Serbia, Serbia News

Heavy snowfall continued over the weekend in the Balkans, claiming more victims, blocking traffic and exacerbating problems in areas already cut off by the extremely cold weather.

SERBIA, like the rest of the Balkans, is covered in a deep blanket of snow. In central Belgrade, though, a less bucolic sight beckons.

The European death toll from winter's snow and brutal cold mounted Sunday after an avalanche in Kosovo killed at least seven people, officials said.

Serbian authorities are hoping that with the arrests of four notorious criminals they have dealt a decisive blow to organised crime.

Military planes flew in tonnes of emergency food Monday to towns and villages in eastern Romania, where thousands have been stranded.

The situation in Kosovo was expected to become the key issue on the agenda of the UN Security Council's meeting on February 8 in New York.

Belgrade and Pristina are far from reaching an agreement on Kosovo's right to take part in regional meetings, which is a condition for Serbia to obtain EU candidacy.

With the discovery of six bodies, the death toll in Serbia climbed to 20 that could be attributed to the freezing temperatures which have gripped the region for more than a month.

BELGRADE, Serbia &#8212 Serbia was struggling to keep its power system going, officials warned Thursday, after weeks of record low temperatures in Europe that have snarled traffic, frozen rivers and challenged officials to step up outreach to the vulnerable homeless.

Many hoped that the trial of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic would help Serbians confront the past.

BELGRADE, Serbia &#8212 A court in Serbia is investigating three guards suspected of helping two dangerous inmates try to escape from a high-security prison &#8212 one of whom had been convicted of plotting to kill the nation's prime minister in 2003, an official said Friday.

It will be a low budget affair, costing just 1,000 euros for ballot printing, but its impact could be sky high.

The photographs which look at both countries' future appeared in the National Library in Pristina this week, and will be shown in Belgrade next month.

A National Police official said agents arrested Vladimir Milisavljevic and Luka Bojovic in a restaurant Thursday in the eastern coastal city of Valencia.

Luka Bojovic, one of the suspects wanted for the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic in 2003, was arrested in Spain.

Design firm a2rhitektura has created this stunning interior for Cabello Salon in Belgrade, Serbia.

Serbia's defence ministry has taken delivery of a new Piper Seneca V, with the aircraft to be used for multiple tasks.

Around 70 percents of the voters will participate in the upcoming elections. Lawyer helped two criminals prison escape.

The resumption of dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo has led to the easing of tensions on the ground, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today, cautioning, however, that other significant political challenges continue to emerge.

At least four Balkan nations suspended shipping on the Danube River because of severe frost and the vast amount of ice blocking the heavily traveled waterway.