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Serbia: from frustration to aggression

MOSCOW. (Tamara Zamyatina, freelance commentator, for RIA Novosti) - The Netherlands and Belgium have put Serbia in a dilemma before its upcoming preterm parliamentary elections on May 11-a dilemma that may sink the European Union into a nightmare. Belgrade faces a hard choice in the pressing demands to extradite General Ratko Mladic to the Hague...

Elections highlight Serbia's uncertain future

Serbian President Boris Tadic's Democrats fragile alliance with the Democratic Party of Serbia suffered a collapse. "There were 84 of us. We walked through the night and we are tired," said Panic. "But we marched so that when people go to vote they will remember us, the young people. We have the energy and the will to carry Serbia into the...

Serbia faces choice between West and nationalism

President Boris Tadic and his pro-Western Democratic Party held a pre-election rally in the capital Belgrade on Thursday. Tadic has faced mounting criticism from opposition Radical Party supporters after he endorsed a pre-membership agreement with the EU. The Radicals though say...

Russia should back Serbia in court over Kosovo issue - MP

BELGRADE, May 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russia should give Serbia legal support with its plans to appeal to an international court Kosovo's declaration of independence, a senior Russian MP said Thursday. "I am convinced here that if necessary, Russia should give all the necessary political and legal assistance," said Konstantin Kosachyov, chairman of the...

Russia says EU mission could fuel tensions in Kosovo

MOSCOW, May 8 (RIA Novosti) - Efforts by the European Union to take over policing in Kosovo from the United Nations in June are only fanning tensions in the region, a deputy Russian foreign minister said on Thursday. The EU plans to deploy a 2,000-strong police and justice mission in Kosovo to eventually replace the UN mission. The UN mission in...

Kosovo Serbs receive Russian humanitarian aid

Since the beginning of last month some 140 tonnes of humanitarian aid have arrived in Kosovo from Moscow. The canned food, medicine and medical equipment are distributed by the local Red Cross to Serbian refugee camps. They’ve been cut off from Belgrade since Kosovo’s unilateral...

Abkhazia says breakaway region to gain independence eventually

MOSCOW, May 7 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia's self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia will eventually achieve independence just like Serbia's Kosovo gained sovereignty in February, the president of the unrecognized republic said on Wednesday. The ex-Soviet breakaway region along with two other self-proclaimed republics, Georgia's South Ossetia and...

Russia's humanitarian aid distributed to Kosovo Serbs

PRISTINA, May 7 (RIA Novosti) - The Red Cross has started distributing Russian humanitarian aid to Serbs in Gracanica, some five kilometers from Kosovo's capital Pristina. Gracanica, with a population of 13,000, is one of 22 Serb areas in Kosovo to receive Russian aid, which was provided following a request last month from Serbia's government...

Serbia: President Is Threatened

President Boris Tadic has received death threats for seeking closer ties with the European Union despite its support for Kosovo’s secession, officials said Monday. Mr. Tadic, the leader of the main pro-Western party, supported the signing of an affiliation agreement last week over the objections of nationalists, who said it amounted to a...

Tadic gets death threats over pro-EU 'betrayal'

Boris Tadic, the Serbian President, has received death threats from nationalists for "betraying the Serb people" by seeking closer ties with the European Union, officials said. President Tadic backed the signing of a stabilisation and association agreement with the EU last week over the objections of hardliners, who said it amounted to a...