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POLITICS-SERBIA: The Make-Believe Becomes Believable
A group of 22 well established doctors applied for jobs last month at a hospital in Northern Cyprus. They paid 400 dollars each, almost a month's wages, to apply for jobs that promised 2,000 dollars a month with free board and lodging. It turned out that the hospital does not exist.HEALTH-SERBIA: Medical Waste Arises as New Threat
About a quarter of a million tonnes of medical waste poses new health risks in Serbia, health experts say.POLITICS-SERBIA: Relations with UN Deteriorate
Relations between the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and Serbia have deteriorated in the face of Serbia's growing fears that independence of Kosovo is imminent.POLITICS-SERBIA: Time for Women to keep the Order
Women have stepped in now where Serbia's most feared men once lived and trained.POLITICS: Serbs Look Forward to Their Past
What they fondly named "Yugoslavia" opened May Day. The country is gone, but a nostalgic Blasko Gabric opened a park called Yugoslavia in Subotica, 170 km north of Belgrade.POLITICS-SERBIA: Organised Crime Cleaned Up, at a Cost
The state of emergency was lifted in Serbia last week after a massive drive against organised crime under its cover.HEALTH-SERBIA: Cancer Link with Stress Suggested
The incidence of cancer has risen three times in Serbia in the past ten years, a new health study shows.POLITICS-SERBIA: Arms Enough for an Army Found
The Serbian government has unearthed more than 35,000 guns and bombs in a massive campaign to sweep away illegal weapons hidden in homes.ENVIRONMENT-SERBIA: The Bombs Still Waiting to Explode
As the bombardment of Iraq continues into the third week, Serbs are thinking of the bombs they still live with four years after the blitz on Belgrade.POLITICS-SERBIA: Murder Probe Brings Success on Drugs
The crackdown on organised crime after the assassination of former prime minister Zoran Djindjic three weeks ago has led to a shortage of drugs and withdrawal symptoms among addicts, health officials say.POLITICS-SERBIA&MONTENEGRO: Arrest Snaps Links with Past
The Serbian police have scored a major success in arresting the prime suspect in the assassination of late prime minister Zoran Djindjic.POLITICS-SERBIA&MONTENEGRO: New Battle Against an Old Enemy
The Serbian police are conducting a manhunt all over the country in an effort to find the killers of former prime minister Zoran Djindjic who was assassinated last Wednesday.POLITICS-SERBIA&MONTENEGRO: Underworld Surfaces Again
The assassination of Serbian prime minister Zoran Djindjic has shocked Serbs out of their belief that the days of violence ended with the fall of former president Slobodan Milosevic two years ago.Three men were arrested immediately after the assassination. But a larger hunt is on. The Supreme Defence Council has directed army units to join the police in search of the killers and conspirators.
POLITICS-SERBIA&MONTENEGRO: Underworld Surfaces Again
The assassination of Serbian prime minister Zoran Djindjic has shocked Serbs out of their belief that the days of violence ended with the fall of former president Slobodan Milosevic two years ago.POLITICS-SERBIA&MONTENEGRO: Young Find Hope in a Fractured Nation
After a decade of repression, years of sanctions, weeks of bombing and the break-up of a nation, the young in Serbia are finding a new optimism.HEALTH-SERBIA & MONTENEGRO: No Heart for Organ Donation
Serbia has introduced organ donor cards, but few are lining up yet to give what they may no longer be able to use.SERBIA & MONTENEGRO: Roma Struggle for a Roof
Protesters have blocked the highway between Belgrade and the second largest Serbian city Novi Sad repeatedly in recent weeks, demanding cancellation of plans to build a housing project for about 50,000 Roma in their neighbourhood.RIGHTS-SERBIA&MONTENEGRO: Roma Struggle for a Roof
Angry protesters blocked the highway between Belgrade and the second largest Serbian city Novi Sad repeatedly in recent weeks to protest against a new housing project for Roma people.POLITICS-SERBIA & MONTENEGRO: An Exceptional Indifference to War
After facing 11 weeks of NATO bombing four years ago, Serbs do not seem to care whether Iraq is attacked or not.POLITICS-SERBIA: Tell Me My Country’s Name These Days
Yugoslavia went into history without tears last week, but a lot of people do not know what to do with a country called Serbia and Montenegro.RELIGION-SERBIA: Nationalism Gathers Around Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church finds itself at the heart of a new nationalism.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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