http://www.rferl.org/archive/Serbia/latest/678/678.html RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Serbia http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo_RFERL.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/Serbia/latest/678/678.html en-US Copyright 2010 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:54:13 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Speaking at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the city of Sochi, on Russia's Black Sea coast, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said his country is "grateful" for Russia's backing on the Kosovo issue. http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-serbia-strategic-agreement/24995819.html http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-serbia-strategic-agreement/24995819.html Fri, 24 May 2013 07:35:21 +0000 Russia European Union police in Kosovo have arrested five people on suspicion of war crimes during the 1998-99 conflict in Kosovo, reportedly including a close wartime ally of Prime Minister Hashim Thaci. http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo-arrests-eu-guerrillas-war-crimes/24995437.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo-arrests-eu-guerrillas-war-crimes/24995437.html Thu, 23 May 2013 16:59:16 +0000 Kosovo In a new report, the global rights group Amnesty International documents abuses in 159 countries and territories that it says were "inflicted by those in power on those who stand in the way of their vested interests." http://www.rferl.org/content/amnesty-report-2012-human-rights-abuses/24994310.html http://www.rferl.org/content/amnesty-report-2012-human-rights-abuses/24994310.html Wed, 22 May 2013 23:01:26 +0000 Features RFE/RL European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says the prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo have agreed in principle on the implementation of a deal normalizing their relations. http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-kosovo-implementation-normalization-deal/24993708.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-kosovo-implementation-normalization-deal/24993708.html Wed, 22 May 2013 10:12:15 +0000 Kosovo RFE/RL Officials say five Serbia citizens have returned home after spending 21 months in captivity in Libya. http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-hostages-released-libya/24993205.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-hostages-released-libya/24993205.html Tue, 21 May 2013 19:15:40 +0000 Serbia German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle hailed the April 19 agreement as “historic,” but called for “concrete steps” to implement it. http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-kosovo/24992145.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-kosovo/24992145.html Tue, 21 May 2013 03:22:04 +0000 News Former Serbian basketball star Predrag Danilovic, who played in the NBA before becoming general manager of Partizan in Belgrade, has been stabbed and seriously injured in a bar fight in the Serbian capital. http://www.rferl.org/content/danilovic-serbia-stabbed-nba-basketball/24990118.html http://www.rferl.org/content/danilovic-serbia-stabbed-nba-basketball/24990118.html Sat, 18 May 2013 13:43:17 +0000 Serbia Eliot Engel, the top Democrat on the U.S. House of Representative’s Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke to RFE/RL about the recent normalization agreement between Serbia and Kosovo and the prospects for reconciliation. http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-engel-kosovo-serbia/24989546.html http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-engel-kosovo-serbia/24989546.html Fri, 17 May 2013 17:40:18 +0000 Features Two members of a Russian ultranationalist group allegedly involved in high-profile killings have been arrested in Serbia and Ukraine. http://www.rferl.org/content/russian-ultranationalists-detained-killings/24984474.html http://www.rferl.org/content/russian-ultranationalists-detained-killings/24984474.html Mon, 13 May 2013 10:57:44 +0000 Russia Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has urged Serbs living in northern Kosovo to accept an EU-brokered agreement on normalizing relations between Belgrade and Pristina. http://www.rferl.org/content/belgrade-urges-serbs-kosovo-deal/24984298.html http://www.rferl.org/content/belgrade-urges-serbs-kosovo-deal/24984298.html Mon, 13 May 2013 08:50:39 +0000 Kosovo More than 3,000 people protested in Belgrade on May 10 against an EU-brokered deal to normalize ties between Belgrade and Kosovo, seen by ultra-nationalists as Serbia's tacit recognition of its former province's independence. http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-kosovo-protests/24982701.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-kosovo-protests/24982701.html Fri, 10 May 2013 18:15:32 +0000 Serbia Stefan Fuele, the European Union commissioner for enlargement and neighborhood policy, has called on the EU-hopeful countries of the Eastern Partnership and the Western Balkans to do more to prove their commitment to democratic values. Correspondent Daisy Sindelar spoke to Fuele during his visit to RFE/RL headquarters in Prague on May 9. http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-fuele-eu-enlargement-fule-stefan/24981706.html http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-fuele-eu-enlargement-fule-stefan/24981706.html Thu, 09 May 2013 17:11:21 +0000 Features Daisy Sindelar The Metropolitan of Montenegro has raised eyebrows in some circles by announcing that he is going to propose a controversial 19th-century prince-bishop for canonization. http://www.rferl.org/content/petrovic-njegos-canonization-controversy-ethnic-cleansing/24981571.html http://www.rferl.org/content/petrovic-njegos-canonization-controversy-ethnic-cleansing/24981571.html Thu, 09 May 2013 15:14:55 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/petrovic-njegos-canonization-controversy-ethnic-cleansing/24981571.html#relatedInfoContainer Representative Dana Rohrabacher, who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is one of the United States' staunchest supporters of Kosovo's independence. In an interview with RFE/RL, he's critical of the EU-brokered agreement reached last month between Belgrade and Pristina, saying it did not create the preconditions for long-term peace and stability in the Balkans. http://www.rferl.org/content/congressman-kosovo-serbia-agreement/24974648.html http://www.rferl.org/content/congressman-kosovo-serbia-agreement/24974648.html Thu, 02 May 2013 10:01:32 +0000 Kosovo Serbian lawmakers are debating a crucial EU-brokered agreement to normalize relations with Serbia's former province of Kosovo. http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-kosovo-landmark-deal/24969371.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-kosovo-landmark-deal/24969371.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:01:16 +0000 Serbia RFE/RL's Balkan Service Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has offered an apology for his country's role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of some 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys. http://www.rferl.org/content/serbian-president-apologizes-srebrenica/24968229.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbian-president-apologizes-srebrenica/24968229.html Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:33:05 +0000 Serbia