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Serbia steps up support for gays but violence remains: study
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.
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Serbian Cup decided after one team gets angry and stops playing
(Skip ahead to 3:30 into the video for a relevant part.) Teams often get upset about referee decisions that don't go their way -- especially in a big match like a cup final -- but few get so upset that they just stop playing. That's what happened in the Serbian Cup final between Partizan Belgrade and Vojvodina Novi Sad, though. Down 2-1 in the 82nd minute, Vojvodina felt they should have been ...
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Belgrade, Pri?tina voice opposite views on Kosovo visit
BELGRADE, PRI?TINA -- Serbia believes that Belgrade team chief Borislav Stefanovi??s visit to Kosovo was aimed at alleviating the Belgrade-Pri?tina negotiations.
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Serbian cup final ends after team walks off
The Serbian cup final has ended in controversy when players from one team walked off the field late in the match to protest referee decisions involving penalty kicks. Players from Vojvodina Novi Sad refused to continue Wednesday night's cup final against Partizan Belgrade in the 82nd minute after officials did not award their team a penalty kick.
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Belgrade team chief travels to Pri?tina
BELGRADE, PRI{TINA -- Head of the Belgrade negotiating team Borislav Stefanovi? is visiting Pri?tina today where he will meet with Kosovo officials. This is the first time since Kosovo Albanians unilaterally declared independence that a Serbian official is visiting Pri?tina.
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Meeting of Serbian, Italian cabinets "possible in June"
KRAGUJEVAC -- President Boris Tadi? said on Tuesday 10 in Kragujevac that he expected a meeting between the Italian and Serbian governments would be held in Belgrade in June.
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Cup final farce deals another blow to Serbia's reputation
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's soccer reputation took another hit on Wednesday when their domestic Cup final ended in farce after Vojvodina Novi Sad's players walked off the pitch in protest over controversial refereeing decisions, handing Partizan Belgrade their 12th Serbian Cup title.
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"Tesla Tower" in Belgrade gets high-level backing
BELGRADE -- Boris Tadi? says a tower should be built in Belgrade dedicated to Nikola Tesla. It should become "a temple of science and a grandiose monument erected by the Serb people in honor of its great scientist", according to the Serbian president.
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Balkan enigma and NATO's chains of progress
(ROME-BELGRADE) NATO seems to find Serbia's autonomy outrageous, its semi-neutrality unacceptable, its modernity anomalous and above all its path to progress dangerous. For North Atlantic Treaty planners and schemers, Serbia-maverick, outsider, rebel-is an infectious disease to be eradicated.
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Serbia?s budget not at risk, PM says
BELGRADE -- Serbian PM Mirko Cvetkovi? said Friday that a claim that the state budget was in a crisis and that it could not survive without the sale of Telekom was untrue.
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"Fruitless pressure on Namibia" over Kosovo
BELGRADE -- FM Vuk Jeremi? stated after meeting with his Namibian counterpart Utoni Daniel Nujoma that Serbia and Namibia share the same view regarding the issue of Kosovo.
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Serbian, Hungarian presidents meet in Belgrade
BELGRADE -- Serbian and Hungarian presidents Boris Tadi? and Pal Schmitt pointed out the importance of integrating South East Europe into the EU as they meet in Belgrade.
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Chinese FM, Serbian President pledge more cooperation
Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Serbian President Boris Tadic agreed in Belgrade Wednesday to enhance the strategic partnership between the two nations and strengthen bilateral cooperation in scope and quality.
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Compromise ?possible? in Serbia-Kosovo talks
A compromise in EU-brokered negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina is possible but the talks have yet to yield concrete results, Serbia?s Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic said yesterday.
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Resilient Djokovic downs Lopez to win Serbia Open
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic won the Serbia Open without dropping a set after beating Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 7-6 6-2 in Sunday's final to stretch his unbeaten record in 2011 to 27 matches.
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Djokovic and Lopez reach Serbia Open final
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Top seed Novak Djokovic reached the Serbia Open final without hitting a ball on Saturday after fellow Serb Janko Tipsarevic pulled out of their semi-final with a thigh injury.
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Djokovic cruises into hometown semis
Serbian hero Novak Djokovic was an easy quarterfinal winner Friday in his hometown of Belgrade at the Serbia Open.
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Serbian, Greek presidents meet
BELGRADE -- Serbian President Boris Tadi? and his Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias met in Belgrade on Friday. The two presidents visited restored Neboj?a Tower and agreed that it was exceptionally important for the two countries? cultural cooperation and friendship.
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Djokovic strolls into Serbia Open third round
BELGRADE (Reuters) - World number two Novak Djokovic stretched his unbeaten run this year to 25 matches after reaching the Serbia Open third round with a 6-2 6-3 win over Romanian Adrian Ungur on Wednesday.
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Serbia Open men's singles results
Serbia Open men's singles first round results from Belgrade on Tuesday (prefix denotes seeding). Adrian Ungur (Romania) beat Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spain) 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4 Somdev Devvarman (India) beat Mikhail Kukushkin (Kazakhstan) 1-6 6-4 6-2 Illya Marchenko (Ukraine) beat 6-Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) 6-2 6-4
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