Congrats to Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson! The side-splitting Scot and his wife of two years, Megan Cunningham, welcomed a baby boy this week. Liam James Ferguson was born in Los Angeles on Monday. “Everyone is happy and healthy,” Ferguson’s rep told PEOPLE this afternoon. Liam is the first son for Megan. The comic [...]
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Craig Ferguson & Wife Megan Welcome New Addition: Baby Boy Liam James
Albanian PM furious at CoE rapporteur
Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha has hurled more serious accusations at Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur Dick Marty.
Following the adoption of the report on the human organ trafficking by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), he referred to the Swiss senator’s report a “racist”, and said that the “anti-Albanian propaganda had started in Serbia under Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević”.
Albanian PM furious at CoE rapporteur
Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha has hurled more serious accusations at Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur Dick Marty.
Following the adoption of the report on the human organ trafficking in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) he called Marty a racist and said that the anti-Albanian propaganda had started in Serbia under Slobodan Milošević.
10 years since ÄinÄ‘ić cabinet forming
The tenth anniversary of the forming of the first democratic Serbian government after October 5 changes, which was headed by Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić, is marked today. ÄinÄ‘ić, who was at the helm of the Democratic Party (DS), at the time told MPs that, after the ousting of Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević and his regime, Serbia “has once again took its faith into its own hands,” and that his government “obtained a mandate for changes from the people on the streets of Serbia.”
“ÄinÄ‘ić cabinet planned Kosovo’s partition”
Former high-ranking member of the Democratic Party (DS) and former Serbian PM Zoran Živković says there were plans in the early 2000s to partition Kosovo. In an interview for Belgrade’s Vreme weekly, Živković said the first post-MiloÅ¡ević era government “would’ve fallen anyway, even if Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić had not been killed”.
Real economic growth 1.5 percent
The 2010 real economic growth rate will amount to around 1.5 percent and will be lower than the planned 1.8 to 2 percent.
Meanwhile, the inflation rate will reach 10 or 11 percent, President of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) Miloš Bugarin stated at a session of the PKS Managing Board on Friday.
Serbia “ready to arrest Assange”
Reports suggest that Julian Assange is in the UK – but should he show up in Serbia, he would be arrested, the public has been reassured.
Serbia’s Interpol office chief MiloÅ¡ Oparica told Belgrade daily Blic that this would happen since foreign citizens can be arrested and extradited without any impediment, “unless the charges against them were political”.
Belgrade can’t accept Kosovo stamp, says PKS chief
President of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) Miloš Bugarin says he expects the problem of trade with Kosovo to be solved. Bugarin said he hoped this would happen in the Belgrade-Priština negotiations.
Montenegrin PM: I’ll retire eventually
Montenegrin PM Milo Äukanović has stated that he will at some point step down from power and that he wants more free time for himself.
“However, I’m fully focused on doing responsible jobs and fulfilling Montenegro’s priorities now,†he told Belgrade-based daily Politika.
Serbian economy “could grow 2.5%”
Serbia’s 1.5 percent economic growth in the first nine months of 2010 indicates the number could reach 2.5 percent by the end of the year. This would be the best result in the region, said head of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) MiloÅ¡ Bugarin.
Ex-Slovenian president “can’t save Bosnia”
Milorad Dodik says he is not in favor of ex-Slovenian President Milan KuÄan becoming the Slovenian government’s special representative in Bosnia.
Dodik, who was recently elected president of the Serb entity in Bosnia, RS, says he does not see how KuÄan, who in the early 1990s worked with Serbian and Croatian leaders Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević and Franjo TuÄ‘man to destroy Yugoslavia (SFRJ), could now help Bosnia-Herzegovina.
“Serbia made most progress 2004-2008″
Opposition DSS leader Vojislav Koštunica said on Tuesday that the biggest progress Serbia made since October 5, 2000 was achieved between 2004 and 2008. Koštunica, who ran on the DOS ticket to defeat Slobodan Milošević in the Sept. 24, 2000 election and become president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ), was subsequently Serbian prime minister for two terms from 2004 until 2008.
10 years since fall of Milošević regime
Today marks ten years since the fall of Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević’s regime, brought about by demonstrations staged on October 5, 2000. An estimated half a million people from all over Serbia took to the streets that day to protest, led by the 18-party opposition coalition dubbed DOS (the Democratic Opposition of Serbia), in a bid to force MiloÅ¡ević to concede his defeat in the presidential elections held on September 24, 2000.
Indictment changed against Milošević widow
The High Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade has changed the indictment against Mirjana Marković. She is the the widow of former President of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević.
Court sentences journalist attackers
MiloÅ¡ Mladenović and Danilo Žuža have been sentenced to three months in prison for attacking journalist of Belgrade-based weekly Vreme Teofil PanÄić. Mladenović and Žuža were found guilty of violent behavior. They have been were released from custody, but are not allowed to leave their place of residence.
Serbia stuns Spain, heads to semis
The Serbian basketball squad upset reigning world champion Spain on Wednesday, moving on to the semifinals of the FIBA World Championships. The win was sealed with a stunning long distance three-point shot by Miloš Teodosić with three seconds to go, giving Serbia a 92:89 victory.
Partition of Bosnia unacceptable
International High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina Valentin Inzko says a partition of the country would be a posthumous victory for Slobodan Milošević. He said that this would not be accepted either by “Bosniaks or the international community.
Šešelj sues Hague prosecution
Serb Radical Party (SRS) leader Vojislav Šešelj has submitted contempt of court against the prosecution to the Hague Tribunal President Patrick Robinson. Šešelj made this move after learning that Miodrag Lukovac had given false testimony in the proceeding against Slobodan Milošević, after being pressured and blackmailed by the prosecution, his party said today.



