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NEWS ABOUT: Belgrade

Belgrade stories: 12 news summaries

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With Karadzic behind bars, focus is on genocidal partner

Jul 23, 08 6:22 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Serbia's PM Dissolves Government

Kostunica cites infighting over Kosovo, calls for new elections

Mar 8, 08 11:47 AM CST
(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... More »

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

US Mission Reopens in Belgrade

Building cleaned up, but bears scars from last week's violent protests

Feb 27, 08 12:56 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Looting Serbian 'Riot Girls' a YouTube Hit

'Belgrade bimbos' draw hits, scorn for grabbing chocolates and shoes

Feb 24, 08 8:00 AM CST
(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... More »

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Serbia • YouTube • Kosovo • Belgrade • viral video • Belgrade riots

Serbia Blames US as Rallies Continue

Thousands chant 'Kosovo is Serbia' while US clears out embassy

Feb 23, 08 4:25 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Serb Protests Rock Kosovo

Independence stokes tensions between Russia and West

Feb 23, 08 7:29 AM CST
(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... More »

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

US Rips Serbian 'Thugs' in Embassy Attack

Government officials accused of sanctioning deadly violence

Feb 22, 08 6:35 AM CST
(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... More »

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

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Body Found After Embassy Riot

Protesters upset over Kosovo set fire to US mission in Belgrade

Feb 21, 08 5:25 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Serbia Softens Threats Over Kosovo

Belgrade won't sever ties with countries that recognize new state

Feb 15, 08 5:43 PM CST
(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,... More »

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

Death Camp Concert Angers Survivors

Belgrade camp has been neglected; buildings illegally sold

Nov 1, 07 7:33 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Holocaust • Belgrade • concentration camp • Sajmiste

Bosnian War Crimes Suspect Captured

Wanted in 1995  massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys

Jun 1, 07 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the most-wanted war criminals in the world—a suspect in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslims —has been arrested in Bosnia. Zdravko Tolimir, a 58-year-old Bosnian Serb, was a close aide of Ratko Mladic, the general who led the slaughter, who is still a fugitive,... More »

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Bosnia • war crimes • The Hague • war • massacre • Belgrade • criminal • Srebrenica • Zdravko Tolimir • Ratko Mladic • fugitive

Court Convicts 12 of Serbian PM's Murder

Gangsters, secret police guilty of 2003 assassination

May 23, 07 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Belgrade court convicted twelve men of the murder of Zoran Djindjic, the pro-Western PM of Serbia who was gunned down in 2003. The dozen defendants included alleged mobsters and members of the secret police; the two ringleaders will go away for 40 years after what Serbs called the "... More »

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Serbia • murder • Zoran Djindjic • The Hague • conspiracy • Slobodan Milosevic • Belgrade • assassination

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