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Serbian handball player struck in eye by dart [Jan 28, 2012] BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbian handball player Zarko Sesum has suffered eye injuries after being struck by a dart thrown from the crowd during Friday's European Championship semi-final against bitter rivals Croatia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Spain's Pomares wins at quirky Serbia film festival [Jan 24, 2012] BELGRADE (AFP) - Spanish director Fernando Pomares won the top prize at Serbia's quirky Kuestendorf film festival in the rustic mountain village of Drvengrad, which ended Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia parliament bans alcohol [Jan 06, 2012] BELGRADE (AFP) - The Serbian parliament has banned alcohol after media reports of excessive drinking, a top official said Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia gears up for Kuestendorf film festival [Dec 28, 2011] BELGRADE (AFP) - International stars Isabelle Huppert and Benicio del Toro will be guests at the Kuestendorf film and music festival hosted by Serbian director Emir Kusturica in January, local media said Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia and Kosovo inch ahead in difficult dialogue [Nov 23, 2011] AFP/Brussels Serbia and Kosovo made limited progress yesterday as they returned to the negotiating table to pursue tough talks to normalise ties that are key to Belgrade?s hopes of winning entry to the EU. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia arrests 17 over US Sarajevo embassy attack [Oct 29, 2011] BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbian police Saturday arrested 17 people in the Muslim-populated area of Sandzak after a suspected radical Islamist opened fire on the US embassy in Sarajevo, local media reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Talks delayed as violence flares in northern Kosovo [Sep 28, 2011] JARINJE (AFP) - EU-brokered talks between Belgrade and Pristina were delayed Tuesday after the latest surge of violence on the disputed Serbia-Kosovo border left four NATO troops and six Serb protesters wounded. [via YahooNews] More >>

Djokovic could miss China tournaments: media [Sep 21, 2011] BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world tennis number one seed, has a back injury and hinted to a Serbian paper Tuesday that he might miss the China Open and the Shanghai ATP masters 1000 in October. [via YahooNews] More >>

Kosovo Serbs block roads at Serb border flashpoints [Sep 16, 2011] BELGRADE (AFP) - Kosovo Serbs blocked the roads leading to two disputed border crossings with Serbia early Friday, as Pristina announced it would take control of the posts, local media and witnesses reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Merkel sets Kosovo conditions for Serbian EU candidacy [Aug 23, 2011] BELGRADE (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday issued a set of conditions linked to Kosovo that Serbia must meet if it wants to be accepted as an EU candidate this year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian lawmakers meet over Kosovo tensions [Jul 30, 2011] BELGRADE (AFP) - The Serbian parliament met on Saturday in an emergency session over the unrest in mostly ethnic Serb northern Kosovo amid warnings that tensions could erupt into fresh conflict. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia arrests wartime military chief Mladic [May 26, 2011] BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbia announced the arrest of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic on Thursday, ending a 16-year manhunt for the general accused of masterminding Europe's worst massacre since World War II. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian state TV apologises for 1990s war reporting [May 23, 2011] BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbia's state television network RTS, notorious for its biased reporting of the 1990s Balkans conflicts, apologised Monday to viewers for being used as the wartime regime's propaganda tool. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia steps up support for gays but violence remains: study [May 17, 2011] BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbia's state institutions have shown more support for the gay community, but there is still a lot to be done to reduce violence and discrimination, a study presented on Tuesday said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia to project historic bridge hologram over Danube [Jan 20, 2011] BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbian archeologists and engineers are working on a hologram to be projected over the Danube river to reproduce parts of a Roman bridge that once stood on the spot, project director Miomir Korac said. [via YahooNews] More >>