News: Serbia and Montenegro

We have started to collect the most important news related to Serbia and Montenegro in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Serbia and Montenegro: news

Serbia offers Srebrenica apology

Wednesday, March 31st 2010, 6:53
related countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina
related places: Srebrenica

The Serbian parliament condemns the 1995 massacre of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica - Europe's worst atrocity since World War II.
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Serbia snub mars EU-Balkans talks

Saturday, March 20th 2010, 18:45

Balkan leaders urge the EU to keep faith in them as potential members, after Serbia withdraws from an EU-Balkans conference.
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Belgium or bust

Tuesday, March 16th 2010, 11:54

Sad return for Serbia's failed asylum seekers
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Djokovic puts Serbia in control

Friday, March 5th 2010, 22:46
related countries: United States

Novak Djokovic beats Sam Querrey to put Serbia in command against the US after day one of their Davis Cup World Group tie.
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Live text - Murray v Tipsarevic

Wednesday, February 24th 2010, 15:00

World number four Andy Murray meets Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championship.
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Mladic house raided in Belgrade

Tuesday, February 23rd 2010, 11:56
related countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina
related places: Belgrade

Serbian police raid a house belonging to the family of the Bosnian Serb wartime military chief, Gen Ratko Mladic.
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Faith and folklore in modern Serbia

Thursday, February 4th 2010, 11:58

As a nation obsessed with superstitions, Mark Lowen discovers that Serbians turn to the folklore and sayings of their past to help cope with the uncertainty of their future.
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New Serbian patriarch enthroned

Saturday, January 23rd 2010, 14:31
related places: Belgrade

The new Serbian Orthodox patriarch is enthroned at a ceremony in Belgrade, pledging to back Serbia's claims to Kosovo.
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Hippo on run from flooded Montenegro zoo

Wednesday, January 13th 2010, 10:49

A two-tonne hippo, Nikica, is on the loose in a village in southern Montenegro after escaping from a flooded zoo.
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Eager web users snap up Montenegro's .me domain name

Saturday, January 9th 2010, 12:56

Montenegro's top level domain name .me has proved extremely popular with web users as it is snapped up in record numbers.
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Serbia submits EU membership bid

Wednesday, December 23rd 2009, 9:16

Serbia submits a formal application to join the 27-nation EU, despite two war fugitives remaining at large.
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Balkan states' travel to EU eased

Saturday, December 19th 2009, 7:58

Citizens of Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro can now travel visa-free to all countries that have signed the Schengen Agreement.
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Belgrade-Sarajevo railway reopens

Sunday, December 13th 2009, 12:22
related countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina
related places: Belgrade, Sarajevo

A rail link re-opens between Belgrade and Sarajevo, almost 17 years after it was cut during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.
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Serbia leader in champagne fine

Tuesday, December 8th 2009, 15:26

Serbian President Boris Tadic is fined 400 euros (£360) for toasting Serbia's qualification for the football World Cup with champagne at a stadium.
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EU agrees to upgrade Serbia links

Monday, December 7th 2009, 17:58
related countries: Netherlands

The EU agrees to upgrade links with Serbia after the Netherlands lifts its opposition to closer ties, officials say.
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Serbia 'making tribunal progress'

Thursday, December 3rd 2009, 23:08

Serbia is "progressing" in its co-operation with a war crimes tribunal but must keep searching for two fugitives, the UN says.
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Kosovo and Serbia in court battle

Tuesday, December 1st 2009, 15:53

Serbia and Kosovo argue over the latter's independence claim in front of the International Court of Justice.
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EU scraps visas for Balkan states

Tuesday, December 1st 2009, 9:49
related countries: Macedonia

The EU grants visa-free travel for citizens of three Balkan countries - Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
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Fighting on

Tuesday, December 1st 2009, 0:26

Serbia takes Kosovo's status to Hague court
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In pictures

Thursday, November 19th 2009, 16:20

Serbia buries Orthodox Patriarch Pavle
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Serbian Orthodox patriarch buried

Thursday, November 19th 2009, 15:14
related places: Belgrade

Half a million people line the streets of Belgrade for the funeral of the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Pavle.
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Monitors positive on Kosovo vote

Monday, November 16th 2009, 18:28

Observers say Kosovo's first poll since it declared independence from Serbia last year was generally fair.
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Kosovo PM claims election victory

Sunday, November 15th 2009, 23:48

Kosovo's ruling PDK claims victory in the territory's first local elections, with official results due within hours.
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Serbian Orthodox patriarch dies

Sunday, November 15th 2009, 15:55
related places: Belgrade

The head of the influential Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Pavle, dies aged 95 in Belgrade, the Church says.
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War tribunal head in Serbia visit

Wednesday, November 4th 2009, 11:00

The chief prosecutor for the Hague war crimes tribunal visits Serbia to look at progress on finding two remaining fugitives.
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