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Jasarspahic won the case, but the damage was done. Dozens of other journalists face similar challenges every year, sued for their reporting mainly by public officials in what media bodies say is a strategy of censorship, bogging down reporters in lengthy, costly court proceedings that make many think twice about digging into the affairs of prominent people.

Firefighters in Montenegro battled for a third day on July 19 to douse wildfires along the Adriatic coast, hoping to put them under control after international help arrived.

After the pro-government Serbian tabloid Informer again attacked BIRN project coordinator Slobodan Georgiev - calling him one of those "paid by the EU" to cause "chaos" in Serbia - journalists say such attacks are probably intended to pressurize donors to stop financing them.

Show business manager, Zajecar town assembly president, and MP for the ruling SNS Sasa Mirkovic has left the party's parliamentary club.

Asked to comment on this development, the club's chief, Zoran Babic, told the Beta agency he "did not wish to talk about it."

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic will be paying an official visit to Turkey on April 13-14, the parliament's press office has said in a statement.

Gojkovic will meet with Turkey's Parliament Speaker Jemil Cicek and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and is also scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

TV host leaves station, and journalism, citing "boycott"

BELGRADE -- Danica Vucenic has decided to quit journalism because government officials have been "boycotting her show."

STARA PAZOVA - The Serbian government is working towards improving the position of the Serb community in all countries of the Western Balkans as part of efforts to improve Serbia's position in the international community, Minister of Justice Nikola Selakovic said at a meeting of representatives of the Serb communities in the region Friday.

BELGRADE - A Serbian parliament delegation led by Deputy Parliament Speaker Vladimir Marinkovic has met in Washington with US congressmen Robert Dold and Robert Aderholt, who said that the Serbian caucus in the Congress supported Serbia's economic reforms and EU integration.

BELGRADE - Zoran Babic, the head of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) group in the Serbian parliament, said on Friday that Vojislav Seselj's return to Serbia is not a cause for concern for the party as the policy he advocates is long outdated.

BELGRADE - The Serbian parliament's Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending adopted in principle on Wednesday the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Financing Political Activities, submitted by the parliamentary group of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), the leading party in the ruling coalition.