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My Part in Ceaucescu’s Downfall

23 December 2009 | By Marcus Tanner

Marcus Tanner I’ll always remember the Romanian revolution because it’s the only time in my life I felt like royalty. We’d been waiting on the Yugoslav border, near Timisaoara, for days, as soon as the first news broke on the BBC about “disturbances” in the city.


Albania Gifts 400,000 Euros to Serb Enclave
23 December 2009 |

After a meeting with representatives of the Serb minority in Kosovo, Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha announced on Thursday the gifting of a 400,000 euro grant to the community of Gracanica.

Macedonians Travel More After Visa Scrapping
23 December 2009 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic

The European Union visa-scrapping for traveling Macedonians has prompted a 25 percent increase of passengers at the country’s border crossings with EU countries.

Stankovic: Upper-Class Prison
25 December 2009 |

An eyewitness of Radovan Stankovic’s flight describes what happened in front of the hospital in Foca on May 25, 2007.



Serbia Press Review - November 5

Belgrade | 05 November 2009 | Bojana Barlovac
 
Serbian Newspapers
Serbian Newspapers
Here are the top stories in Serbia’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

VECERNJE NOVOSTI

Serbian health authorities have confirmed a third fatal outcome of the swine flu influenza in a woman from the town of Cuprija. The total number of infected with the virus is 204.

BLIC

Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Serge Brammertz, and Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic discussed technical problems in the cooperation of the two prosecutions with the aim of overcoming them.

DANAS

Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and leader of the League of Vojvodina Social Democrats, LSV, Nenad Canak agreed that the draft Law on Determining the Jurisdiction of Vojvodina, includes the LSV amendments. This means that Novi Sad will be defined as the capital of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and the existence of Vojvodina Academy of Sciences and Arts will be recognised.



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