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Serbia News Archives for October 2009

Oct 31, 2009 | BalkanInsight.com

Wave of Swine Flu Cases Hits Serbia

Belgrade Bojana Barlovac H1N1 virus under microscope A new wave of H1N1 cases has been reported in Serbia.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Global Voices Online

Hungary, Serbia: Tragedy At The Border

Ethnicity , Governance , Human Rights , Labor , Refugees , International Relations , Politics Languages: Serbian , English , Hungarian Full Category List Excerpt A group of 19 Kosovo Albanians tried to cross the Hungarian-Serbian river border illegally on Oct.

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Related Topix: Europe, Kosovo, World News,

Thu Oct 29, 2009

R & D

Serbia, Russia negotiate terms for $1 billion loan

Serbia and Russia on Thursday began negotiating the conditions for a $1 billion loan, which some fear is an attempt by Moscow to extend its influence in the Balkan country.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

StarNewsOnline.com

Karadzic Trial Resumes Without Defendant

The genocide trial of Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader, resumed Tuesday with prosecutors beginning to sketch out Mr.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

The State

Bosnian Serb ex-leader set free

Former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic, sentenced in 2003 by a U.N. war crimes tribunal to 11 years in prison, returned to her home in Belgrade after an early release from a Swedish jail.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

Turkey, Serbia Sign Bilateral Pacts

Business Insight Belgrade Bojana Barlovac The presidents of Turkey and Serbia, Adbullah Gul and Boris Tadic, have agreed in a Belgrade meeting on Monday that the two countries relations constitute a "strategic partnership". According to Beta news agency, Gul said that these relations are based "on both friendship and security". "As long as Serbia ...

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Boris Tadic

Sun Oct 25, 2009

The Economist

Serbia's busy foreign policy: Better troublesome than dull

SERBIA seems to have a foreign policy on steroids. Vuk Jeremic, its 34-year-old foreign minister, says that he spent 700 hours in the air last year, almost two hours a day.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Travel, Serbia Travel, Toomas Ilves, Abdullah Gul, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Balkan Times

Serbia detains health officials

BELGRADE, Serbia -- Police have detained eight health officials -- including former hospital directors -- for abuse of power and corruption.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

CBS 2

Lawyer: Karadzic will boycott start of his trial

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic makes an initial appearance at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on July 31, 2008 in the Hague, The Netherlands.

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People's Daily Online

Serbia confirms first A/H1N1 death

Serbian authorities confirmed that a 46-year-old woman died of the A/H1N1 virus on Wednesday, in the Balkan country's first death from the deadly novel flu.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

Serbia Registers First Swine Flu Death

Belgrade Bojana Barlovac H1N1 virus under microscope Serbian health officials have confirmed the country's first fatality from the H1N1 virus.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

Three More Serbians Snared in Cocaine Bust

Belgrade Bojana Barlovac Three more Serbian nationals were arrested on Tuesday in connection with their alleged involvement in the smuggling of over two tons of cocaine from South America.

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Power Engineering

New farm for Serbia's burgeoning wind power sector

The project will be overseen by a new Serbian subsidiary company, jointly owned and operated by GSAE and Wellbury .

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, World News

Tue Oct 20, 2009

SETimes news

Macedonia, Kosovo establish diplomatic relations

SKOPJE, Macedonia/PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Macedonia and Kosovo have established diplomatic relations, the foreign ministries of the two countries announced on Sunday .

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Related Topix: Europe, Macedonia, World News, Kosovo, Greece, Skender Hyseni

Mon Oct 19, 2009

AME Info

UAE signs open skies deal with Serbia

United Arab Emirates: 1 hour, 3 minutes ago The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority has signed an open air services agreement with the Republic of Serbia that allows unrestricted frequencies, capacity and types of aircraft to be operated by the designated airlines of each country in any type of service on routes between the two countries.

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Sun Oct 18, 2009

Tass

Medvedev's Belgrade visit to have historic significance - Serbian vice-premier

The October 20 visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Belgrade will have a historic significance for Serbia from the point of view of political and economic cooperation, Serbian Vice-Premier, Interior Minister and Cochair of the Serbian-Russian Intergovernmental Committee for Trade and Economic Cooperation Ivica Dacic said on Sunday.

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Medical News Today

Serbian Women Missing Out On Cervical Cancer Prevention

Main Category: Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology ; Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 18 Oct 2009 - 0:00 PDT printer friendly view / write opinions rate article Three quarters of sexually active students who took part in a survey of cervical screening had never had a Pap smear, despite being aware of the ...

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

Sofia News Agency

Serbia President Faces Charges over Stadium Alcohol Consumption

Serbian President, Boris Tadic, is facing charges for drinking champagne at the Belgradea s Red Star football stadium.

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Newswatch 50

Karadzic asks for UN trial exemption

BELGRADE, Serbia a " Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is requesting that the U.N. Security Council pass a resolution exempting him from trial at the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, insisting he was promised immunity by an American envoy.In a letter to the president of the U.N. Security Council, made available to The Associated ...

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

Serbia-UAE Sign Open Skies Agreement

The only way for Macedonia to join the EU is through settling its name row with Greece, Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas confirmed in a press statement.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

B92

"Medvedev to address Serbian parliament"

Daily Danas writes that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will be addressing the Serbian parliament during his visit to Belgrade.

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Related Topix: Travel, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro Travel, Serbia Travel, World News

Wed Oct 14, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

Serbia Adopts Bill on State Employment

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Boris Tadic, Mirko Cvetkovic

Tue Oct 13, 2009

ArgusLeader.com

Serbian pastor at church

Center of Life Church International will host Pastor Radovan Bogdanovic of Belgrade, Serbia, on Friday through Sunday.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

Serbia Press Review - October 6

Belgrade Serbian newspapers Here are the top stories in Serbiaa s main newspapers.

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Sun Oct 11, 2009

SETimes news

Serbia issues more warrants in French football fan murder case

BELGRADE, Serbia -- Interior Minister Ivica Dacic announced Saturday that the country has issued arrest warrants for two people suspected of being involved in the murder of a French football fan in Belgrade.

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Sat Oct 10, 2009

Balkan Times

Strike ends, Serbian airline resumes flights

BELGRADE, Serbia -- Workers with the maintenance company JAT Tehnika announced on Friday they have cancelled a strike launched earlier in the week, now that JAT Airways has agreed to pay part of the back wages owed to its staff.

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Fri Oct 09, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

France Supports Serbia's EU Integrations

Belgrade French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and President Nicolas Sarkozy French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said that France strongly supports Serbia's European Union integration process.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Nicolas Sarkozy

Thu Oct 08, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

Russia to Support Serbia at ICJ

Pristina Serbia filed a case against Kosovo after its unilateral declaration of independence in February 2008.

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Wed Oct 07, 2009

Sofia News Agency

Popular Serbian TV Channel Attacked by Bomb

The Belgrade police searched and sealed off the area around the building of the TV channel PINK which was attacked by a bomb Sunday night.

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Tue Oct 06, 2009

Sports News

Serbs seek to ban fan groups after Frenchman dies

Tomo Zoric said the prosecutor's office will submit a motion with Serbia's Constitutional Court to formally ban the groups affiliated with Belgrade clubs Red Star, Partizan and Rad.

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The Oregonian

Serbia to get $1 billion from Russia

BELGRADE, Serbia - Russia will grant Serbia a $1-billion loan to cover the Balkan country's budget deficit and invest into infrastructure, officials said Tuesday, in a deal that could extend Russia's influence in the region.

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Mon Oct 05, 2009

Amnesty International

Serbia: Stop attacks on human rights activists and on minorities

Amnesty International is calling on the Serbian authorities and specifically Prime Minister Vojislav Kotunica and President Boris Tadic to urgently condemn attacks on human rights activists and on ethnic minorities in the country.

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Related Topix: Activism, Europe, World News, Amnesty International, Charitable Organizations, Boris Tadic

Kentucky.com

Thousands mourn death of young French soccer fan

Thousands of people are lining up in downtown Belgrade to mourn the death of a 28-year-old French soccer fan who was fatally beaten by Serbian hooligans.

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