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Tadi? urges "free electricity" for poor households [Feb 08, 2012] CRNA TRAVA, BELGRADE -- Serbian President Boris Tadi? toured southern Serbia on Wednesday and met with representatives of local emergency teams in the municipality of Crna Trava. [via YahooNews] More >>

Tadi? meets with Italian official [Feb 08, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbian President Boris Tadi? talked on Wednesday with President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini. The two officials discussed bilateral relations and strengthening of economic cooperation between the two countries. [via YahooNews] More >>

Eastday-Snowfall strands leaders of Serbia, Croatia [Feb 05, 2012] BELGRADE, Feb. 4 -- Heavy snowfall has stranded presidents of Serbia and Croatia at a mountain resort outside of Sarajevo, according to reports reaching here on Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Interior minister confers with DEA official [Feb 04, 2012] BELGRADE, WASHINGTON -- Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic has met with U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Chief of Operations Thomas Harrigan. [via YahooNews] More >>

"No candidate status without deal with Pri?tina" [Feb 02, 2012] BELGRADE -- In order to be made a candidate for EU membership Serbia must reach agreements with Pri?tina, says a senior official of the ruling Democrats (DS). [via YahooNews] More >>

Greece ?fully supports Serbia?s EU accession? [Feb 01, 2012] BELGRADE -- Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas says Athens is a proponent of Serbia?s EU accession and that slowing down of the process would be EU?s strategic mistake. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia buys back loss-making mill from US Steel for 1 dollar [Jan 31, 2012] Belgrade (dpa) - Serbia bought back the largest steel mill in the country from United States Steel Corporation for a token 1 dollar on Tuesday, eight years after it privatized the company.The mill in Smederevo, which operated at the time under the name Sartid, went bankrupt and was privatized for 33 million dollars in 2003.US Steel in Smederevo became Serbia?s top exporter, but started making ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Speaker praises parliament's role in EU integrations [Jan 30, 2012] BELGRADE -- Parliament Speaker Slavica ?uki?-Dejanovi? said on Monday that the Serbian parliament was a "champion of EU integrations". [via YahooNews] More >>

?Serbia must fulfill all EU conditions? [Jan 29, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbian government?s European Integration Office Director Milica Delevi? said Sunday that conditions that were set in December needed to be fulfilled. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU stance on Serbia ?more positive than in Decemeber? [Jan 29, 2012] BELGRADE -- EU?s stance on Serbia?s candidate status is slightly more positive than in December, Serbian parliament's EU Integration Committee Chairman Laslo Varga says. [via YahooNews] More >>

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 >>

5,000 policemen to provide security during game [Jan 27, 2012] BELGRADE -- Around 5,000 police officers will safeguard the European Handball Championship semifinal game in Belgrade between Serbia and Croatia on Friday evening. [via YahooNews] More >>

President condemns hooligan violence [Jan 26, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbian President Boris Tadi? on Thursday strongly condemned hooligan attacks in northern Serbia targeting fans of the Croatian handball team. [via YahooNews] More >>

?Solution for Kosovo representation still not close? [Jan 26, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbian government's Media Office Chief Milivoje Mihajlovi? has said that Belgrade and Pri?tina are one step closer to a solution for Kosovo?s representation. [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 >>

SNS leader should head coalition list, party says [Jan 22, 2012] BELGRADE -- New Serbia (NS) Presidency has decided that Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikoli? will head the coalition list in the parliamentary elections. [via YahooNews] More >>

Angelina Jolie movie criticised in Serbia [Jan 21, 2012] Belgrade, Jan 22 (IANS/AKI) Angelina Jolie's directorial debut about a love story between a Serbian policeman and his rape victim has met with sharp criticism among Bosnian Serbs who said the work was biased and anti-Serb. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU facilitator to visit Belgrade next week [Jan 21, 2012] BELGRADE -- EU facilitator Robert Cooper should visit Serbia next week. A date for the continuation of the talks is also expected to be set soon. Belgrade team chief Borislav Stefanovi? expects that a solution for Kosovo's regional representation will be reached in the next round of talks. [via YahooNews] More >>

U.S. official to meet with Serbian representatives [Jan 20, 2012] BELGRADE -- U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Philip Reeker will meet Friday in Belgrade with Serbian officials, the U.S. embassy in Belgrade confirmed to Tanjug. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian Radicals Ask for Russian Help in Leader's Trial [Jan 19, 2012] Members of the far right Serbian Radical Party have asked the Russian embassy in Belgrade to provide legal assistance for party leader Vojislav Seselj, who is on trial in The Hague for alleged war crimes, the Russian diplomatic service told RIA Novosti. [via YahooNews] More >>