:News Archive
17. November 2009.
Patriarch's funeral on Thursday in Rakovica Monastery
09:20 |
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| Tanjug
His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle will be buried on Thursday, November 19, in Rakovica Monastery, Bishop Irinej of Backa stated Sunday after the session of the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC).
Ljajic to open closing conference on social care development project
09:24 |
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| EMportal
Minister of Labour and Social Policy Rasim Ljajic will open the closing conference of the project “Support to Implementing Social Care Development Strategy in Serbia” today at the Zira Hotel
"Presentation of e-monitoring system in penal systems of Sweden and the Netherlands" roundtable
09:25 |
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| EMportal
This event aims at familiarising the professional and wider public with the systems of e-monitoring in the European countries that have the richest practice in this area.
U.S. Embassy helps restore St. Ana Church in Bela Crkva
09:28 |
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| EMportal
On November 17th Embassy Cultural Attaché Susan Delja will pay a visit to the Roman Catholic Church of St. Ana in Bela Crkva. U.S. Embassy issued a $44,500 grant to support the restoration of the early 19th century church.
Ministry of Education to sign MoU with Microsoft Corporation
09:31 |
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| EMportal
The Memorandum represents continuation of the cooperation between the Ministry of Education and Microsoft Corporation through the "Partners in learning" programme.
Dinkic, Sellal to attend beginning of construction of new Algerian embassy
09:32 |
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| EMportal
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Regional Development Mladjan Dinkic and Algerian Minister of Water Resources Abdelmalek Sellal will attend the beginning of construction of the new Algerian embass
Djelic presents project Europe for All
09:34 |
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| EMportal
Deputy Prime Minister for EU integration Bozidar Djelic presented the Europe for All project last evening to heads of the Branicevo District local self-government, in Pozarevac.
Epidemiological situation showing signs of improvement
09:57 |
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| EMportal
Member of the Health Ministry’s working group for pandemics Branislav Tiodorovic said today that the current epidemiological situation in Serbia is improving as in some cities the number of new H1N1 flu cases is dropping.
PDK wins five municipalities, AAK four and LDK three
11:08 |
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| Koha Ditore
Koha Ditore reports that according to CEC preliminary results, the election race is over in 16 municipalities, and there will be a run-off in 20 other municipalities.
Ismet Kryeziu: Irregularities will not impact elections result
11:12 |
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| Koha Ditore
Koha Ditore reports that the head of coalition “Democracy in Action”, Ismet Kryeziu, said on Monday that the coalition of NGOs have not noticed major irregularities in the elections process.
Haradinaj: AAK has doubled its votes on the Kosovo level
11:14 |
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| EMportal
Dailies quote AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj as saying that Sunday’s municipal elections are acceptable although there have been interferences and tendencies to interfere in the elections process.
LDK announces a 9 percent increase at the national level
11:15 |
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| EMportal
Lutfi Haziri, LDK deputy leader and head of the party’s election headquarters, told reporters yesterday that after Sunday’s municipal elections, the LDK has reached the quota of 30 percent at the national level, thus marking a 9 percent increase from the previous local
Kusari accuses AAK of vote theft in Gjakova
11:16 |
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| EMportal
All dailies report that Mimoza Kusari-Lila, the AKR candidate for Gjakova mayor, yesterday accused the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) of manipulating election results in this municipality by filling voting boxes and by threatening AKR-LDD commissioners.
Serbs accuse Thaçi for support of SLS
11:17 |
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| Koha Ditore
Koha Ditore reports that representatives of six Serb political parties that competed for the local government in Gracanica accuses the Independent Liberal Party (SLS) and Kosovo Government for manipulation of electorate and requested annulling of election results in this municipality.
CEC fails to announce preliminary results after three hours
11:26 |
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| EMportal
Dailies report that the Central Election Committee (CEC) failed on Sunday to announce the preliminary results of local elections through SMS, as was promised on November 3rd by Xhemajl Peqani, chief of the CEC Secretariat.
Reactions to the local elections in Kosmet
11:29 |
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| EMportal
The Ambassador of United States of America in Kosovo, Christopher Dell, visited two polling centers, where he used the opportunity to call for a massive participation in elections.
Serb turnout in local elections
11:31 |
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| EMportal
In Gracanica, Zëri writes, around 15-18 percent of the population with the right to vote did so by afternoon. Serbs in Gorazhdec of Peja municipality, according to Koha Ditore, did not take part in local elections. By 13.00hrs, of 900 registered voters, none took part in the
Illegitimate local elections in Kosovo-Metohija fail
11:41 |
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| EMportal
Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic said that the illegitimate local elections, organised by the so-called interim Kosovo institutions, have failed because most Kosovo Serbs adhered to the position of the Serbian government that these elections were illegitimate.
MEPs react to local in elections in Kosovo
12:01 |
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| EMportal
A seven-strong ad-hoc delegation of MEPs led by German MEP Doris Pack (EPP) visited Kosovo on the occasion of the first elections held under the sole responsibility of the Kosovo authorities on Sunday 15 November.
Neither victorious, nor democratic…
12:04 |
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| EMportal
A year after its independence, Kosovo is further away from Belgrade, and the politics it advocates makes it even more distanced from the values the EU cherishes despite some countries’ interests to see Kosovo as part of OEBS, the International Monetary Fund, the EU and the
Two arrested for shooting of Greek executive in Novi Sad
12:43 |
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Police in the Serbian city of Novi Sad have reported the arrest of two people suspected for the shooting and injury of the Greek director of the Sunoko sugar plant in April 2009.
Merkel: Germany supports SAA going into effect soon
12:50 |
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| Beta
German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel said this on Nov. 16 after talks with Serbian President Boris Tadic in Berlin, referring to Serbia's intention to submit its application for EU membership before the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) goes into effect.