Serbia

Serbia Swears In 'Toma The Gravedigger'

AP | DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Serbia Elections, Serbia, Serbia Presidential Elections, Serbia President, Serbia President Tomislav Nikolic, Tomislav Nikolic, World Elections 2012, Video, World News

BELGRADE, Serbia -- Former nationalist opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic was inaugurated as Serbia's new president Thursday, blasting his pro-Europea...

Read Whole Story

Sarajevo, 1992-2012: What Future For A Broken Society?

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Bill Clinton, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Bosnian War, Dayton Accords, Sarajevo, Kosovo, Hague Tribunal, Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Partition, Genocide, Religion News

A society that once stood for peace and mutual respect is, for now, free of ongoing collective violence, but has also been shorn of its legacy of intercommunal cooperation. What progress has been made for the ordinary people of Bosnia-Herzegovina?

Read Post

War Crimes Trial Date Set

AP | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Ratko Mladic War Crimes Trial, Video, Kosovo War, Serbia, Mladic War Crimes, Serbia War Crimes, Mladic Bosnia War, Ratko Mladic, Ratko Mladic Trial, Bosnia Serb Mladic, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The U.N. Yugoslav tribunal says the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic will resume June 25th, about a...

Read Whole Story

Accused War Criminal's Trial Should Start In Weeks, Prosecutor Says

AP | JOVANA GEC | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: War Crimes, Video, Bosnia War, Serbia, Ratko Mladic, Ratko Mladic Trial, Mladic Trial, Ratko Mladic War Crimes, World News

BELGRADE, Serbia -- The chief U.N. prosecutor for the former Yugoslavia said Tuesday that evidence errors that postponed the trial of Ratko Mladic are...

Read Whole Story

'Toma The Gravedigger' Now Toma The President

AP | JOVANA GEC | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Serbia Presidential Elections, Toma the Gravedigger, Serbia President Tomislav Nikolic, World Elections 2012, Serbia, Boris Tadic, Tomislav Nikolic, Serbia Elections 2012, Video, World News

BELGRADE, Serbia -- New Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is a veteran ultranationalist who claims to have transformed himself into a pro-EU populist...

Read Whole Story

Serbia's Surprising Election Result

AP | DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Serbian President, Video, Serbia President, Serbia Presidential Elections, Serbia Eu, Serbia Elections, Serbia, Tomislav Nikolic Serbia President, Tomislav Nikolic, Tomislav Nikolic Serbia Elections, World News

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia is still likely to get a government that hopes to join the European Union despite the election of a pro-Russian nation...

Read Whole Story

Serbia Votes On Its Future

AP | DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Video, Presidential Runoff, Serbia Presidential Election, World Elections 2012, Serbia Elections, Serbia, Boris Tadic Election, Tomislav Nikolic Election, Boris Tadic, Tomislav Nikolic, Serbia Elections 2012, World News

BELGRADE, Serbia — Nationalist candidate Tomislav Nikolic won the Serbian presidency on Sunday, a result that adds to the political turmoil in t...

Read Whole Story

Bosnia: Shame on Us All

Rebecca Tinsley | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Hakija Turaljic, Ethnic Cleansing, Serbia, Darfur, Slobodan Milosevic, Jacques Poos, European Union, Holocaust, Radovan Karadzic, Serb Elections, Yugoslavia, Sarajevo, Barack Obama, War Crimes, Bosnia, Belgrade, Douglas Hurd, Armenia, Biljana Plavsic, Dayton Peace Accord, Genocide, Russia, Sudan, Peacekeeping, Republika Srpska, Rwanda, Denazification, World News

On the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Bosnian war we should feel anger and shame because 'the international order' is still ignoring those warning signs when they occur. We should also acknowledge the human consequences of the West's failure in Bosnia.

Read Post

Serbian Elections: Pro-EU President Faces Nationalist Challenger

AP | DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Video, Serbia Parliament, Serbia President, Serbia Presidential Elections, World Elections 2012, Serbia, Serbia Elections, Serbian Elections, Serbia Nationalism, Boris Tadic, Tomislav Nikolic, Serbia European Union, World News

BELGRADE, Serbia — A pro-European Union candidate and a nationalist opponent are headed for a runoff in Serbia's presidential elections, while t...

Read Whole Story

6 European Nations Hold Elections

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Germany Elections, Video, Greece Elections, Greece, Armenia Elections, Germany, France, World Elections 2012, Italy Elections, Serbia Elections, Serbia, Italy, Armenia, France Elections, World News

Six European countries held elections Sunday. Here is a quick look at what was at stake: _FRANCE: Socialist challenger Francois Hollande defeats incu...

Read Whole Story

Game of Thrones in Serbia

Jasmina Tesanovic | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Serbia, World News

Every time I come back to Belgrade, my hometown, I fear what I might see and hear with my own eyes and ears. In the new, soft, homogenized power of...

Read Post

Damaged Cezanne Painting Can Be Restored

AP | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Damage, Art Heist, E.G. Buehrle, The Boy in the Red Vest, Video, Lukas Gloor, Serbia, Masterpiece, Zurich, Painting, Paul Cezanne, Arts News

GENEVA — A Swiss art expert says a $110 million painting by Paul Cezanne damaged following a robbery four years ago can be restored. The direct...

Read Whole Story

Ivana Mladenovic's Turn Off the Lights at Tribeca: An Interview

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Gypsies, Ivana Mladenovic, Tribeca Film Festival 2012, Romania, Serbia, Turn Off the Lights, Roma People, Indie Film, Culture News

Ivana Mladenovic's Turn Off the Lights is a tribute to the resilience of the Roma people. I caught up with Mladenovic during the and asked her about growing up in Serbia during the war and her inspirations as a filmmaker.

Read Post

Balkan Blood and Hollywood Honey

Jasmina Tesanovic | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Serbia, In the Land of Blood and Honey, Angelina Jolie, Balkan War, Angelina Jolie Serbia, Angelina Jolie Balkans, Balkans, Culture News

In the Land of Blood and Honey is an honest , moving and completely true film: before this one, whenever a foreigner tried to say something about "my wars," it made me go wild with anger, no matter their attitude.

Read Post

Painting Believed To Be A Stolen Cezanne Found

AP | DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: E. G. Buhrle Collection, Video, Cezanne, Crime, Boy in the Red Vest, Serbia, Art Theft, Museum Raid, Robbery, Zurich, Paul Cezanne, Painting, Arts News

BELGRADE, Serbia — Police from Serbia and Switzerland have recovered a Paul Cezanne masterpiece that was stolen from a Swiss museum in 2008 and ...

Read Whole Story

Deadly Nightclub Fire

AP | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Serbia Nightclub, Contrast Club, Deadly Nightclub Fire, Serbia, Nightclub Fire, Novi Sad, Contrast Club Serbia, Serbia Nightclub Fire, Novi Sad Serbia, Video, World News

BELGRADE, Serbia -- The owner of a nightclub where six people died on Sunday trying to escape a fierce blaze has been detained by police, a Serbian of...

Read Whole Story

Far-Right Serbian Leader Jailed Over Threats Against Gays

AP | By DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Video, Mladen Obradovic, Gay Rights, Serbia, LGBT Rights, Mladen Obradovic Serbia, Serbia Gay Rights, Europe, Mladen Obradovic Jailed, Gay Voices News

BELGRADE, Serbia -- A far-right Serbian leader was convicted and sentenced Tuesday to 10 months in prison for making death threats that led to the can...

Read Whole Story

Thawing Ice Wrecks Hundreds Of Boats

AP | DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Ice Destroys Boats, Video, Ice Melting, Danube, Serbia, Belgrade Serbia, Danube River, River Ice Melting, Belgrade, Ap, World News

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Giant chunks of melting ice broke free on the Danube River on Monday, crashing hundreds of boats into each other, sweeping a...

Read Whole Story

PHOTOS: Europe On Ice

Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Europe Cold, Pamplona, International Destinations, England, Serbia, Estonia, Spain, Italy, Winter, Europe Weather, Europe Cold Spell, Destinations, Travel Tuesdays, Video, Switzerland, Germany, Snow, Romania, Venice, Europe Cold Snap, Europe, Hungary, Heathrow, Berlin, Travel News

The cold snap currently freezing Europe in its tracks -- halting commutes, breaking dams and leaving many stuck at home -- has continued its drive wes...

Read Whole Story

Former Enemies Reach Into Their Pockets To Help

AP | By AIDA CERKEZ | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Bosnia, Serbia Bosnia, Bosnian War, Croatia, Slavko Rasevic, Serbia, Serbia Veterans, Veterans, World News

By AIDA CERKEZ, Associated Press KOCINOVAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- They were bitter enemies on opposite sides of the front line during the horrors o...

Read Whole Story

PHOTOS: Photographer Captures Gritty Serbian Life

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Boogie, Photography, Kosovo Independence, Boogie Photography, Nato Bombing, Kosovo, Albania, Genocide, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia, War Photography, Yugoslavia Genocide, Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal, Arts News

The photographer Boogie has found much success with his cinematic portrayals of the grittier side of urban life. He has documented the tortured existe...

Read Whole Story

Diplomats: EU May Postpone Serbia Decision

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: European Union Serbia Decision, European Union Serbia Candidacy, Serbia, Europe Serbia Candidacy, European Union Candidats, European Union, Eu, Europe, World News

BRUSSELS — EU leaders may postpone a decision on whether Serbia can become an official candidate for membership until their next summit in the s...

Read Whole Story

UN Aims To Start Mladic Trial March 27

AP | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Ratko Mladic, Mladic the Hague, Ratko Mladic Trial, Serbia, Balkan War, Ratko Mladic Balkan War, Serbia Mladic, Mladic Trial, The Hague, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal is aiming to start Gen. Ratko Mladic's genocide trial March 27, but Mladic and his law...

Read Whole Story

"Why Should Everybody Else Get to Join the EU and Not Serbia?"

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: War Crimes, Serbia, European Union, Ratko Mladic, Hague Tribunal, Croatia, Balkans, World News

Vuk Jeremic is an energetic 36-year-old Serbian tennis fan. He speaks English with an American accent, favors elegant suits and has a warm handshake. An unlikely foreign minister? Perhaps.

Read Post

Balkans Hit By Devastating Drought

AP | MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC and AMER COHADZIC | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Bosnia, Donau, Power Supplies Serbia, Balkans, Serbia Drought, Bosnia Drought, Danube, Serbia, Balkans Drought, Danube Drought, World News

BEZDAN, Serbia — The waters of the mighty Danube are so low that dozens of cargo ships are stuck, stranded in ghostly fog or wedged into sand ba...

Read Whole Story