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Danube – vast, unexploited water-highway »

Belgrade  – When one looks at Rhine from a bridge in the former German capital Bonn, one immediately thinks of a highway, with barges navigating underneath like cars running the roads, with the lighter vessels overtaking the slower one before returning to their lanes.

Serbia and IMF agree 516-million-dollar standby deal »

Belgrade  – Serbia’s ruling coalition overcame internal strife over where to cut spending and has agreed on a 15-month, 520- million dollar standby credit with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Finance MInister Diana Dragutinovic said Friday.

German charter plane makes emergency landing in Belgrade »

Belgrade/Frankfurt – The German air carrier XL Airways confirmed that one of its aircraft had to make an emergency landing Saturday in Belgrade.

Haradinaj: Pristina and Belgrade Should Have Talks On “Common Interest Of Both Sides,” Without Mediators »

Pristina: The leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj stated that there should be talks between Pristina and Belgrade on topics “of common interest for both sides” but the talks should be without mediators.

Serbian Labor Minister Apologizes For State Secretary “Import Of Women” Comment »

Belgrade: Serbian Labor Minister Rasim Ljajic yesterday apologized for recent comments made by a state secretary with his ministry, Zeljko Vasiljevic. The State Secretary had recently stated that Serbia should “import” women from Asia, in order to provide bachelors in some rural areas of the country with wives.

Top Balkan war criminal Mladic sparks new guessing game »

Belgrade – Into Serbia’s summer doldrums came the news: Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Serb genocide suspect and one of the world’s most wanted men, was about to be arrested.

Serbia explosives factory blast injures ten »

Belgrade – Around 10 people were injured in an explosion in an ammunition factory in the central Serbian town of Krusevac, local media reported on Tuesday.

Tadic: Serbia Won’t Compromise Territorial Integrity For The Sake Of European Integrations »

The Serbian president and leader of the Democrats (DS), Boris Tadic said yesterday that Serbia will compromise her territorial integrity for the sake of European integrations.

Boris Tadic: Serbia will not give up Kosovo to become EU member »

Belgrade – Serbia’s main goal is membership in the European Union (EU) but it will not give up Kosovo for it, President Boris Tadic said Sunday.

Rasim Ljajic: Hunt For Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic Would Continue »

Belgrade: The president of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal,  has said that it is still early to say whether Radovan Karadzic’s arrest can reveal the whereabouts of Ratko Mladic, the Chief of Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska (the Bosnian Serb Army) during the Bosnian War of 1992-1995.