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Serbian star, warlord widow denies charges of violence [Dec 26, 2011] The Serbian pop star widow of warlord Arkan pleaded not guilty to charges of violence against a local football club manager before a Belgrade court on Monday, a report said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian folk queen in court on new battery charges [Nov 24, 2011] Serbia's folk music queen emerged on Thursday from house arrest to face new charges in Belgrade of violent behavior. Dressed in black, Svetlana Raznatovic, better known as Ceca, appeared briefly at a Belgrade court before the judges adjourned the hearing for December. Raznatovic and another person are accused of insulting and beating up the manager of a soccer club. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian folk queen Ceca emerges from house arrest for new charges in beating of soccer manager [Nov 24, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia ? Serbia?s folk music queen emerged on Thursday from house arrest to face new charges in Belgrade of violent behavior. Dressed in black, Svetlana Raznatovic, better known as Ceca, appeared briefly at a Belgrade court before the judges adjourned the hearing for December. Raznatovic and another person are accused of insulting and beating up the manager of a soccer club. Read full ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian folk queen in court on new battery charges [Nov 24, 2011] Serbia's folk music queen has emerged from house arrest to face new charges in Belgrade of violent behavior. Dressed in black, Svetlana Raznatovic, better known as Ceca, appeared briefly at a Belgrade court on Thursday before the judges adjourned the hearing for December. Raznatovic is already serving eight months under house arrest as part of a plea bargain for pleading guilty in an illegal... [via YahooNews] More >>

Ratko Mladic, Europe?s most wanted war-crimes fugitive, seized in Serbia after 16-year hunt [May 26, 2011] LAZAREVO, Serbia ? Ratko Mladic, the ruthless Bosnian Serb military leader charged with orchestrating Europe?s worst massacre of civilians since World War II, was arrested before dawn at a relative?s home in a tiny Serbian village on Thursday after a 16-year hunt for the architect of what a war-crimes judge called ?scenes from hell.? He appeared Thursday evening in a Belgrade court, looking ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Top Serb pop star avoids jail on fraud, gun charges [May 10, 2011] A Belgrade court approved a plea bargain on Monday allowing Serbia's biggest folk music star, the widow of the Serbian warlord known as Arkan, to avoid jail time over charges of embezzlement and illegal weapons. [via YahooNews] More >>

Warlord widow-turned pop star avoids jail [May 10, 2011] A Belgrade court has approved a plea bargain allowing Serbia's biggest folk music star, the widow of the Serbian warlord known as Arkan, to avoid jail time over charges of embezzlement and illegal weapons. [via YahooNews] More >>

Top Serb pop star avoids jail on fraud, gun charges [May 10, 2011] Reuters - A Belgrade court approved a plea bargain on Monday allowing Serbia's biggest folk music star, the widow of the Serbian warlord known as Arkan, to avoid jail time over charges of embezzlement and illegal weapons. [via YahooNews] More >>

Top Serb pop star avoids jail on fraud, gun charges [May 10, 2011] BELGRADE (Reuters) - A Belgrade court approved a plea bargain Monday allowing Serbia's biggest folk music star, the widow of the Serbian warlord known as Arkan, to avoid jail time over charges of embezzlement and illegal weapons. [via YahooNews] More >>

1 year house arrest for Serb folk music star [May 09, 2011] Serbia's flamboyant folk music queen Svetlana Raznatovic, better known as Ceca, will spend eight months under a house arrest and pay a euro1.5 million ($2.2 million) fine as part of a contentious plea bargain approved by a Belgrade court on Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Top Serb pop star avoids jail on fraud, gun charges [May 09, 2011] A Belgrade court approved a plea bargain Monday allowing Serbia's biggest folk music star, the widow of the Serbian warlord known as Arkan, to avoid jail time over charges of embezzlement and illegal weapons. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serb folk music diva Ceca reaches plea bargain deal in $5.8 million embezzlement case [May 09, 2011] Serbia's flamboyant folk music queen Svetlana Raznatovic, better known as Ceca, will spend eight months under a house arrest and pay a ?1.5 million ($2.2 million) fine as part of a contentious plea bargain approved by a Belgrade court on Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

14 Serbs convicted for killing Frenchman [Jan 25, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ? A Belgrade court on Tuesday convicted 14 Serbs of the fatal beating of a French football fan, describing a brutal scene in which the attackers cornered the man, hit him with iron bars and threw him down a narrow stairway. [via YahooNews] More >>

14 Serbs convicted of fatally beating French soccer fan and sent to prison [Jan 25, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ? A Belgrade court on Tuesday convicted 14 Serbs of the fatal beating of a French soccer fan, describing a brutal scene in which the attackers cornered the man, hit him with iron bars and threw him down a narrow stairway. [via YahooNews] More >>

14 Serbs convicted for killing Frenchman [Jan 25, 2011] A Belgrade court has convicted 14 Serbs of fatally beating a French football fan and sentenced them to between 4 and 35 years in prison. The Higher Court convicted the group Tuesday, saying most of them brutally attacked 28-year-old Brice Taton in a downtown cafe in the Serbian capital before Partizan Belgrade's Europa Cup match against Toulouse on Sept. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian hooligans sentenced for murder of Toulouse fan [Jan 25, 2011] Belgrade - A Belgrade court on Tuesday sentenced 14 Serbian hooligans to a total 240 years in prison for the 2009 murder of a French football fan. Two of the defendants, Djordje Prelic and Dejan Puzigaca, were handed prison terms of 35 and 32 years. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serb Basketball Player Going To Prison For Beating American [Jan 21, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia - A former Serb college basketball player has started serving his two-year prison term after being sentenced for beating an American student into a coma, the case that had strained U.S.-Serbia relations, a court said Friday. The 23-year-old law student, Miladin Kovacevic, was sentenced by a Belgrade court in November for severely beating fellow Binghampton University student ... [via YahooNews] More >>