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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 >>

Serbian handball player struck in eye by dart [Jan 28, 2012] BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbian handball player Zarko Sesum has suffered eye injuries after being struck by a dart thrown from the crowd during Friday's European Championship semi-final against bitter rivals Croatia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Miljan Miljanic, ex-Real Madrid coach, dies at 81 [Jan 14, 2012] Miljan Miljanic, a Serb who once coach Real Madrid, Yugoslavia and Red Star Belgrade, died Friday. He was 81. His death was confirmed by the Serbian soccer federation. Belgrade media said he died after a long battle with cancer. Miljanic, known for his defensive tactics and reliance on experienced players, took the Yugoslav national team to the 1974 and 1982 World Cups. [via YahooNews] More >>

Miljan Miljanic, ex-Real Madrid coach, dies at 81 [Jan 14, 2012] BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ? Miljan Miljanic , a Serb who once coach Real Madrid, Yugoslavia and Red Star Belgrade , died Friday. He was 81. His death was confirmed by the Serbian soccer federation. Belgrade media said he died after a long battle with cancer. [via YahooNews] More >>

Former Real Madrid coach Miljan Miljanic dies [Jan 13, 2012] BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ? Miljan Miljanic , a Serb who once coach Real Madrid, Yugoslavia and Red Star Belgrade , died Friday, the Serbian football federation said. He was 81. [via YahooNews] More >>

Avram Grant takes over as Partizan Belgrade coach [Jan 13, 2012] BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Partizan Belgrade appointed former Chelsea manager Avram Grant as its new coach on Friday, hoping he could lead the defending Serbian champions to the Champions League next season. [via YahooNews] More >>

Avram Grant named Partizan Belgrade coach [Jan 13, 2012] BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Partizan Belgrade appointed former Chelsea manager Avram Grant as its new coach on Friday, hoping he could lead the defending Serbian champions to the Champions League next season. [via YahooNews] More >>

Avram Grant takes over as Partizan Belgrade coach [Jan 13, 2012] Partizan Belgrade appointed former Chelsea manager Avram Grant as its new coach on Friday, hoping he could lead the defending Serbian champions to the Champions League next season. Partizan did not specify the terms of the deal, saying on its web site that the Israeli coach will be paid "in line with the club's realistic limits." Local media reported that Grant will receive ?900,000... [via YahooNews] More >>

Avram Grant takes over as Partizan Belgrade coach [Jan 13, 2012] BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ? Partizan Belgrade says former Chelsea manager Avram Grant is its new coach. The defending Serbian champions did not specify the terms of the deal, but local media says Grant will receive ?900,000 ($1.1 million) for a one-year deal, plus a ?400,000 ($500,000) bonus if the team qualifies for the Champions League next season. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian lineage serves Grcic at Lake Zurich [Jan 13, 2012] Around his friends and teammates, Lake Zurich senior forward Mirko Grcic talks and sounds like your normal, everyday American teenager. Unless he's at home. "My friends come over and they'll hear me say something to my Mom or Dad in passing and they're like, 'What did you say?'" Grcic said. "They can't understand a word I'm saying." That's because Grcic speaks fluent Serbian at home. And nothing ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia favors dropping genocide lawsuits [Jan 11, 2012] BELGRADE, Serbia, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Serbian Justice Ministry Secretary Slobodan Homen said Tuesday the government welcomes news that Croatia may drop its genocide lawsuit against Serbia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian warlord's killer stays in jail [Jan 10, 2012] The Serbian convicted of killing warlord Arkan in Belgrade, and who was allegedly driving local underworld figure Cyril Beeka when he was shot dead, has to wait to apply for bail. [via YahooNews] More >>

Convicted Serbian killer?s bail bid postponed [Jan 10, 2012] The Serbian convicted of killing warlord Arkan in Belgrade, and who was allegedly driving local underworld figure Cyril Beeka when he was shot dead in March, has had his bail application postponed to Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian scientists contribute to CERN research [Jan 09, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbia is about to become an associate member of CERN, but Serbian physicists have been contributing to its revolutionary experiments for years. [via YahooNews] More >>

Red Star Belgrade Trial For Kotoko Striker Nat Asamoah [Jan 07, 2012] Asante Kotoko striker Nathaniel Asamoah is set for a two-week trial session with Serbian giants Red Star Belgrade, MTNFootball.com can reveal. The 21-year-old has been on the radar of the former European champions since Kotoko?s pre-season tour of the Eastern European country in August last year. [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 >>

Serbia won't respond to Kosovo requests - state secretary [Jan 04, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbian Justice Ministry State Secretary Slobodan Homen says the Serbian judiciary had no intention to follow any demands of the so-called Kosovo institutions. [via YahooNews] More >>

?Serbia to maintain macroeconomic stability in 2012? [Jan 04, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbian PM Mirko Cvetkovi??s economic advisor Jurij Bajec told Tanjug there was a realistic chance Serbia would maintain macroeconomic stability in 2012. [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 >>

Serbia files request for Arkan killer?s extradition [Dec 30, 2011] BELGRADE -- The Serbian Justice Ministry sent a request for Dobrosav Gavri??s extradition to South Africa on Friday. Gavri? was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the murder of ?eljko Ra?natovi? Arkan in 2000. [via YahooNews] More >>