Nikola Selakovic

PRIZREN - Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) on Sunday called on Kosovo-Metohija Serbs to remain in the province, urging its displaced population to return.

Following a liturgy he served in St George's Cathedral in Prizren, Kosovo-Metohija, he said that "Kosovo will remain ours if we carry it in our souls."

BELGRADE - The Holy Fire, the flame of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, arrived in Serbia, where it was handed over to Patriarch Irinej, who shared it with Orthodox Church priests and people gathered in front of the Temple of Saint Sava in Belgrade on Orthodox Easter on Sunday.
    

BELGRADE - The Remembrance Day for the victims of the Holocaust, genocide and other victims of fascism was commemorated at the memorial to WWII genocide victims at Belgrade's Old Fair Grounds on Friday.

The complaints coming from Croatia, which could delay the opening of chapters 23 and 24 in Serbia's EU accession talks, "are more political than legal."

This is according to Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic, who stressed these complaints "should be resolved within bilateral relations."

Serbia's "principled and clear position on the issue of Vojislav Seselj's verdict" has yielded results, says Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic.

Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic has said he will make every effort so that the background of the murder of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic is uncovered.

He said he was confident that the state is not protecting anyone who might have had something to do with the assassination.

Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic said on Wednesday he "does not know whether Vojislav Seselj will be in The Hague on March 31."

The Hague Tribunal has scheduled the reading of the verdict for that day in the Seselj war crimes trial.

President Tomislav Nikolic on Thursday authorized Serbia's defense minister to put the Serbian Army on full alert in case this is needed.

Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic communicated this to reporters after a meeting held in Belgrade of the Council for National Security.

Jovica Stepic and Sladjana Stankovic died "from the consequences of a detonation and have not been tortured," the autopsies carried out in Belgrade have shown.

Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic confirmed this for B92 on Wednesday.

Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic has announced that Serbia will send a protest note to the Hague Tribunal (ICTY).

The country will continue to cooperate with the tribunal, he told a news conference on Wednesday - "but in line with our state and national interests."