A Serb returnee to the Kosovo village of Opraške near Osojane was attacked and seriously injured in his home, FoNet reports. The news agency is quoting statements of other Serbs in the area, and identifies the man as Branko Milovanović.
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Kosovo: 10 people vote in Serb areas
January 24th, 2011 |
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Voting was repeated in the town of Kosovska Mitrovica on Sunday without major incidents, but with a low turnout, said reports. The elections, organized by the government in Priština, were originally held on December 12.
Suspension lifted for Serb KPS member
January 20th, 2011 |
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A Serb man employed by the Kosovo police, KPS, in ZveÄan, northern Kosovo, will return to work, said reports. Nenad Äurić was suspended after he failed to carry out a decision made by the Kosovo Albanian authorities in PriÅ¡tina to confiscate MUP-issued license plates for towns in Kosovo.
“Release of organ trafficking doctor shamefulâ€
January 13th, 2011 |
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Turkish decision to release surgeon Yusuf Sonmez pending trial is shameful, said Association of the Serb Municipalities in Kosovo Deputy President Marko Jakšić.
He told Radio KiM that this would not help resolve crimes against the Serb civilians.
Serb party wants to join Thaci
December 29th, 2010 |
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Independent Liberal Party (SLS) leader Slobodan Petrović says his party is willing to form a ruling coalition with Hashim Thaci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo.
“The good experience we had with the ruling parties during the last term will help us make the decision to be part of the Kosovo government once again. What is important and clear for the SLS is our determination to support the political principles based in European values,” Petrović said in an interview with BBCAlbanian.com.
Prosecutor on obstructions in search for Mladić
December 27th, 2010 |
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War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević says until mid-2008 that there was obstruction in the search for the remaining two Hague Tribunal indictees. According to him, all those who in any way aided former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladić and former Croatian Serb political leader Goran Hadžić will be “processed”.
Opposition party sets date for rally
December 24th, 2010 |
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The opposition Serb Progressives (SNS) have scheduled an anti-government rally in Belgrade for February 4. The Serb Radical Party (SRS) offshoot has not been tested in a general election, but opinion polls consistently show it to be one of the two most popular political parties in Serbia, along with the ruling Democrats (DS).
Serb party says won’t join Thaci
December 24th, 2010 |
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One of the Serb parties that took part in elections organized by the Kosovo Albanian government said they would not join a coalition with Hashim Thaci. Radamila Trajković, who was running in the recent Kosovo elections for the United Serb List (JSL), stated on Thursday that members of the civic initiative will not form a coalition with the outgoing Kosovo Albanian PM, whose party won majority of the vote.
Dodik wants territory demarcated
December 17th, 2010 |
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RS President Milorad Dodik said that the Serb entity will mark the inter-ethnic border, “whether someone likes it or not”. The post-war Bosnia is made up of the Serb entity (RS), and the Muslim-Croat Federation.
“Serb involved in arms trafficking”
December 7th, 2010 |
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WikiLeaks cables show the U.S. concern over weapons arriving through illegal channels to countries and regions with active terrorist organizations.
The Guardian, one of the five newspapers in the world which publishes the U.S. diplomatic cables, reported that in December 2009 the Yemen government bought weapons worth USD 100mn through a Cypriot company from a Serbian illegal arms trader.
Croatia: 13 Serb victims identified
December 4th, 2010 |
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The Serbian Government’s Missing Persons Committee has announced that remains of 13 Serbs who were killed in the 1991-1995 war in Croatia have been identified.
The victims were exhumed in the towns of Petrinja, Dvor, Vukovar, Osijek, Kukunjevci and other locations, and the identification procedure was conducted at the Department of Forensic Medicine and Criminology of the Zagreb School of Medicine.
KFOR commander’s concern for returnees
December 3rd, 2010 |
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KFOR Commander Erhard Buehler on Thursday visited Serb returnees to the Kosovo village of ŽaÄ, mainly populated by ethnic Albanians. The Serb returnees have been living in tents since last summer, expecting to move into their newly-built homes.
Serb, Croat presidents attend business forum
November 25th, 2010 |
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Serbian President Boris Tadić is spending the second day of his official visit to Croatia attending a business forum along with his host Ivo Josipović. The Zagreb event brought together representatives of 40 Croatian and more than 70 Serbian companies, institutes, banks and regional chambers of commerce.
Serb, Croat leaders receive death threats
November 24th, 2010 |
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Republic of Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik and Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in Bosnia leader Dragan Čović have received anonymous death threats.
According to Banja Luka-based daily Glas Srpske, the threats were sent to their respective party headquarters in Banja Luka and Mostar.
Dodik names RS PM designate
November 23rd, 2010 |
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President of the Serb republic (RS) in Bosnia Milorad Dodik announced on Tuesday that he has named Aleksandar Džombić prime minister designate. The 42-year-old previously served as minister of finance of the government of the Serb entity.