Ivica Dačić (Beta, file)

Attack aimed at “killing police officers”

Friday 18.05.2012 | 13:42 | Source: Beta | Comments: (1) | Send comment

BUJANOVAC -- Serbia’s Interior Minister Ivica Dačić has said that the attack on a police checkpoint near the southern town of Bujanovac was aimed at killing police officers.

Dragan Šutanovac

Minister: Attack on police in south was terrorist act

Friday 18.05.2012 | 11:00 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (9) | Send comment

JAGODINA -- Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac has said that the attack on a police checkpoint near the southern Serbian town of Bujanovac was a terrorist act.

Serbia to choose president on Sunday

Friday 18.05.2012 | 10:30 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Serbian citizens in the country and abroad will vote for the new head of state in the presidential runoff on Sunday, May 20.

Lt.Gen. Ljubiša Diković (Tanjug, file)

“Kosovo poses biggest security threat to Serbia”

Friday 18.05.2012 | 09:31 | Source: Večernje novosti | Comments: (11) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Serbian Army (VS) Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Ljubiša Diković says that the situation in Kosovo is sensitive and that it could become even more complex.

Northern Kosovo Serbs to stage new protest

Friday 18.05.2012 | 11:52 | Source: B92 | Comments: (0) | Send comment

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- A new protest against the arrest of Jovica Miljković will be held in northern Kosovska Mitrovica at noon on Friday.

Dinar weakens by 0.4 percent

Friday 18.05.2012 | 09:06 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- The Serbian dinar is down by 42 para or 0.4 percent Friday, dropping to an official middle exchange rate of RSD 113.2928 for one euro.

“Mafia does not control Montenegrin justice system”

Friday 18.05.2012 | 12:32 | Source: Politika | Comments: (3) | Send comment

PODGORICA -- Mafia has no influence on the Montenegrin judiciary, claims Montenegro’s Finance Minister Duško Marković.

Dragan Đilas (Beta, file)

Belgrade to open safe houses for homosexuals

Friday 18.05.2012 | 13:20 | Source: Beta | Comments: (2) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Belgrade Mayor Dragan Đilas has said that several safe houses for LGBT people who have been rejected by their families will soon be finished in Belgrade.

12 persons injured in car crash near Belgrade

Friday 18.05.2012 | 09:54 | Source: Beta, Blic, RTS | Comments: (0) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- 12 persons were injured, including six children aged between two and 16 when a motorcycle crashed into a van near Belgrade around 23:00 CET on Thursday.

UN chief says Al-Qaeda behind Damascus bombings

Friday 18.05.2012 | 14:00 | Source: BBC | Comments: (0) | Send comment

NEW YORK -- The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says that Islamist militants from al-Qaeda must be behind two deadly suicide car bomb attacks in Syria last week.

Yesterday's news Thursday, 17 May 2012

(Tanjug)

Election silence ahead of May 20 second round

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 20:52 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- The campaigning for the second round of presidential elections in Serbia - to be held on May 20 - ended at midnight on Thursday.

Judge says attackers "intended to kill policemen"

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 14:45 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (12) | Send comment

BUJANOVAC -- The attack on a police checkpoint in the southern village of Dobrosin took place at 01:45 CET on Thursday and was "probably carried out by three attackers".

Vuk Jeremić (FoNet, file)

FM optimistic about UNGA presidency chances

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 10:52 | Source: Blic | Comments: (4) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Nothing is over when it comes to the UN General Assembly presidency until the votes are counted on June 8, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić told daily Blic.

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"May 20 is referendum on Serbia's direction"

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 20:57 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (4) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Boris Tadić said on Thursday that the May 20 election was a referendum on where Serbia was headed, on the future of the country and the region.

Tomislav Nikolić (Tanjug, file)

SNS urges Serbians to "punish Tadić in polls"

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 17:24 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić has urged the citizens to go to the polls on May 20, vote for him and thus punish his rival presidential candidate Boris Tadić (DS).

Shots fired at police in southern Serbia

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 11:27 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (29) | Send comment

BUJANOVAC -- An unknown assailant fired multiple shots at a police checkpoint in the ethnic Albanian village of Dobrosin near Bujanovac around 3:00 CET on Thursday.

Boris Tadić and Tomislav Nikolić are seen during the debate (Tanjug)

Presidential candidates take part in TV debate

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 09:13 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (21) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Presidential candidates took part in a TV debate on Wednesday night ahead of the second round of the election on May 20.

Protest against arrest of Kosovo Serb held in north

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 17:00 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (13) | Send comment

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Kosovo police have detained Jovica Miljković, suspected of participating in an attack in Kosovska Mitrovica a month ago.

A DS rally (Tanjug, file)

Democrats claim presidential runoff is "referendum on EU"

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 18:09 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- The presidential runoff will be a referendum on the EU, say the Democrats, whose leader Boris Tadić will seek his third term in office on May 20.

Ivica Dačić (Tanjug, file)

MUP carries no blame in Taton case, IM says

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 15:46 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić stated that the Interior Ministry (MUP) carries no blame for the murder of French national Brice Taton.

Milan Beko (Tanjug, file)

Serbian businessman wins legal battle against WAZ

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 17:48 | Source: Beta | Comments: (1) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Milan Beko has announced that his companies that own a stake in the Belgrade-based media outlet Novosti had won an arbitrage case launched by the WAZ group.

A display shows the RSD-EUR exchange rate (Tanjug)

Serbian dinar slides sharply against euro

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 09:41 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (6) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- The Serbian dinar is down by 30 para or 0.3 percent Thursday, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) has said in a release.

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Day Against Homophobia marked in Serbia

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 14:10 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (5) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- The International Day Against Homophobia is marked around the world on May 17, the day when homophobia stopped being regarded as an illness 20 years ago.

Ratko Mladić

Hague Tribunal adjourns Mladić’s trial

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 12:40 | Source: B92 | Comments: (15) | Send comment

THE HAGUE -- The prosecution finished its opening statement in the trial of Ratko Mladić in the Hague Tribunal on Thursday.

Francois Hollande

French president supports Tadić, daily writes

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 11:36 | Source: Blic, Tanjug | Comments: (9) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Newly elected French President Francois Hollande has given his support to Boris Tadić in the presidential run-off election, daily Blic has learnt.

Greek caretaker government sworn in

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 13:22 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment

ATHENS -- Greek temporary government headed by Prime Minister Panagiotis Pikrammenos was sworn in on Thursday.

Dmitry Medvedev (Tanjug)

Medvedev warns against “hasty Western wars”

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 16:20 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment

MOSCOW -- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev cautioned Western powers on Thursday against launching "hasty" wars.

“Syria fights against mercenaries, not innocent citizens”

Thursday 17.05.2012 | 15:12 | Source: Beta | Comments: (3) | Send comment

BEIRUT -- Syrian President Bashar Assad insists his regime is fighting against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy.

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Opinions & Analyses

Putin's evolving strategy in Europe

8.05.2012. | Comments: 1
President Vladimir Putin is seen in Moscow on May 8 (Beta/AP)

"Vladimir Putin was sworn in for a third term as Russian president, and France's presidential election continued the trend of losses for incumbent European governments when French President Nicolas Sarkozy lost to socialist challenger Francois Hollande.

B92 TV

“Belgrade cannot control political will of northern Kosovo"

17.02.2012. | Comments: 1

"As far as official Belgrade is concerned, this is an official confirmation that it cannot control the political will of the citizens in northern Kosovo, which is not bad in the context of political conditions that Germany and other EU member states

Press Room

Agreement on regional representation of Kosovo

25.02.2012. | Izvor: Tanjug | Comments: 11

BELGRADE -- The text of the agreement on regional representation of Kosovo, reached during the round of the Belgrade-Priština dialogue that ended in Brussels on Feb. 24.

Restaurants

Znak Pitanja

27.10.2011. | 15:28 | Comments: 1

It’s not very easy to maintain a good reputation and tradition over a long period of time, especially if you are on the competitive battlefield of the capital’s culinary scene.