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Love Hurts

05 February 2010 |

Simon Cottrell It's a shame that the internet is a virtual medium, because there are a lot of people out there that I'd like to express my deep feelings of friendship to, and having spent the last two years here in Serbia, I'd like to do it in a truly Serbian way.


Feith: 'New Beginning' for Mitrovica
05 February 2010 | Lawrence Marzouk

The International Civilian Representative in Kosovo, Pieter Feith, has said the appointment of a team to create a new Serb-majority municipality in the divided city of Mitrovica could herald a 'new beginning'.

Skopje: UN “Name” Mediator Arrives February 23
09 February 2010 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic

The UN envoy in the Athens-Skopje “name” dispute, Matthew Nimetz, will pay a visit to Skopje for a fresh round of talks with Macedonian leaders on February 23.

Koricanske stijene: Awareness of Security
09 February 2010 |

A member of the Intelligence-Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina says he spoke to Milorad Skrbic while investigating the murder at Koricanske stijene and "determined that he did not have any operational data about this event".



Serbia Press Review – November 19

Belgrade | 19 November 2009 |
 
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
EC official Jacques Barrot said that Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia have fulfilled all the requirements for the abolition of visas to the Schengen group of countries, adding that he will advise EU interior and justice ministers, who will meet 30 November, to abolish visa requirements for nationals of the three countries. 
BLIC
Serbia's Civil Aviation Directorate has called low cost airlines Ryanair and Wizzair to a meeting so that they can get to know the Serbian market better. Katarina Andric-Milosavljevic from the Directorate's media service said that a total of five serious high-quality airlines, which offer flights at low prices, have been invited to the meeting.
DANAS
Around half a million people are expected to attend the funeral of Patriarch Pavle. The memorial service, which is scheduled to begin around 11am, will be performed by Bishop Amfilohije and ecumenical patriarch Bartholomew.



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