International Business News - SRB http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Serbia expelled the Macedonian ambassador Friday, reflecting its fury over the recognition of Kosovo's independence by its closest neighbors. Montenegro's envoy had already been ordered out Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/serbia-furious-after-neighbors-recognize-kosovo.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:28:59 EDT Martti Ahtisaari was a primary school teacher who became a peacemaker. For his efforts, Ahtisaari, 71, was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148874-norway-nobel-peace-ahtisaari.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/a-thumbnail-sketch-of-nobel-winner-ahtisaari.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/a-thumbnail-sketch-of-nobel-winner-ahtisaari.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:51:15 EDT Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148780-norway-nobel-peace-ahtisaari.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/ex-finnish-president-wins-2008-nobel-peace-prize.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/ex-finnish-president-wins-2008-nobel-peace-prize.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:53:28 EDT The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday approved a resolution to ask the International Court of Justice to provide a formal opinion on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/un-votes-to-ask-for-court-opinion-on-kosovo.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:36:40 EDT U.N. appeals judges on Wednesday confirmed the 35-year sentence for a former Croatian Serb leader convicted for his role in a deadly campaign of ethnic cleansing in Croatia. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147438-netherlands-war-crimes-croatia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/un-court-upholds-ruling-on-ex-croatian-serb-leader.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/un-court-upholds-ruling-on-ex-croatian-serb-leader.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:14:29 EDT Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said the U.S. is committed to keeping troops in Kosovo through late next year despite strong Russian opposition to creation of the world's newest country this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/us-defense-chief-us-forces-in-kosovo-thru-2009.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:21:20 EDT A Serbian court has freed a former diplomat suspected of helping a student facing assault charges in the United States flee to Serbia, a court official said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/detention-revoked-for-diplomat-in-us-fugitive-case.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:12:27 EDT The United States will continue its troop presence in Kosovo until at least late next year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said just before he arrived here Tuesday, reaffirming U.S. support for the newly declared nation in the face of stern opposition from Russia. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146653-gates.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/gates-us-to-remain-in-kosovo-through-late-2009.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/gates-us-to-remain-in-kosovo-through-late-2009.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:27:14 EDT Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic wants U.N. war crimes prosecutors to turn over any evidence they have about an alleged deal he cut to avoid prosecution, saying he wants to use it in a motion to have his indictment dismissed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/karadzic-wants-access-to-evidence-on-alleged-deal.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:29:56 EDT Serbia will try to bail out its troubled flag carrier JAT Airways after a failed bid to sell it to a foreign company, the government said Monday. No bid was made for the state-own airline whose debt was estimated at around $340 million. In July, the government offered the controlling share in the carrier for the starting price of 51 million euros ($70 million.) http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/serbias-government-to-bail-out-jat-airways.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:22:49 EDT Balkan countries' central bank chiefs agreed Friday that the global financial crisis would have a limited effect on the region. "Currently banks that have strong presence in the region have no direct exposure to markets which are under severe pressure," central bankers from nine Balkan countries said in a joint statement. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/bankers-little-balkan-impact-from-global-crisis.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:39:10 EDT Windmills don't just sprout from the earth wherever there's a stiff breeze. Curiosity about where windmills in the U.S. are manufactured--and how the massive contraptions get to the sites where they're installed--inspired one of three questions in this edition of "Ask AP," a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers' questions about the news. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/ask-ap-building-windmills-seized-drugs-prices.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:37:24 EDT A look at some attacks on U.S. diplomatic buildings in Europe and around the world:--Sept. 17: Attackers armed with automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and at least one suicide car bomb assault the U.S. Embassy in Yemen's capital, San'a. Nineteen people are killed, including six assailants. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/some-attacks-on-us-missions-overseas.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:21:36 EDT With British publication in doubt for Sherry Jones' "The Jewel of Medina," the U.S. publisher of her controversial novel about the Prophet Muhammad has moved up the release date from Oct. 15 to Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/publisher-speeds-up-release-of-book-about-muhammad.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:44:49 EDT A former commander of the Yugoslav national army went on trial for war crimes Thursday, charged with supporting Bosnian Serb forces who massacred thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica and besieged the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/war-crimes-trial-begins-for-top-serb-general.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:39:13 EDT Serbia's president said he would consider dividing Kosovo by absorbing the small, Serb-dominated portions from ethnic Albanian areas if Belgrade can't stop the territory from winning full independence. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/serbias-president-considers-kosovo-division.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:45:19 EDT A rescue mission has freed 19 European and Egyptian hostages and killed several of the kidnappers who snatched the tour group more than a week ago during a desert safari, Egypt's state news agency and television reported. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/reports-italy-minister-says-egypt-hostages-freed.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:56:25 EDT Serbia's war crimes court is investigating genocide allegations against a man accused of serving as a Nazi officer before emigrating to the United States and retiring outside Seattle. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/serbia-probes-nazi-charges-against-us-man.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:24:08 EDT U.N. prosecutors have filed a second genocide charge against Radovan Karadzic in a proposed new indictment released Tuesday that aims to speed up the trial of the former Bosnian Serb leader. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/2nd-genocide-charge-filed-against-karadzic.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:10:25 EDT Serbia said Monday that a senior Russian delegation had urged finalization of a key gas and oil deal, and described it as Moscow's biggest investment in the Balkans. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/russians-go-to-serbia-for-talks-on-energy-deal.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:46:03 EDT