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Belgrade  – Serbian President Boris Tadic congratulated US President Barack Obama Saturday on getting the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he hopes it will “be a guarantee of future politics of peace.”

Belgrade  – International Monetary Fund (IMF) experts, due in Belgrade in October to review Serbia’s compliance with terms of a standby loan, will want concrete measures instead of “promises” to unblock the 4-billion-dollar credit, central bank Governor Radovan Jelasic said in an interview released Thursday.

Belgrade  – Serbia’s press Monday hailed the rejuvenated national team as a force for the future despite their 85-63 defeat to Spain in Sunday’s Eurobasket final in Katowice, Poland.

Belgrade  – Serbia’s plan to cut thousands of jobs in the administration is a “good start,” but not enough to meet the International Monetary Fund (IMF) lending criteria, Central Bank Governor Radovan Jelasic said in an interview released Saturday.

Belgrade  – Belgrade doctors said late Thursday they were fighting for the life of a French football fan injured in a brawl before a UEFA League match, local media said.

Kostolac, Serbia  – Wading through the swamps that hundreds of thousands of years later would become eastern Serbia, “Vika” became stuck, never managing to pull herself free, and eventually died.

Belgrade  – Serbia departed home for the Eurobasket in Poland amid lower-than-ever expectations, but all that has changed after it routed world champions and main title contenders Spain in the opener Monday night.

Belgrade  – Seven people were killed and 14 others injured Thursday in an explosion at a munitions factory in Serbia, Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said.

Belgrade  – After many years of war and hardship, Ramadan in the Balkans is beginning to give Muslims, and other faith communities – a glimmer of a long-absent feeling: unity.

Belgrade  – Iva is a typical 4-year-old girl from Serbia. She enjoys summer vacation with her family, plays with her friends and argues with her little brother. The only thing that makes her different is that she does all of these things in Esperanto.