News archive of March 2014

"Dispute does not close door to reconciliation"

THE HAGUE -- With their genocide dispute before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Serbia and Croatia have not closed the door to the reconciliation.

This was heard from the head of Serbia’s legal team, Saša Obradović.

No decision on Ukraine's future could be taken without Kiev's involvement, US State Secretary John Kerry told Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

Lavrov has however ruled out Russia's recognition of the leadership in Kiev, which he once again described as "fascists", despite describing describing the conversation as "very constructive".

Kosovo dialogue resumes in Brussels

BRUSSELS, BELGRADE -- Prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo, Ivica Dačić and Hashim Thaci, are meeting today with EU High Representative Catherine Ashton for a new round of dialogue.

Besides Dačić, the meeting is attended by Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić.

As the country gears up for nationwide polls, media experts said that more needs to be done to limit the coverage gifted to parties by broadcasters.

Passenger ferries were docked at ports in Greece on Monday due to the start of a 48-hour strike called by the Panhellenic Seamen's Federation (PNO).

The sailors are protesting that the multi-bill passed through Parliament on Sunday allows ferry companies to offer employees in-house contracts, thereby bypassing collective bargaining with the union.

MIAMI – Serbia’s Novak Djokovic claimed his fourth title at the Maimi Masters tennis tournament after a dominating 6-3, 6-3 win over world No. 1 Rafael Nadal on Saturday.

It took Djokovic only one hour and 24 minutes to beat the Spaniard and reach his 18th victory in the 40th match of their rivalry.

Bekim Collaku, political adviser to Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, said that Serbia was to blame for the delay in integrating the judicial authorities in Serb-dominated northern Kosovo into Pristina’s system – a commitment made by Belgrade under the EU-brokered deal to normalise relations signed in April 2013.

BELGRADE - The Modern History Institute has published the second edition of the book Aerial War over Serbia 1999 by Bojan Dimitrijevic and Major General Jovica Draganic.

Ten years after joining North Alliance Treaty Organisation, Romanian officials say the country has benefited from  membership overall, although they concede that the cost has been high in terms of the number of casualties during NATO missions and the money spent on military operations.

Two people have been reported killed and 5 injured as a result of two chain-reaction accidents on Bulgaria’s Trakia Highway Monday morning.

Both incidents happened around 6:30 am involving as many as 21 vehicles, Vesti.bg reports.