BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president on Friday promised to lead the Balkan nation into the European Union and said the fact that Russia is arming the Serbian military doesn’t threaten that goal. President Aleksandar Vucic told The Associated Press in an interview that he wants to seek EU membership while at the same … Continue reading
Slovenia won its first European basketball championship on Sunday, defeating Serbia 93-85 in Istanbul behind 35 points by Goran Dragic. Dragic, the Miami Heat guard who was voted MVP of the tournament after the game, watched the final four minutes from the bench due to cramp. He had been visibly tiring, missing all three shots … Continue reading
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s defense minister said Sunday, Feb. 12 the country is getting a shipment of Russian fighter jets, supplies that could worsen tensions with neighboring states. Defense Minister Zoran Djordjevic said after returning from one of his frequent visits to Moscow that six MiG-29s will be delivered to Serbia “soon.” Djordjevic said … Continue reading
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia on Wednesday, Feb. 1 introduced a lockdown for migrants in their refugee center outside Belgrade after an alleged attack against a woman walking with her children. The measure comes amid widespread claims that the migrants are being forcefully pushed back and beaten when they try to enter Hungary and Croatia, … Continue reading
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia won’t help persuade Bosnian Serbs to cancel a disputed referendum that has challenged the international community in Bosnia and fueled ethnic tensions more than two decades after the 1992-95 war, the Balkan country’s leaders said Thursday. President Tomislav Nikolic and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said in a statement after meeting … Continue reading
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia won’t help persuade Bosnian Serbs to cancel a disputed referendum that has challenged the international community in Bosnia and fueled ethnic tensions more than two decades after the 1992-95 war, the Balkan country’s leaders said Thursday. President Tomislav Nikolic and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said in a statement after meeting … Continue reading
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An official vote tally has confirmed Serbia’s incumbent pro-EU populists won a landslide victory in the country’s general election. The tally presented by the state electoral commission Monday, Apr. 25, also shows pro-Russian nationalists are returning to Parliament. With about 96 percent of the vote counted, the Progressive Party won 48 … Continue reading
PRINCIPOVAC, Serbia (AP) — Walking a winding path inside a thick oak forest at the border between Serbia and Croatia, Jiyan Ali cannot believe his misfortune: he barely made it to Europe across rough seas and rugged mountains, only to be abruptly halted just meters away from his dream destination — the European Union. The … Continue reading
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The upcoming visit by Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla to Serbia is important because it gives recognition to the troubled Balkan country in Europe and beyond, the heir to Serbia’s defunct throne, Crown Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic said Wednesday, Mar. 9. “The visit by the future king of the United … Continue reading
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tensions simmered one night inside the smoky Belgrade City cafe in a rough neighborhood near the train station. The price of a human being was being decided. Dozens of young Middle Eastern and African men dressed in track suits and woolen caps were frantically negotiating with a Serbian smuggler on the … Continue reading
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Steven Seagal used to overwhelm Russian and Serbian bad guys in Hollywood movies with his martial arts techniques. Now Serbia wants him to share his secrets. Serbian officials offered the veteran American actor and producer a job Tuesday training Serbian special police forces in Aikido, a Japanese martial art that Seagal … Continue reading
BAJAKOVO, Croatia (AP) — Serbia and Croatia agreed Friday to ease the flow of migrants over the border between the countries after thousands of people, including children, were forced to spend the night out in the open in near-freezing temperatures along a muddy border passage. The interior ministers of Serbia and Croatia said they will … Continue reading
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — The latest developments as European governments rush to cope with the huge number of people moving across Europe. All times local: ___ 2:55 p.m. Serbia’s foreign minister has denounced the European Union for failing to act on the continent’s refugee crisis and for allowing EU nations to put up border fences … Continue reading
GEVGELIJA, Macedonia (AP) — There are no fancy dining carriages here, glasses of champagne or ace sleuth Hercule Poirot to solve a murder mystery. There are only hundreds of exhausted people crammed inside a dingy train, slowly moving along the same Balkan route where the legendary Orient Express used to rumble. Day or night, rain … Continue reading
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Austria stepped up vehicle inspections Monday at its Hungarian border after 71 migrants apparently suffocated in a truck, creating a huge traffic jam on the main Budapest-Vienna highway. In addition to the gridlock at the Hegyeshalom border crossing — about a 30-kilometer (18 1/2-mile) backup at its peak — traffic was … Continue reading
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