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  • July 2008

    • Hunt Shifts to Butcher 'Serb God'

      Associated Press  |  Jul 23, 08 6:22 AM CDT

      Hunt Shifts to Butcher 'Serb God'

      (Newser) - Former Bosnian leader Radovan Karadzic is finally behind bars, but his alleged partner in genocide, Gen. Ratko Mladic, remains at large. Mladic is an even more ruthless figure who until a few years ago brazenly appeared in downtown Belgrade, attending soccer games and eating at gourmet restaurants, despite a $5 million reward for his capture, AP reports. More »

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      United Nations  • Serbia  • genocide  • war crimes  • Bosnia  • Radovan Karadzic  • The Hague  • Belgrade  • Boris Tadic  • Sarajevo  • Srebrenica  • Ratko Mladic

  • March 2008

    • Serbia's PM Dissolves Government

      Bloomberg  |  Mar 8, 08 11:47 AM CST

      Serbia's PM Dissolves Government

      (Newser) - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica dissolved the government today, saying it had become paralyzed over disagreements on how to deal with Kosovo and EU membership. He proposed new elections for May. "We are lacking government unity,” said Kostunica, charging that his pro-Western coalition partners aren't being adamant enough about rejecting Kosovo's recent independence. More »

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      France  • Great Britain  • Germany  • European Union  • Serbia  • Kosovo  • Vojislav Kostunica  • Belgrade  • Boris Tadic

  • February 2008

    • US Mission Reopens in Belgrade

      Reuters  |  Feb 27, 08 12:56 PM CST

      US Mission Reopens in Belgrade

      (Newser) - Workers were still cleaning up damage from last week’s violent demonstrations when the US embassy in Belgrade reopened today, Reuters reports. Protesters set fire to and ransacked the building last Thursday to protest the US’ support of Kosovo in the province's declaration of independence. Now, though the building still bears scars, it is once again open for business. More »

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      Serbia  • Kosovo  • US Embassy  • diplomat  • Belgrade  • Belgrade riots  • embassy staff

    • Looting Serbian 'Riot Girls' a YouTube Hit

      Reuters  |  Feb 24, 08 8:00 AM CST

      Looting Serbian 'Riot Girls' a YouTube Hit

      (Newser) - After the violence and looting that gripped Belgrade on Thursday night, a video available on YouTube has become a Serbian phenomenon—and provoked near-universal disapproval. The clip features two female looters grabbing everything from chocolates to designer handbags and shoes while the American embassy burned. Entitled "Swapping Kosovo for a pair of sneakers," the video heaps scorn on the "Belgrade bimbos" who "are so greedy they even have to carry things in their teeth." More »

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      YouTube  • Serbia  • Kosovo  • Belgrade  • Belgrade riots

    • Serbia Blames US as Rallies Continue

      Associated Press  |  Feb 23, 08 4:25 PM CST

      Serbia Blames US as Rallies Continue

      (Newser) - Thousands protested peacefully in the streets of Kosovo today, chanting “Kosovo is Serbia” as officials blamed the US for the violence that has marred earlier demonstrations. “The United States is the main culprit for all those violent acts,” said Serbia's minister for Kosovo. Meanwhile the US cleared out its embassy, inviting other Americans to join staffers in a convoy fleeing Belgrade. More »

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      protests  • Serbia  • Kosovo  • US Embassy  • Vojislav Kostunica  • Belgrade  • Ethnic Serbs  • Ethnic Albanians

    • Serb Protests Rock Kosovo

      Associated Press  |  Feb 23, 08 7:29 AM CST

      Serb Protests Rock Kosovo

      (Newser) - Mobs of Serb nationalists chanting "Kosovo is ours!" threw stones, bottles, and firecrackers at UN police yesterday as a bridge in northern Kosovo separating Serbs from ethnic Albanians became a flashpoint for conflict over the fledgling independent state. The State Dept. meanwhile ordered non-essential diplomats and all dependents of US personnel to leave Serbia after rioters torched the US Embassy in Belgrade Thursday. More »

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      Russia  • United Nations  • State Department  • Serbia  • Kosovo  • Belgrade

    • US Rips Serbian 'Thugs' in Embassy Attack

      BBC  |  Feb 22, 08 6:35 AM CST

      US Rips Serbian 'Thugs' in Embassy Attack

      (Newser) - The UN and US have strongly condemned attacks on the American and Croatian embassies in Belgrade during riots that erupted yesterday at a state-sponsored demonstration against Kosovo's independence. "Our embassy was attacked by thugs," said a White House spokeswoman. Rioters torched the embassies and had running battles with police in violence that killed one and injured more than 100. Some local politicians have accused members of the nationalist Serbian government of inciting the attacks, AP reports. More »

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      Serbia  • Kosovo  • riots  • Vojislav Kostunica  • Belgrade  • Belgrade riots

    • Body Found After Embassy Riot

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 21, 08 5:25 PM CST

      Body Found After Embassy Riot

      (Newser) - Serb protesters angry about Kosovo independence set the US embassy in Belgrade on fire today, and at least one charred body has been found, the Los Angeles Times reports. The victim apparently is a protester because all US personnel have been accounted for. The fire, now under control, came after an estimated 150,000 marched through the city to protest Kosovo's declaration of independence Sunday. More »

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      protests  • Serbia  • Kosovo  • US Embassy  • Kosovar independence  • Vojislav Kostunica  • Belgrade  • Yugoslavia  • Tomislav Nikolic

    • Serbia Softens Threats Over Kosovo

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 15, 08 5:43 PM CST

      Serbia Softens Threats Over Kosovo

      (Newser) - After earlier threatening to sever ties with countries recognizing an independent Kosovo, Serbia softened somewhat today in announcing it would merely pulls its ambassadors in those nations, the Guardian reports. Kosovo is likely to make official its break from Serbia—a move that worries the province's ethnic Serbs—on Sunday, and diplomatic recognition from EU states and the US would soon follow. More »

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      Russia  • Serbia  • Kosovo  • Kosovar independence  • Vojislav Kostunica  • Belgrade  • Hashim Thaci

  • November 2007

    • Death Camp Concert Angers Survivors

      Associated Press  |  Nov 1, 07 7:33 PM CDT

      Death Camp Concert Angers Survivors

      (Newser) - A small, neglected, concentration camp near downtown Belgrade will host a rock concert this weekend, angering Holocaust survivors and Belgrade's small Jewish population. Called "the forgotten concentration camp," Sajmiste was the site of the murder of 48,000 Serbs—leftists, nationalists, and nearly all 8,000 of Belgrade's Jews. "It's like holding a wedding at a graveyard," says the chairman of the camp's memorial center. More »

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      Holocaust  • Belgrade  • concentration camp

  • June 2007
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