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Kosovars vote first time since independence declaration

AFP Global Edition 6 days ago

Kosovo citizens went to the polls Sunday for the first time since the ethnic Albanian majority declared independence from Serbia last year and amid fears of a boycott by the Serb community. The polls are seen as a test of Kosovo's readiness ...

Kosovo holds first vote since independence declaration

AFP Global Edition 6 days ago

Kosovo citizens go to the polls Sunday for the first time since the ethnic Albanian majority declared independence from Serbia last year and amid fears that local Serbs will boycott the vote. More then 1.5 million people are eligible to vote in ...

Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Pavle dies

Reuters US Online Report World News 6 days ago

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Patriarch Pavle, who headed the Serbian Orthodox Church during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s as Serbs warred with neighbors of other faiths, died on Sunday, a top church official said. Pavle, 95, died at a special apartment ...

Obit Patriarch Pavle

AP News 6 days ago

FILE - Patriarch Pavle, center, the head of the Sertbian Orthodox church leads the procession of more than 100,000 of people through downtown Belgrade in this Jan 27 1997 file photo. The Serbian Orthodox Church says the head of the Serbian Orthodox ...

Obit-Patriarch Pavle

AP News 6 days ago

FILE - The head of the Serbian orthodox church Patriarch Pavle holds the cross during a prayer for peace in Belgrade's St. Sava Temple in this Sep. 17, 1995 file photo. Serbian Orthodox Church says the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church ...

Swine flu causes surge of garlic sales in Serbia

AP News 8 days ago

Fear of swine flu causes surge of garlic sales in public markets of Serbia Belgrade's open-air markets were a welter of busy customers on Friday, pushing and shoving to buy one item — garlic. In Serbia, garlic has long been regarded as ...

Serbia Garlic vs Swine Flu

AP News 8 days ago

A vendor displays garlic at Belgrade green market, Serbia, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Belgrade's open-air markets were a welter of busy customers on Friday with one thing on their mind _ garlic. In Serbia, garlic is a remedy for all, including swine ...

Travel Picks: Top 10 cities to party the night away

Reuters Life! Online Report 8 days ago

SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Looking to tread terrain still untouched by foreign stag expeditions? Want to unwind in luxury or drink up the sun? Lonely Planet lists the world's top 10 party cities in its new guide, the "1000 Ultimate Experiences." This ...

Serbia charges six for 1992 killings in Bosnia

Reuters US Online Report World News 15 days ago

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's war crimes prosecutor has charged six former Serb fighters over their alleged roles in killing, rape and torture of Roma civilians in eastern Bosnia during the 1992-95 war, a statement said Friday. "Five were arrested in the swift ...

Bosnian president angry over war criminal release

AP News 24 days ago

Bosnian president cancels trip to Sweden to protest war criminal's early release Bosnia's top official canceled a diplomatic visit to Sweden on Wednesday, angry that the Swedish government chose to grant Bosnian Serb war criminal Biljana Plavsic an early release from jail. ...

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