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

Accused war criminal Ratko Mladic arrested in Serbia after 16-year hunt [May 26, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Ratko Mladic, the ruthless Bosnian Serb military leader charged with orchestrating Europe's worst massacre of civilians since World War II, was arrested 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 [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 >>

Europe's most wanted war crimes fugitive Mladic held [May 26, 2011] Belgrade, May 26 (IANS/AKI) Alleged Serbian war criminal and Europe's most wanted fugitive Ratko Mladic was arrested Thursday in Serbia, Serbian President Boris Tadic said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia arrests war crimes suspect Mladic [May 26, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia, May 26 (UPI) -- Europe's most wanted alleged war criminal for his involvement in the Srebrenica massacer, former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, has been arrested by Serbian security forces, the country's president said Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian president: Ratko Mladic, Europe's most wanted war crimes fugitive, arrested in Serbia [May 26, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia - Gen. Ratko Mladic, Europe's most wanted war crimes suspect, has been arrested in Serbia after years in hiding, the country's president said Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Career soldier Mladic became "butcher of Bosnia" [May 26, 2011] BELGRADE (Reuters) - Ratko Mladic, who has been arrested in Serbia, is accused of orchestrating the methodical slaughter of up to 8,000 Muslims from the Bosnian "safe area" of Srebrenica, in the worst massacre in Europe since World War Two. [via YahooNews] More >>

Man Believed to Be Mladic Arrested in Serbia [May 26, 2011] Belgrade media reports that a man suspected to be Europe's most wanted war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic has been arrested in Serbia. Serbia state TV said a man who identified himself as Milorad Komadic when he was arrested Thursday is the wartime Bosnian Serb army commander. It gave no other details. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia: War crimes fugitive Mladic arrested [May 26, 2011] Gen. Ratko Mladic, Europe's most-wanted war crimes fugitive, has been arrested in Serbia, the country's president announced on Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

War crimes fugitive Mladic arrested in Serbia [May 26, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia?Gen. Ratko Mladic, Europe's most wanted war crimes fugitive, has been arrested, Serbian President Boris Tadic said Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian president: Ratko Mladic, Europe?s most wanted war crimes fugitive, arrested in Serbia [May 26, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia ? Gen. Ratko Mladic, Europe?s most wanted war crimes fugitive, has been arrested, Serbian President Boris Tadic said Thursday. Mladic has been on the run since 1995 when he was indicted by the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, for genocide in the slaughter of some 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica and other crimes committed by his troops during Bosnia?s 1992 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia TV apologizes to viewers over propaganda [May 25, 2011] JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia Two decades after its reporting helped fuel the worst bloodshed in Europe since World War II, Serbia's state-run television has apologized to viewers throughout the former Yugoslavia for serving as the key propaganda tool of late autocratic leader Slobodan Milosevic in the 1990s. Radio Television of Serbia ? or RTS ? said in a statement posted on its ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia state TV apologizes to viewers for Milosevic-era propaganda [May 24, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ? Two decades after its reporting helped fuel the worst bloodshed in Europe since World War II, Serbia's state-run television has apologized to viewers throughout the former Yugoslavia for serving as the key propaganda tool of late autocratic leader Slobodan Milosevic in the 1990s. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian Central Bank May Hold Interest Rates as Dinar Gains, Survey Says [May 10, 2011] Serbia?s central bank may hold Europe?s highest benchmark interest rate as it waits to see the effect of three increases this year and a stronger dinar on inflation, a Bloomberg survey showed. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU delegation chief opens Europe Day celebration [May 08, 2011] BELGRADE -- Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Vincent Degert opened Sunday the celebration of May 9, Europe Day and Victory Day, marking the end of World War II. [via YahooNews] More >>

Roma day marked by demands for rights [Apr 08, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia, April 8 (UPI) -- As International Roma Day was observed in Europe, Amnesty International called on Serbia to halt evictions of the ethnic minority from illegal settlements. [via YahooNews] More >>

In Serbia, nationalist support for Gadhafi follows hatred for NATO [Mar 29, 2011] While much of Europe united last week behind a NATO-led bombing campaign against the Gadhafi regime, reaction in Serbia to the attacks has been much more tepid. [via YahooNews] More >>

Putin visits Serbia for talks on natural gas pipeline to transport gas from Russia to Europe [Mar 24, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia ? Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has arrived in Serbia for talks focusing on economic issues and energy ? including construction of the South Stream pipeline to transport Russian natural gas to Europe. [via YahooNews] More >>

Putin visits Balkan ally Serbia for pipeline talks [Mar 23, 2011] (AP:BELGRADE, Serbia) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has arrived in Serbia for talks focusing on economic issues and energy _ including construction of the South Stream pipeline to transport Russian natural gas to Europe. [via YahooNews] More >>

Putin to talk pipeline on Slovenia, Serbia trip [Mar 20, 2011] Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit Slovenia and Serbia this week for talks focused on the ambitious South Stream gas pipeline planned on their territory, to rival Europe's Nabucco project. [via YahooNews] More >>