News archive of February 2015

BELGRADE - President of Republika Srpska (RS) Milorad Dodik stated late on Saturday that RS is turned to peace and freedom for all citizens regardless of their individual differences, but it also wants to be respected and not be bypassed in global processes including EU integration.

According to police authorities, the 39 year old arrested with code name "Iasonas" was a close associate of N17 terrorist Christodoulos Xiros and member of terrorist organization "Pirines".

He was arrested on Saturday morning, after his fingerprints and DNA was identified on bombs and organization hideouts.

DUBAI - World's best tennis player Novak Djokovic failed to win the fifth title at the Dubai ATP as he lost the Saturday match to Switzerland's Roger Federer, 6-3, 7-5.

By defeating Djokovic, Federer won the 84th title in his career and currently has the upper hand over Djokovic in mutual matches with the score at 20-17.

DUBAI - World's best tennis player Novak Djokovic failed to win the fifth title at the Dubai ATP as he lost the Saturday match to Switzerland's Roger Federer, 6-3, 7-5.

By defeating Djokovic, Federer won the 84th title in his career and currently has the upper hand over Djokovic in mutual matches with the score at 20-17.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Interior Affairs Nebojsa Stefanovic conferred with his Republika Srpska (RS) counterpart Dragan Lukac and they agreed that the cooperation between the two police services is exceptionally good, adding that there is room for its further improvement.

Leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday accused governments in Spain and Portugal of working with the conservative opposition at home in a bid to weaken, or even topple, his anti-austerity administration.

One man was arrested and another detained in Athens on Saturday in connection to the November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros, who was recaptured in January after a year on the run.

Authorities on Saturday arrested yet another alleged accomplice of convicted "Nov17? terrorist Christodoulos Xiros in the greater Athens district of Galatsi.

A DNA sample of the suspect has reportedly been traced to genetic material found on a booby-trapped parcel mailed to a police precinct in the town of Itea, a tax bureau in western Athens and to a prosecutor.

Romanian tennis player Patricia Maria Tig has qualified on Saturday for the finals of the ITF Tournament in St. Petersburg (Russia), with total prizes worth 50,000 dollars, after having defeated in the semifinals Serbian Vesna Dolonc, 7-5, 6-1.

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DUBAI - Serbian tennis player Nenad Zimonjic and Pakistani player Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi did not manage to win the title in the Dubai ATP in the men doubles category as they lost the final match on Saturday to India's Rohan Bopanna and Canada's Daniel Nestor, 6-4, 6-1.