International Business News - Serbia 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 Serbian government officials insisted Friday that an energy deal with Russia is of the utmost national interest, but the opposition Liberals described it as humiliating. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/serbian-lawmakers-discuss-russia-gas-and-oil-deal.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:56:02 EDT A former Serb diplomat suspected of helping a Serbian college student charged with assault to flee the United States was told Thursday he must spend 30 days in jail while an investigation is done. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/ex-serb-diplomat-jailed-in-us-crime-case-probe.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:55:09 EDT Police on Tuesday detained a former Serbian diplomat for questioning about allegations he helped a Serbian college student leave the United States to avoid assault charges stemming from a barroom brawl. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/serb-diplomat-who-allegedly-helped-escape-detained.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:34:40 EDT Serb nationalists are blocking the parliamentary ratification of a pre-membership deal with the European Union over the arrest of war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/serb-nationalists-block-deal-with-european-union.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:48:47 EDT Serbia's war crimes prosecutor said Thursday he expects the quick arrest of top war crimes fugitive Gen. Ratko Mladic, but predicted that the wartime Bosnian Serb military commander is not hiding in disguise like Radovan Karadzic was. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/ap-interview-prosecutor-expects-mladics-arrest.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:22:04 EDT Serbia was playing the bronze-medal game against Montenegro on Sunday without top scorer Aleksandar Sapic and goalkeeper Denis Sefik. According to Germany's Welt Online, Sapic and Sefik got into a fight following the team's semifinal loss to the United States. Sapic sustained a severe leg injury, and Sefik broke a hand, Welt reported. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080824/serbia-plays-montenegro-without-sapic-sefik.htm Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:58:19 EDT U.S. criminal defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz said Thursday he plans to call former Bosnian Serb political leader and war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic as a witness in a related case at the U.N. Yugoslav Tribunal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/lawyer-alan-dershowitz-interviews-radovan-karadzic.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:39:20 EDT Serbia's foreign minister said the link is clear--U.S. and Western support for Kosovo's secession from Serbia has helped fuel tensions in Georgia's separatist province of South Ossetia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/serb-fm-links-georgia-war-to-kosovo-independence.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:58:51 EDT A Serbian publisher says it has withdrawn a controversial book by American writer Sherry Jones because of protests from the local Islamic community. The book "Jewel of Medina" is about Aisha, one of the Prophet Muhammad's wives. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/publisher-withdraws-book-after-muslim-protests.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:55:20 EDT The U.S. men's volleyball team came from behind to defeat Serbia in five sets and remain undefeated in Beijing. The 20-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-18, 15-12 victory Wednesday night propels the United States into the semifinal round against Russia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/us-mens-volleyball-team-heads-to-semifinals.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:21:46 EDT A Serbian newspaper is reporting that a student wanted in the United States on assault charges showed up for a training session at a local basketball club. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/report-fugitive-serbian-student-appears-in-public.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:17:49 EDT Serbia's foreign minister predicted Friday that fugitive Gen. Radko Mladic will be apprehended soon and put on trial at the U.N. war crimes tribunal, putting to rest an ugly legacy of the Balkan wars of the 1990s. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/serbian-official-gen-mladic-will-be-caught-soon.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:04:55 EDT Serbia's Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic headed to New York on Thursday to seek U.N. support for his country's plan to question Kosovo's independence at the International Court of Justice. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/serbian-foreign-minister-heads-to-new-york.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:59:39 EDT Ivory Coast has beaten Serbia 4-2 to revive its chances of reaching the quarterfinal of the Olympic soccer competition. Sekou Cisse gave the Ivorians a third minute lead at the Shanghai Olympic Stadium on Sunday and, although Milan Mrdakovic equalized in the 16th, Serb defender Slobodan Rajkovic headed the ball into his own net in the 24th and Salomon Kalou added a third goal in the 69th. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080810/ivory-coast-beats-serbia-4-2-in-olympic-soccer.htm Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:45:05 EDT The lawyer of a Serbian student wanted in the United States on assault charges says his client will not return to America to face trial. Lawyer Veselin Cerovic says 20-year-old Miladin Kovacevic thinks he would not get a fair trial in the United States and wants to be tried at home instead. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/serb-student-wanted-for-assault-wont-return-to-us.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:39:50 EDT Slobodan Rajkovic scored with a header off a corner kick as Serbia rallied to tie Australia 1-1 in an opening round soccer match at the Beijing Olympics. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/australia-tie-1-1-with-serbia-in-group-a-soccer.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:14:14 EDT Serbia's Justice Ministry says it has received no formal request from the U.S. to either extradite or prosecute a Serb student accused of severely beating another student in New York. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/serbia-us-has-not-asked-for-students-extradition.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:10:05 EDT Serbian government officials reportedly are urging war crimes fugitives to surrender following last month's arrest of Radovan Karadzic. Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac is quoted by Serbia's daily Vecernje Novosti as saying "the whole country is the hostage" of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic and ex-Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/serbian-officials-urge-fugitives-to-surrender.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:52:39 EDT Serbia's war crimes prosecutor's office says it has indicted two Serbs in the 1992 killing of about 700 Muslims in eastern Bosnia. The prosecutor's office says in a statement that Branko Grujic and Branko Popovic "knowingly and in synchronized manner" took part in the "massive killings" of Muslims civilians. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/serb-war-crimes-prosecutor-charges-2-people.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:00:50 EDT Authorities extradited ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to the Netherlands to face genocide charges before the U.N. war crimes tribunal on Wednesday, hours after a violence-tinged protest by thousands of his supporters in downtown Belgrade. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/100503-netherlands-war-crimes-karadzic.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/serb-prosecutor-karadzic-being-sent-to-tribunal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/serb-prosecutor-karadzic-being-sent-to-tribunal.htm Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:56:34 EDT