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25 November 2009 | By Krenar Gashi

“Did you see it?! It’s not that great. It could have been much better. How could they waste so much money on such a lame ad?” These are some of the things we hear in Pristina nowadays.


ICJ Hears Further Kosovo Arguments
02 December 2009 |

Countries supporting and oppossing Kosovo's controversial decleration of independence presented their views to the International Court of Justice, ICJ, Wednesday.

A Month Remains for Mladic to Be Caught
03 December 2009 | Bojana Barlovac

Serbia's Head of the Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, Rasim Ljajic, says he will give Serb forces another month to arrest the two remaining war crimes fugitives, Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic. If the two are not arretsed by that time, he says will resign, he says.

Ivanovic: "Goods" in Warehouse
03 December 2009 |

Prosecution witness Ranko Simic recalls the events of July 13, 1995, when he transported dead bodies from the Agricultural Cooperative in Kravica to a grave in Glogova village.



Universiade Gets Underway in Belgrade

Belgrade | 02 July 2009 |
 
Opening Ceremony of 25th Universiade
Opening Ceremony of 25th Universiade
At a packed Belgrade Arena on Wednesday, Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic declared the 25th Summer Universiade open.

The ceremony, attended by leading politicians, top FISU representative, George Killian, and a healthy smattering of Serbia’s elite, was a glittering affair, involving 15,000 competitors, coaches and volunteers from more than140 countries.

Dancers, performance artists, messages from space, speeches from notables and electrical sparks, conjuring up the ghost of Nikola Tesla, completed the show.

The athletes marched in procession past cheering crowds through New Belgrade to the arena. Where the spirit of Nikola Tesla, Serbia’s electrical pioneer, was invoked as the Games’ torch was lit with a jolt of electricity. 

Following a well drilled show, dubbed ‘The Universe’ and featuring performers set against colourful backgrounds and a message of good luck from space from Commander Gennady Padalka and flight engineers Mike Barratt and Koichi Wakata on the Intenational Space Station, the flags of all the participating countries were presented and Prime Minister, Mirko Cvetkovic, officially opened the Games. 

The games, in fact, had got underway, on Tuesday, and earlier on Wednesday, with basketball and football providing some of the opening action. The British women were clearly fired up for the events, beating Estonia 10-0 in the soccer competition, including a hat-trick, from Amy Cane, scored in the space of 4 minutes, and overcoming a much-fancied Serbian team in the Basketball tournament.  Also in the women’s soccer, a strong Korean team comprehensively defeated Germany 4-0 in a polished display. 

Thursday saw competition start in most of the remaining sports and the next fortnight will be packed with sporting action.




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