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Belgrade police discover marijuana lab [May 16, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Da?i? said Tuesday that a laboratory with 450 kilograms of artificially grown skunk marijuana had been discovered in Belgrade. [via YahooNews] More >>

Milosevic Party Emerges as Kingmaker in Serbia [May 08, 2012] Voters in Serbia expressed their anger with the governing party, and Ivica Dacic, a former spokesman for Slobodan Milosevic, indicated that being made prime minister was the price of his support. [via YahooNews] More >>

Albanians arrested in Serbia ahead of elections [May 05, 2012] BELGRADE (Reuters) - Five ethnic Albanians were arrested on suspicion of war crimes in dawn raids on Friday, Serbia's Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said, two days before he runs for president and leads his Socialist party in knife-edge parliamentary elections. [via YahooNews] More >>

IM: Pri?tina has plans to disrupt elections [Apr 29, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbia?s Interior Minister Ivica Da?i? has stated that Serbian and foreign security services have information about plans to impede elections in Kosovo. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian police help arrest arms smugglers [Apr 18, 2012] BELGRADE -- The Serbian police helped arrest five arms smuggling ring suspects in Belgium early on Monday, Interior Minister Ivica Da?i? has said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Minister dismisses accusations of "political arrests" [Mar 29, 2012] BELGRADE -- Interior Minister Ivica Da?i? said today in Belgrade that, "in the future", anyone who endangers Serbia's constitutional order will be placed under arrest. [via YahooNews] More >>

?It would be better if Serbia had police in Kosovo? [Feb 26, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbia?s Interior Minister Ivica Da?i? has strongly condemned the arrest of Serbian policemen in Gnjilane on Saturday. He added he was sorry Serbia did not have its own police in Kosovo. [via YahooNews] More >>

Deputy PM: Hard to say if we will get candidate status [Feb 22, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbian Deputy PM Ivica Da?i? told Frankfurt-based Serbian language daily Vesti that it is difficult to say whether Serbia will get the EU candidate status. [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 >>

U.S., Serbia ?should find common stand on Kosovo? [Feb 02, 2012] WASHINGTON -- It is necessary for Serbia and the U.S., as traditional allies, to find a common approach to the Kosovo issue, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Da?i? says. [via YahooNews] More >>

IM: National Library director supports terror [Jan 19, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbia?s Interior Minister Ivica Da?i? announce on Thursday that he will will request the sacking of Serbian National Library Director Sreten Ugri?i?. [via YahooNews] More >>

Da?i? expains turning back of Pri?tina minister [Jan 12, 2012] BELGRADE -- Interior Minister Ivica Da?i? says that "any individual can travel from Kosovo to central Serbia as a citizen granted they provide the necessary documents". [via YahooNews] More >>

Deputy PM: Kosovo issue must be solved as soon as possible [Jan 05, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Da?i? stated Thursday that the Kosovo issue had to be resolved as soon as possible. He explained that the outcome of the crisis would otherwise be unfavorable for everybody involved. [via YahooNews] More >>

We could survive without Kosovo, IM says [Dec 31, 2011] BELGRADE -- Serbian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Da?i? has stated that Serbia would not breakdown without Kosovo. When asked what was more important, the EU or Kosovo, he said that Serbia was most important. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU should have ?more neutral? approach to Kosovo issue [Dec 29, 2011] BELGRADE -- Serbia?s Deputy PM Ivica Da?i? has stated that Europe should have a more balanced and a neutral approach to the Kosovo issue. He added that Europe should also understand and respect legitimate interests of both Serbs and Albanians. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian, Romanian IMs open new border crossing [Dec 28, 2011] BELGRADE -- Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Da?i? and his Romanian counterpart Constantin Traian Igas opened on Wednesday a new border crossing between Serbia and Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia Vice-PM: Sneaky EU Wants Us to Recognize Kosovo [Dec 13, 2011] Serbian citizens and government should face the reality that the EU's requirement for membership is Serbia's recognition of the Kosovo's independence, said vice-PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic. "Let us stop fooling ourselves. Recognizing Kosovo's independence is EU's requirement," said Dacic Tuesday at a conference on security in Belgrade, reports Serbian agency Blic. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

"Serbia recognizing Kosovo is EU's condition" [Dec 13, 2011] BELGRADE -- Interior Minister and Deputy PM Ivica Da?i? says that Serbia will likely not make significant progress in March toward becoming a candidate for EU membership. [via YahooNews] More >>

Candidacy decision "test of EU's maturity" [Dec 08, 2011] BELGRADE -- Deputy PM Ivica Da?i? stated on Thursday that the decision on granting Serbia an EU candidate status will be a test of maturity not only for Serbia. [via YahooNews] More >>

2 stolen Picasso paintings worth millions are found in Serbia [Oct 26, 2011] BELGRADE, Serbia ? Two Picasso paintings owned by a German museum and stolen from a Swiss exhibition have been found in Belgrade, Serbia?s interior minister said Wednesday. Ivica Dacic provided no information on the exact location of the paintings or possible suspects in the theft. The works ? ?Tete de Cheval? (?Head of Horse?) from 1962 and ?Verre et Pichet? (?Glass and Pitcher?) from 1944 ... [via YahooNews] More >>