Tony Blair

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was on Thursday in Belgrade "in an official visit," the daily Blic said it learned unofficially.

The Belgrade-based paper wrote that Blair spent one day in Serbia, and quoted a government source as saying:

Voting ends on Sept.10 in the leadership contest for Britain's main opposition Labour party after a campaign dominated by the shock popularity of radical left candidate Jeremy Corbyn, who looks set to win.

The Palestinian Authority on August 18 accused Hamas of holding secret talks with Israel that would endorse the separation of Palestinian territories.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair appealed to members of his Labour party to prevent a left-wing socialist candidate being elected its new leader, warning of electoral "annihilation".
 

Jeremy Corbyn, the most left-wing of four candidates, is the clear frontrunner for the leadership of Britain's opposition Labour Party, according to a YouGov opinion poll for the Times newspaper published on Aug. 11.

Rwandan spy chief Karenzi Karake arrived for a court hearing in London on June 25 after President Paul Kagame slammed his arrest on a Spanish-issued warrant as "absolute arrogance and contempt".

The British media have reported that Tony Blair turned down a speaking engagement in a world hunger forum in Sweden in a dispute over this fee.

According to the reports, the former British prime minister and the former Middle East peace envoy for the Quartet asked to be paid EUR 450,000 - or EUR 380 per second of his 20-minute address.

Pressure on Serbia to annul the verdict against Thaci

-- Austrian member of European parliament (MEP) Ulrike Lunacek believes that Serbia should annul a verdict its courts passed against Hashim Thaci.

Lunacek, who is EP's rapporteur for Kosovo, stated that the verdict was passed "during the rule of Slobodan Milosevic."

EP official thinks Serbia should annul Thaci verdict

PRISTINA -- Austrian member of European parliament (MEP) Ulrike Lunacek believes that Serbia should annul a verdict its courts passed against Hashim Thaci.

Lunacek, who is EP's rapporteur for Kosovo, stated that the verdict was passed "during the rule of Slobodan Milosevic."

British Prime Minister David Cameron's plan to hold a European Union membership referendum if he is re-elected next month would lead to an intense period of uncertainty for businesses, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will say on April 7.