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(EU)

Dačić: Text of implementation plan harmonized

Wednesday 22.05.2013 | 20:18 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment

BRUSSELS -- Both sides have arrived at a harmonized text of a plan for the implementation of the Brussels agreement, said Ivica Dačić.

(Beta)

Opposition MPs against changes to tax laws

Wednesday 22.05.2013 | 17:03 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- After a heated discussion, a session on changes to tax laws was first suspended and then postponed until Friday after consultations.

Tomislav Nikolić (Beta, file)

Serbia, Russia face “new era” in cooperation

Wednesday 22.05.2013 | 10:55 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (7) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić and First Deputy PM Aleksandar Vučić will travel to Russia and meet with top state officials on Thursday and Friday.

(Tanjug, file)

Vulin to remain Office for Kosovo director

Wednesday 22.05.2013 | 13:33 | Source: B92, RTS | Comments: (7) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vulin will continue to run the government’s Office for Kosovo at northern Kosovo Serbs’ request, the Office for Kosovo has confirmed.

(Beta, file)

Vučić "convinced" Serbia will get start date

Wednesday 22.05.2013 | 16:00 | Source: NIN, Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić is convinced Serbia will get the start date for the EU accession talks, and "not only because of the agreement with Priština."

Vincent Degert (Beta, file)

Implementation of agreement very important, EU rep says

Wednesday 22.05.2013 | 12:25 | Source: Beta | Comments: (0) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Vincent Degert has stated that the implementation of the Belgrade-Priština is very important.

(Beta/AP, file)

Vučić arrives in Moscow, to meet with Shoigu tomorrow

Wednesday 22.05.2013 | 19:49 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment

MOSCOW -- Aleksandar Vučić has arrived on a two-day visit to Moscow, where he will meet with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Thursday.

“Declaration on Vojvodina aimed at raising tensions”

Wednesday 22.05.2013 | 11:23 | Source: VIP | Comments: (10) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- The declaration on protection of Vojvodina’s constitutional and legal rights was unnecessary and it will only raise tensions, the ruling coalition believes.

(Tanjug, file)

“Bundestag divided on Serbia’s EU talks date”

Wednesday 22.05.2013 | 09:38 | Source: Blic | Comments: (2) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- The German government expects Serbia to implement the Brussels agreement, opposition Social Democratic Party MP Dietmar Nietan has said.

Ivica Dačić, Catherine Ashton and Hashim Thaci (Beta)

Kosovo talks continue in Brussels

Wednesday 22.05.2013 | 15:42 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment

BRUSSELS -- A new trilateral meeting between Ivica Dačić, Hashim Thaci, and Catherine Ashton is being held in Brussels on Wednesday afternoon.

Yesterday's news Tuesday, 21 May 2013

(EU)

Dačić and Thaci to continue talks on Wednesday

Tuesday 21.05.2013 | 23:04 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- The working dinner between Catherine Ashton, Ivica Dačić and Hashim Thaci ended in Brussels late on Tuesday, and the talks will continue on Wednesday.

(Tanjug, file)

PM: Plan of implementation by end of week

Tuesday 21.05.2013 | 09:12 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (7) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Ivica Dačić stated on Monday that Belgrade is expected to prepare the plan of implementation of the Brussels agreement by the end of the week.

(Tanjug)

Declaration on Vojvodina adopted

Tuesday 21.05.2013 | 12:42 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send comment

NOVI SAD -- The Declaration on the Protection of Constitutional and Legal Rights of Vojvodina was adopted by a majority vote in the Vojvodina assembly late on Monday.

Serb officials from northern Kosovo are seen in Belgrade on Monday (Tanjug)

Talks on agreement after next Brussels meeting

Tuesday 21.05.2013 | 10:16 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Head of the Kosovska Mitrovica District Radenko Nedeljković stated on Monday that Kosovo Serbs cannot block the implementation of the Brussels agreement.

Ashton and Dačić are seen during the Brussels talks (file)

"Action plan for implementation expected"

Tuesday 21.05.2013 | 16:01 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (6) | Send comment

BRUSSELS -- EU's Catherine Ashton expects Ivica Dačić and Hashim Thaci to on Tuesday agree on concrete steps for the implementation of the Brussels agreement.

(Tanjug)

Talks with IMF possible in fall, govt. against pay freeze

Tuesday 21.05.2013 | 11:37 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- PM Ivica Dačić Serbia could potentially announce new talks with the IMF on a new arrangement with the international financial institution in the fall.

The government meets on Monday (Tanjug)

Government passes changes to six tax laws

Tuesday 21.05.2013 | 11:08 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- The Serbian government on Monday adopted changes to six tax laws which will ease the burden on businesses, especially small ones.

Patriarch Irinej serves liturgy in Belgrade on Tuesday (Tanjug)

Assembly of Bishops starts with prayer for Kosovo

Tuesday 21.05.2013 | 13:15 | Source: Beta, Danas, Tanjug | Comments: (8) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Patriarch Irinej, along with 12 bishops, on Tuesday served liturgy in Belgrade, marking the start of the regular spring session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops.

The Constitutional Court judges (Tanjug)

Public debate on Vojvodina Statute held

Tuesday 21.05.2013 | 16:58 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- A public debate has been held on a motion asking the Constitutional Court for an opinion on the constitutionality and legality of the Vojvodina Statute.

Two war crimes suspects arrested

Tuesday 21.05.2013 | 16:39 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (7) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Two suspects - one of them a member of the Gendarmerie - have been arrested on suspicion that they committed war crimes against civilians in 1999.

Disagreement in EU on suspending visa-free regime

Tuesday 21.05.2013 | 14:04 | Source: Tanjug, Večernje novosti | Comments: (2) | Send comment

BRUSSELS -- European Parliament member Tanja Fajon has said there is concern in the EU over the influx of fake asylum seekers from the Western Balkans.

Bojan Pajtić attends Monday's session of the Vojvodina assembly (Tanjug)

Pajtić: We seek respect of Constitution

Tuesday 21.05.2013 | 15:06 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment

BELGRADE -- Bojan Pajtić says the Declaration on the Protection of Constitutional Rights of Vojvodina is not seeking any changes in the level of its executive authority.

(Beta/AP, file)

Another Bosnian Salafi dies in Syria conflict

Tuesday 21.05.2013 | 15:40 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (14) | Send comment

SARAJEVO -- Another Bosnian citizen, a member of the Muslim Salafi movement, has been killed in the fighting in Syria, according to media reports.

(Tanjug)

Vujanović sworn in as president of Montenegro

Tuesday 21.05.2013 | 10:20 | Source: Beta | Comments: (2) | Send comment

CETINJE -- Filip Vujanović was sworn in at a special session of the Montenegrin parliament in Cetinje on Monday, thus starting his third term as president of Montenegro.

(Beta/AP)

U.S. authorities put number of tornado victims at 24

Tuesday 21.05.2013 | 17:03 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (17) | Send comment

OKLAHOMA -- 24 people have died when a tornado hit Oklahoma City, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

Opinions & Analyses

IT companies lead when it really counts

21.05.2013. | Izvor: AmCham Perspective Magazine | Comments: 0
(AmCham Perspective Magazine)

Faced with a growing crisis in the care of newborn babies, Serbia’s Information Technology leaders and individuals rose to the challenge and revolutionized the country’s maternity wards through record-breaking donations

B92 TV

Vučić discusses Kosovo deal, implementation, deadlines

2.05.2013. | Comments: 3
Aleksandar Vučić (Tanjug, file)

"We did not reach an agreement and it is obvious that there is no will to hold the referendum, because, I think it is clear to everyone how the people and the citizens would declare themselves..."

Reports

Joint report on Serbia's progress

23.04.2013. | Comments: 0

Joint report to the European Parliament and the Council, submitted by the European Commission and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.