanks to the storage and transport capacities of the planned South Stream pipeline, the general manager of Serbia' state energy company said Thursday.

Medvedev visits Serbia bearing $1.5 billion loan

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sought to expand Moscow's political and economic influence in the Balkans on Tuesday by bringing a euro1 billion ($1.5 billion) loan to recession-hit Serbia and offering Belgrade a "strategic partnership" in the distribution of Russian gas to Europe.

Serbia fined, warned about rowdy soccer fans

Serbia's soccer federation was fined for rowdy crowd behavior and warned by FIFA the team could lose points if problems persist at remaining World Cup qualifying matches.

Serbs seek to ban fan groups after Frenchman dies

Serbian prosecutors will request that three soccer fan groups with a history of violence and suspected of recently killing a French fan be banned, a spokesman said Thursday.

2 kangaroos from Belgrade zoo killed

Two of the Belgrade Zoo's kangaroos died Wednesday, one of them a baby that got loose in downtown Belgrade and was killed by an apparent hit-and-run driver, police said.

Man pleads guilty in assault of NY college student

A Bosnian man accused in the near-fatal beating of a Binghamton University student has pleaded guilty in New York to felony assault.

Serbians mourn death of young French soccer fan

Thousands gathered in downtown Belgrade on Wednesday to mourn the death of a 28-year-old French soccer fan who was fatally beaten by Serbian hooligans.

Officials: Serbs took part in Sweden chopper heist

Former Serb paramilitaries took part in last week's brazen helicopter raid of a cash depot in Stockholm, Serbian police officials said Monday.

2 Serbs acquitted in killing of American brothers

The Serbian war crimes court acquitted two former Serb policemen Tuesday of collaborating in the execution-style slaying of three Albanian-American brothers in 1999.

Organizers cancel Serbia's gay pride march

Organizers have canceled Serbia's gay pride march after authorities said they could not guarantee protection for the event from extremist groups.

Serbia to cut 20 pct of state jobs under IMF plan

Serbia will have to lay off about one-fifth of its government employees — 14,000 people — to meet conditions set by the International Monetary Fund to receive more financial aid, the country's finance minister said Monday.

Blasts kill 7 at Serbia munitions factory

A series of explosions at an underground ammunition factory in central Serbia killed at least seven people and injured 15, police said Friday.

Officials: Serbia may offer Iraq air force planes

Serbia may offer Iraq some planes from its aging air force and train pilots to partly make up for fighter jets sent here for maintenance during the Saddam Hussein era that have now been deemed useless, officials said Friday.

EU probing alleged Balkan organ trafficking

Europe's top human rights watchdog launched a probe Monday into Serb allegations that ethnic Albanian guerrillas kidnapped Serb civilians during Kosovo's war, then removed their organs and sold the body parts on the black market.

Serb Radicals leader convicted of contempt

U.N. judges convicted the leader of Serbia's largest political party of contempt of court Friday for revealing the names of three protected witnesses who testified at his war crimes trial.

Swine flu testing to be required at sports event

Thousands of athletes who will be competing in next month's World University Games in Serbia will be required to provide a certificate saying they do not have swine flu, or they will be quarantined, the government said Wednesday.

Serbia charges Kosovo ex-rebels for war crimes

Serbian prosecutors filed war crimes charges on Friday against 17 former Kosovo guerrillas for the alleged murder, rape and torture of Serb civilians.

4 Serbs convicted for Kosovo massacre

Four former members of a notorious Serb paramilitary unit were convicted Thursday of gunning down 14 Kosovo Albanian civilians, including children and the elderly, in 1999, and were sentenced to between 15 and 20 years in prison.

Serb lawyer quits trial of 3 slain US brothers

A lawyer for the families of three Albanian-American brothers murdered execution-style in Serbia in 1999 said Thursday she is quitting their murder trial, claiming authorities are protecting those who ordered the slayings.

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Human Rights Watch urges Serbia to stop homophobia
Source: newslgbt.blogspot.com

Serbia's government should quickly take visible steps to end a spate of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, says Human Rights Watch.

A new cure for Swine Flu?
Source: The Boston Globe

Serbians may have found a potential cure for Swine Flu. It's Garlic.

Geographic Location of Medjugorje
Source:

This is an excellent description of the location of the apparition site of Medjugorje, BH. The article includes several maps as well as adequate background about the community and shrine.

War crimes trial opens
Source: News24

The trial of former Bosnian Serb interior minister Mico Stanisic on charges of murder, torture and deportation opened in the UN's Yugoslav war crimes court on Monday.

Serbia: Four radical Muslims jailed for terror plot
Source:

"A special Serbian court has sentenced four radical Muslims from a the volatile Sandzak region of the country to up to eight years in prison each for planning terrorist attacks on targets in the Balkans.

US Wants Me Dead: Karadzic

US Wants Me Dead: Karadzic Jill Starr , bloomingdale: Aug 28 2009 United States : US Wants Me Dead: KaradzicKaradzic said the US envoy not to try him before the UN tribunal if he withdrew from public life. (Reuter)

Serb agents arrested by Kosova Police, on "organ harvest" propaganda
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Three Serb agents were arrested in June by Kosova Police, accused of trying to bribe K.Serbs to falsely testify that they were victims of "organ harvesting" during the 1998-99 Serb-Albanian war. The surveillance footage reached RTK public television on August 11

Radovan Karadzic's New-Age Adventure
Source: The New York Times

It was Mina Minic's wife who first opened the door, that day in 2005, to find a tall man inquiring if this was the house of "academic professor doctor Mina Minic." The tall man gave Mrs. Minic a bouquet of flowers and kissed her hand. When Mr.

POLL: [Two Christians] guilty of burning Muslims alive

In a recent news article from CNN, two Christians are found guilty of committing vicious acts of burning Muslims alive in their own home.

Counterfeiters fake Swiss trash sacks
Source: expatica.com

Counterfeiters who already earn money from fake Swiss watches and army knives have now turned to making a business out of fake Swiss rubbish bags.

In The Balkans, The Headlines Preceded The War
Source: Radio Free Europe

I heard that the Serbian war crimes prosecutor had launched an investigation into media responsibility for inciting war crimes during the Balkans wars.

Cops spend months tracking gangster's girlfriend - find she's cheating on him when they raid wrong house
Source: austriantimes.at

Undercover cops spent months following the girlfriend of one of Europe's most wanted crooks - only to find she was cheating on him. More than 50 SWAT officers staked out a remote farmhouse in Serbia after intercepting a text message arranging a rendezvous on her mobile phone.

Videos of Ratko Mladic put Serbia's EU bid in doubt
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Fresh questions were raised last night about Serbia's commitment to arresting Europe's most wanted man, the genocide suspect and Bosnian war commander General Ratko Mladic, after video footage of the fugitive, some of it said to be quite recent, showed him in Serbia.

War crimes fugitive enjoys freedom in Serbia - Europe
Source: Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed

A Bosnian television station has broadcast footage it claims shows war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic living freely in Serbia.

Serbia investigates media role in war crimes
Source: Reuters

Serbia's war crimes prosecutor has launched a probe into the role of journalists in stoking war crimes during 1991-1995 wars in the former Yugoslavia, an official said on Monday.

Million year old mammoth skeleton in Serbian coal mine
Source: Steel Guru

Mr Miomir Korać of Serbia's Archaeology Institute said that a well preserved skeleton of a mammoth believed to be 1 million years old was recently discovered in eastern Serbia.

I suppose a duck´s out of the question?
Source: austriantimes.at

Peki the three-legged cockerel is heading for the chop after his owner discovered his extra drumstick is stopping him getting his leg-over. Farmer Aleksandar Milojevic from Nis, southern Serbia, just can't get his chickens interested in the fowl-looking bird.

Police disarm man who entered Serbian president's headquarters with hand grenade
Source: The L.A. Times

A man carrying a hand grenade holed up inside the president's headquarters for about five hours Thursday before police disarmed him. The man was threatening to blow himself up unless his court case was settled, police said.

Outrage at Serbia 'beating' video
Source: BBC News

Officials in Serbia are investigating an Orthodox Church-run rehabilitation centre where drug addicts have allegedly been filmed being beaten.

'Go home Nazi scum,' Serb hardliners tell Biden
Source: Google

erb ultra-nationalist lawmakers held up insulting signs in parliament Wednesday as US Vice President Joe Biden, considered a strong backer of Kosovo independence, arrived in Belgrade.

Muslim Gathering Banned in Serbia
Source: Balkan Insight

A gathering of Muslim worshipers planned to welcome Bosnia's Grand Mufti, Mustafa Ceric, to Serbia, has been banned by Serbian Police, citing safety concerns.

Serbia's Nazi Past and the Holocaust of Jews
Source: Palluxo

In conjunction with the war in former Yugoslavia, Serbia has undertaken a campaign to persuade the Jewish community of Serbian friendship for Jews.

Almagor Demands War-Crimes Probe of NATO
Source: Arutz Sheva News Briefs

The Israel terror victim's association, Almagor, is preparing to petition for a war crimes trial of NATO leaders and nations over the bombing of Serbia in the 1990s.

Russia concerned by rising pressure against Serbs in Kosovo
Source: RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is concerned over the rising tensions between the Serb and Albanian population in Kosovo, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

Serbian surfer fell into cold Danube - ended up in Romania
Source: romaniantimes.at

A Serbian windsurfer was swept away in the Danube after his windsurf board broke on Sunday afternoon.

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