Tag: Serbia

EU says Serbia, Kosovo talks end without breakthrough

BRUSSELS: Serbia's president refused to meet with his Kosovo counterpart at European Union-backed talks Friday, dashing hopes of an imminent improvement in long-strained relations...

Kosovo minister pulls out of Bosnia meeting, citing Serb ‘threats’

PRISTINA: Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli has pulled out of a ministerial meeting in Bosnia after Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik said he was...

Serbia’s lawyers start protest strike after colleague shot dead

  BELGRADE: Lawyers in Serbia started a week-long strike on Monday to protest the fatal shooting of their colleague Dragoslav Ognjanovic who helped defend late...

FIFA World Cup Match Day 14 Preview

LAHORE: The group stages are finally coming to an end now that teams like Russia, Spain and Portugal have qualified for the knockout stage....

Serbia on EU course despite calls for Russia shift, PM says

BELGRADE: Serbia's prime minister said Monday the Balkan country's goal is to join the European Union despite calls by the defense minister for an...

Kosovo police fire tear gas at Serb protesters, detain Serbian official

PRISTINA: Kosovo police fired tear gas on Monday to scatter hundreds of nationalist Serb protesters outside a round-table meeting on improving relations between Belgrade...

Serbia free to choose Russia over EU membership: president

The European Union (EU) will have to understand Serbia's relations with Russia, if it wishes to see it as its future member, Serbian President...

Serbia must recognise Kosovo to join EU: German Gabriel

PRISTINA: Serbia must recognise Kosovo's independence as a condition of joining the European Union, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has said. At a joint news...

Serbia ends dialogue with Kosovo until politician’s killers found

BELGRADE: The EU-mediated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels will be suspended until Serbia is satisfied with the result of an investigation into...

British actor Ralph Fiennes given Serbian passport

Award-winning British actor and director Ralph Fiennes, who portrayed Lord Voldemort in the "Harry Potter" series, was given a Serbian passport on Sunday for...

Storm kills eight in Romania, damage hits Serbia, Croatia

BUCHAREST: A strong storm killed eight people and injured at least 67 in western Romania on Sunday as winds of up to 100 kph...

Chinese Hainan Airlines launches new flight from Beijing to Belgrade

BELGRADE: Chinese Hainan Airlines launched their first flight to Serbia's capital on Friday with a ceremony to mark the occasion at Belgrade Airport. The airline's...

Serbia PM announces first openly gay minister

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic announced a new cabinet line-up on Monday that included the first openly gay ministerial candidate in the conservative Balkan...

Serbia’s defence minister to fall over sexist insult to journalist

  Serbia’s defence minister faced dismissal on Monday after remarking to a crouching female reporter, “I love these journalists who kneel so easily.” The comment by...

Serbia shuts borders for Pakistani migrants

Serbia and Macedonia have announced that entry for refugees from Pakistan and some other countries will now be restricted, UN’s refugee agency said on...

China praise for ‘true friend’ Pakistan; India refuses to send troops...

China's invitation to the Pakistani military and perceptions of an anti-Japanese sentiment may have led to India rejecting a Chinese request to send troops...

Serbia not guilty of genocide against Croats: top UN court

The UN's highest court ruled on Tuesday that Serbia did not commit genocide against Croats during the Balkan wars of the early 1990s. "Croatia has...