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Handball-Denmark win Euro 2012, qualify for Olympics [Jan 29, 2012] By Zoran Milosavljevic BELGRADE, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Denmark won the European Handball Championship final by beating hosts Serbia 21-19 on Sunday to clinch the only automatic berth for the 2012 London Olympics. [via YahooNews] More >>

Kosovo police, protesters clash near Serbia border [Jan 14, 2012] PODUJEVO, Kosovo (Reuters) - Police in Kosovo fired tear gas and water cannon Saturday to disperse hundreds of protesters trying to stop traffic entering from Serbia in the latest flare-up in the Balkan country. The Kosovo Albanian demonstrators were protesting against what they say are Serbian efforts to obstruct economic and political development in Kosovo, which declared independence from ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Kosovo police, protesters clash near Serbia border [Jan 14, 2012] PODUJEVO, Kosovo (Reuters) - Police in Kosovo fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of demonstrators trying to stop traffic entering from neighboring Serbia on Saturday. The Kosovo Albanian protesters, followers of the opposition political party Self-Determination, were trying to block two border crossings in protest at what they say is Serbian obstruction of Kosovo's independence ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Grant to take over at Partizan - reports [Jan 13, 2012] BELGRADE (Reuters) - Former Chelsea manager Avram Grant is set to take over at Serbian champions and league leaders Partizan Belgrade, local media in the Balkan country's capital reported Thursday. Daily Vecernje Novosti said on its website (www.novosti.rs) Partizan's board would meet by Friday to name Grant as a replacement for Aleksandar Stanojevic, who fell out with club president Dragan ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia arrests alleged ringleader of Kosovo violence [Jan 11, 2012] BELGRADE (Reuters) - An alleged fuel smuggler accused by NATO of orchestrating violence against its troops in Kosovo last month was arrested Tuesday in Serbia, Serbian media reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian president's convoy stoned in Kosovo [Jan 06, 2012] DECANI, Kosovo (Reuters) - Kosovo Albanian protesters hurled stones at an armored motorcade carrying Serbian President Boris Tadic Friday as he marked Orthodox Christmas in the former Serbian province, where Serb-Albanian tensions have resurfaced. Kosovo's population is 90 percent ethnic Albanian, and it became the last state to emerge from the remains of federal Yugoslavia when it declared ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia arrests alleged ringleader of Kosovo violence [Jan 04, 2012] BELGRADE (Reuters) - An alleged fuel smuggler accused by NATO of orchestrating violence against its troops in Kosovo last month was arrested Tuesday in Serbia, Serbian media reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Kosovo Serbs call referendum on recognizing Pristina [Dec 29, 2011] KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) - Three out of four Serb-run municipalities in Kosovo's tense north decided to hold a referendum in early 2012 to decide whether to recognize Pristina's Kosovo Albanian-dominated government, a local official said on Thursday. Kosovo, 90 percent ethnic Albanian, declared independence from Serbia in 2008. Serbs dominate in a small swathe of the north bordering ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia arrests alleged ringleader of Kosovo violence [Dec 21, 2011] BELGRADE (Reuters) - An alleged fuel smuggler accused by NATO of orchestrating violence against its troops in Kosovo last month was arrested Tuesday in Serbia, Serbian media reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia arrests alleged ringleader of Kosovo violence [Dec 20, 2011] BELGRADE (Reuters) - An alleged fuel smuggler accused by NATO of orchestrating violence against its troops in Kosovo last month was arrested Tuesday in Serbia, Serbian media reported. The arrest of Zvonko Veselinovic, if confirmed, will be taken as a sign that Belgrade -- under pressure from the European Union -- is trying to ease tensions with neighboring Kosovo. Serbs in north Kosovo reject ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Merkel urges Serbia, Kosovo to normalize relations [Dec 19, 2011] PRISTINA (Reuters) - Germany urged Serbia on Monday to stop supporting ethnic kin in Kosovo and seek direct talks instead with the ethnic Albanian-led government in its former province. Serbs have put up barricades in the last few months to block traffic and attacked NATO troops in the largely lawless north of the tiny country, bordering with Serbia. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Killer of Serbia's Arkan held in S.Africa: report [Dec 15, 2011] JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The fugitive killer of the Serbian warlord known as Arkan has been arrested in South Africa and will appear in court next month on drug charges, the New Age newspaper reported on Wednesday. Dobrosav Gavric was sentenced in 2006 to 30 years imprisonment for killing Zeljko "Arkan" Raznatovic, Serbia's most infamous wartime paramilitary leader and mafia boss, but has been ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Russian aid stuck at Kosovo border in row with EU [Dec 14, 2011] BELGRADE, Dec 14 (Reuters) - A Russian aid convoy was stuck on the border between Serbia and Kosovo on Wednesday, caught up in a months-long dispute between the two countries over control of a northern slice of the former Serbian province. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia at a loss to stop population decline [Dec 07, 2011] NOVA CRNJA, Serbia (Reuters) - Pera Milankov is literally paying people to stay and have babies in Nova Crnja. Trying to stem a declining birthrate and exodus out of the town on Serbia's northern border, the mayor has offered free school buses and free medical check-ups for children, as well as 200 euros for every newborn. To no avail. Since 2002, Nova Crnja has lost 20 percent of its population ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia at a loss to stop population decline [Dec 06, 2011] NOVA CRNJA, Serbia (Reuters) - Pera Milankov is literally paying people to stay and have babies in Nova Crnja. Trying to stem a declining birthrate and exodus out of the town on Serbia's northern border, the mayor has offered free school buses and free medical check-ups for children, as well as 200 euros for every newborn. To no avail. Since 2002, Nova Crnja has lost 20 percent of its population ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian Foreign Minister named tennis association chief [Nov 25, 2011] BELGRADE, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic was elected Serbia's Tennis Association (TSS) president on Thursday in what he described as a bid to boost the country's image and create a conveyor belt of talent. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia, Kosovo talks deadlock to end soon: EU diplomat [Nov 15, 2011] BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Serbia and Kosovo are expected to resume negotiations on cooperation in the next week, a move that could end a standoff threatening Belgrade's aspirations to start accession talks with the European Union, an EU diplomat said on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Fight like Djokovic, Serbia FA chief tells team [Nov 13, 2011] BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's national soccer team should learn from compatriot and the world's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic, the country's Football Association (FSS) president Tomislav Karadzic said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serb town protests over wave of asylum seekers [Nov 06, 2011] BANJA KOVILJACA, Serbia (Reuters) - Protesters in a small Serbian border town called for government action on Sunday over the town's rapidly rising population of asylum seekers from Afghanistan, the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serb town protests over wave of asylum seekers [Nov 06, 2011] BANJA KOVILJACA, Serbia (Reuters) - Protesters in a small Serbian border town called for government action on Sunday over the town's rapidly rising population of asylum seekers from Afghanistan, the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union. [via YahooNews] More >>