Tag: Serbia

Serbia president apologises for massacre

Serbia's nationalist President Tomislav Nikolic has personally apologised for the first time for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslims, but stopped short of...

Vampire on the loose in Serbia

Get your garlic, crosses and stakes ready: a bloodsucking vampire is on the loose. Or so say villagers in the tiny western Serbian hamlet...

Czech Republic beat Serbia to retain Fed Cup title

The Czech Republic secured back-to-back Fed Cup titles with a 3-1 win over Serbia before fervent fans in Prague. A backhand winner from world...

Ivanovic keeps Serbia in hunt for Fed Cup title

Ana Ivanovic beat Petra Kvitova 6-3 7-5 on Sunday to keep alive Serbia’s hopes of winning their debut Fed Cup title. World number eight Kvitova...

Serbia wants to sell military equipment to Pakistan

Serbia wants to conclude an agreement with Pakistan that would enable the export of its military equipment to the Asian country, Defence Minister Aleksandar...

Djokovic to be Serbia’s Olympic flag-bearer

Tennis star Novak Djokovic has said he will be Serbia's flag-bearer at this summer's Olympic Games in London, Beta news agency reported Wednesday. "We...

Korea, Serbia, Japan qualify for Olympics

South Korea, Serbia and Japan qualified for the London Olympics, joining two-time world champions Russia, on the final day of the women's volleyball qualifying...

Jankovic puts Serbia in front

Jankovic beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-3 here on Saturday to put Serbia 1-0 up against Russia in a Fed Cup semi-final tie. It was...

Serbia seeks to turn page with Hadzic arrest

Serbia sought to turn the page on its troubled past as it prepared Thursday to hand over former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic, the...

Serbia arrests war crimes fugitive Hadzic

Serbia on Wednesday arrested Goran Hadzic, the one-time Croatian Serb rebel leader accused of mass murder and the last remaining fugitive wanted by the...

Serbia survive Djokovic blow, set-up Argentina semi

Defending Davis Cup champions Serbia shrugged off the absence of Wimbledon winner Novak Djokovic to wrap up a 4-1 win over Sweden and book...

Serbia beat Sweden to reach Davis Cup semis

As expected, Davis Cup holders Serbia eased into this year's semi-finals after Janko Tipsarevic crushed Sweden's Michael Ryderstedt in their last-eight singles rubber here...

Djokovic back on Davis Cup duty for Serbia

There is no time for rest for Novak Djokovic as the newly-crowned Wimbledon champion gets ready to lead Davis Cup holders Serbia in their...

Joyful Serbia celebrates Djokovic victory

Novak Djokovic's first Wimbledon crown was greeted by celebrations on the streets of Serbia on Sunday. Hundreds of cheerful mostly young people filled the...

Serbia vows to bring Mladic protectors to justice

Serbia vowed on Saturday to track down those who helped Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic evade justice for so long, as fresh...

Djokovic, Lopez reach Serbia Open final

Top seed Novak Djokovic reached the Serbia Open final without hitting a ball on Saturday after fellow Serb Janko Tipsarevic pulled out of their...

Over 50,000 rally in Serbia for early elections

BELGRADE - Over 50,000 people took to the streets of Belgrade on Saturday for anti-government protests as the leader of an opposition nationalist party announced a hunger strike to force early elections.
"Since this morning, I did not drink or eat. I ask you to accept this as the last resort to fight for a better Serbia," Tomislav Nikolic told a stunned crowd of over 50,000 of his supporters gathered in front of the Serbian parliament for a protest labelled a day of change.