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POLITICS-SERBIA: The Right Rises Now in Serbia
The new law to extradite Serbs suspected of war crimes to an international war crime tribunal at The Hague has provoked strong nationalist and rightist sentiments.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Serbian Mafia Turns To Abductions Of The Rich
After a decade of prosperous breaching of sanctions, Serbia's mafia appears to have found a new and lucrative source of income - abductions of the rich.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Extradition Demand Causes Controversy
There is controversy in the political corridors of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) after the government failed to meet the March 31 deadline to hand over suspects to the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY).HEALTH-SERBIA: This Kind of Smoke is Still in the Air
Hopes of healthy living in clean air are going up in smoke in Serbia.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Spy Scandal Rocks Serbia
For the first time since the change of the regime in Serbia 17 months ago, a spy scandal has rocked the country threatening its stability and the course of its reforms.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Serbia And Montenegro Unite To Form A New State
Serbia and Montenegro took a major stride towards attaining long sought after European Union membership when they merged to become one state thereby officially brining an end to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).HEALTH-SERBIA: A Traumatised Nation Seeks Out Psychiatric Help
An old Serbian proverb says as long as there are "kafanas" (cafes and restaurants) in Serbia, no one will need psychiatric help because they will be able to talk out their problems while socialising.RIGHTS-SERBIA: Family Violence Finally Punishable By Law
Changes in the Serbian penal code, adopted by the parliament last week, have finally made violence in the family punishable by law.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Milosevic’s Trial Glues Serbs To Television Screens
As the International Criminal Tribunal For Former Yugoslavia, ICTY, trial against former leader Slobodan Milosevic enters its third week many Serbs remain glued to television channels that provide live coverage of the proceedings .POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Milosevic’s Trial Provokes A Mixed Reactions
The trial against former leader, Slobodan Milosevic, that opened last week before the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY), has invoked a mixed reaction in his homeland.ENVIRONMENT-SERBIA: Fatal Leftovers of NATO Air Raids Go West
Toxic waste, the remains of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, air raids on the country are being transported to Germany and Switzerland for final destruction, environmentalists say./CORRECTED REPEAT/DEVELOPMENT-SERBIA: Brain Drain Takes Toll of Half a Million Youth
Half a million young people fled Serbia during the ten-year rule of former president Slobodan Milosevic, a new study shows.DEVELOPMENT-SERBIA: Brain Drain Takes a Toll of Half a Million Youth
Half a million young people fled Serbia during the ten-year rule of former president Slobodan Milosevic, a new study shows.SERBIA-POLITICS: Tribunal Makes Last Effort To Collect Firm Evidence Against Milosevic
As the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) makes its last effort to collect firm evidence against Slobodan Milosevic, the former leader is peacefully awaiting the opening of his trial on February 12, his legal advisers say.CULTURE-SERBIA: Serbian Children Find Sanctity in Kosovo Schools
Most children donot like school but those who live in small Serbian enclaves in the southern province of Kosovo love school.CULTURE-SERBIA: Selling Kidneys Means Survival For Some Serbs
For weeks now, a local paper in the northern Serbian town of Novi Sad has been carrying an advertisement in the classified column under the title "Children that need to be taken care of".ECONOMY-SERBIA: Financial Institutions Collapse As Country Faces Bankruptcy
The impact of Serbia's communist past continued to be felt in the first week of the 2002 with the closure of four major state-owned banks.ENVIRONMENT-SERBIA: Illegal Shipment of Dead Exotic Birds Discovered
The so-called "Balkans birds affair" is rocking Serbia following the discovery of a five tonne cargo of frozen dead birds that were smuggled from the Balkans into Italy.2001-2002: Serbs Consign Milosevic to Oblivion
If the year 2000 marked the end of the decade-long rule of former leader Slobodan Milosevic, the year 2001 can be dubbed "the year when Milosevic was forgotten by the Serbs", analysts and many ordinary people say.CULTURE-YUGOSLAVIA: Govt Returns Looted Arts to Croatia
Ten years after the destruction of the Croatian town of Vukovar in the war of disintegration of former Yugoslavia, the new era of relations between Croatia and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) started with the return of works of art looted from Croatia in Dec 1991.EDUCATION-SERBIA: Govt Deals with the Legacy of Adult Illiteracy
Serbia is trying to deal with the legacy of adult illiteracy and with the country's inability to keep pace with the modern world.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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