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Brnabic: For first time, world has heard UN testimonies of suffering of Serbs in BiH

Published by Tanjug on Thu, 05/02/2024 - 12:03

BELGRADE - April 30, 2024 will go down in history as the day when, for the first time, the world had an opportunity to see at the UN headquarters the faces of, and hear the personal accounts of, people who testified of the suffering and the plight of the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said on Thursday.

Djuric calls for UN resolution leading to reconciliation, equal treatment of all victims

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 05/01/2024 - 13:52

NEW YORK - Serbian Ambassador to the UN Marko Djuric called on UN Security Council member states on Tuesday to draft a new resolution on Srebrenica that would have the consensus of all three entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, lead to progress and reconciliation and give equal treatment to all victims of the war in the former Yugoslavia.

Dacic: As things stand,Russia has secured UNSC session on Bosnia and Herzegovina

Published by Tanjug on Mon, 04/29/2024 - 13:31

BELGRADE - As things stand, Russia has secured the holding of an extraordinary UN Security Council session on a draft Srebrenica resolution, Serbian Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic said on Monday.

The Serb member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency, Zeljka Cvijanovic, will most likely address the session via a video link, Dacic told Pink TV.

Drecun: Creators of Srebrenica draft resolution seem to have no certain majority

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:09

BELGRADE - Serbian MP Milovan Drecun said on Friday it seemed the creators of a UN General Assembly draft resolution on Srebrenica did not quite have a certain majority that would guarantee its adoption and needed more time to clarify it to countries that could vote for it but were "in a dilemma for some reason."

Vucevic meets with German MFA's envoy

Published by Tanjug on Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:32

BELGRADE - In a discussion with the German MFA's envoy Michael Reiffenstuel in Belgrade, Serbian Deputy PM and Defence Minister Milos Vucevic said Serbia wanted the sponsors of a draft UN General Assembly resolution on Srebrenica to withdraw the document to "contribute to reconciliation in the region."

Mali: New S&P report may give Serbia investment-grade credit rating

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 11:37

WASHINGTON - Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said a new Standard & Poor's report on Serbia, due in October, may give the country investment-grade credit rating as early as this year.

Mali said this after a meeting with the credit rating agency's representatives in Washington, where he is attending the IMF/World Bank Group Spring Meetings.

Dacic on draft Srebrenica resolution: The strong can do anything - we will fight

Published by Tanjug on Thu, 04/18/2024 - 13:43

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Thursday there was no genocide that had not been committed by countries that had signed up to a draft UN General Assembly resolution on Srebrenica, and added that "the powerful can do anything" but that Serbia would fight against its adoption.

Vucic: I do not understand why US, Germany want Srebrenica resolution

Published by Tanjug on Tue, 04/16/2024 - 14:41

MOSTAR - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Tuesday he did not understand why countries like Germany and the US wanted a Srebrenica resolution passed in the UN as it was "deeply divisive for peoples in the Balkans" and taking them back to the past.

Brnabic: Imposing of Srebrenica resolution violence against law

Published by Tanjug on Tue, 04/16/2024 - 13:24

BELGRADE/BANJALUKA - Imposing a Srebrenica resolution on the UN General Assembly agenda is a culmination of violence against law, a scandal and a precedent, Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said on Tuesday.

Vucic, Lajcak discuss developments in Kosovo-Metohija, position of Serbs

Published by Tanjug on Tue, 04/16/2024 - 11:21

MOSTAR - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday he had had another open and concrete discussion with the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak about growing challenges that were ahead, the position of the Serbs, developments in Kosovo-Metohija and the shrinking space for resolving outstanding issues through constructive dialogue and respect of internati

Vucic: Flights to Mostar to connect peoples, business communities

Published by Tanjug on Mon, 04/15/2024 - 17:49

MOSTAR - Kicking off a two-day working visit to Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday renewed direct flights between Belgrade and Mostar would be very significant for connecting peoples and business communities.

One-Fifth of Bulgarians Believe COVID-19 Threat was Exaggerated

Published by Novinite on Mon, 04/15/2024 - 14:19

Data from a recent global poll conducted by the world association "Gallup International" represent the diverse perceptions surrounding the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic. The survey, conducted between October and December 2023 across 44 countries, revealed that nearly half of the respondents, totaling 45%, believe that the threat of the coronavirus has been exaggerated.

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