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SANU marks 170th anniversary [Nov 20, 2011] BELGRADE -- Serbia's oldest science institute Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) marked its 170th anniversary by a ceremony in Belgrade on Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian president criticizes Russia ambassador?s address to nationalists but doesn?t expel him [Nov 04, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia ? Serbian President Boris Tadic criticized a Russian ambassador on Tuesday for addressing an opposition nationalist gathering, but indicated he won?t be expelled. Several liberal groups in Serbia have demanded that Russian Ambassador Aelksandr Konuzin be declared persona non grata after he spoke at an anniversary meeting of the opposition nationalist Serbian Progressive Party on ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian president criticizes Russia ambassador?s address to nationalists but doesn?t expel him [Nov 01, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia ? Serbian President Boris Tadic criticized a Russian ambassador on Tuesday for addressing an opposition nationalist gathering, but indicated he won?t be expelled. Several liberal groups in Serbia have demanded that Russian Ambassador Aelksandr Konuzin be declared persona non grata after he spoke at an anniversary meeting of the opposition nationalist Serbian Progressive Party on ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian Authorities Persist in Repressing Bulgarian Minority [Feb 19, 2011] Serbian authorities did not lift a ban to officially commemorate the anniversary of Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski on the day Bulgarians remember his tragic death in 1873. Saturday there was a massive police presence in the eastern town of Bosilegrad, which is one of the centers of the ethnic Bulgarian population in Serbia, and where large-scale Levski commemorations traditionally take ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Kyustendil Mayor Refused Entry in Serbia [Feb 18, 2011] The Mayor of the western Bulgarian city of Kyustendil, Petar Paunov, informs he had not been allowed to enter Serbia Friday morning. Paunov was scheduled to attend the ceremony in the town of Bosilegrad, honoring the 138th anniversary of the hanging of Bulgarian national hero and revolutionary, Vasil Levski. Currently there are 50 armed Serbian police at the Ribartsi-Oltomantsi checkpoint on the ... [via YahooNews] More >>