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Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic met his Serbian counterpart Boris Tadic on Thursday, December 3, during his three-day visit to Serbia, the TASR newswire wrote.

Vukovic and Tomic: Aggressors' Side A former military observer with the United Nations considers that "the Bosnian Serb side" was the aggressor in Srebrenica in July 1995.

Belgrade Serbian Newspapers Here are the top stories in Serbia's main newspapers.

View of empty seats where Radovan Karadzic's defense team was supposed to sit at start of trial at War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, 26 Oct 2009 A U.N. tribunal has ruled that former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will be appointed a lawyer for his war crimes trial.

Serbian officials voiced hope Thursday that chief UN prosecutor Serge Brammertz will give a positive assessment of their country's collaboration with The Hague tribunal, which is key to Belgrade's EU bid.

The Serbian government painted an upbeat picture of the latest visit to Belgrade by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia, ICTY, Serge Brammertz.

BELGRADE, Serbia -- Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic has held talks with the head of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, Nenad Canak, to discuss proposals regarding the statue governing the province.

Top Serbian officials said on Sunday that a crackdown on drug trafficking launched by authorities the previous day was part of efforts to root out organised crime and corruption in the Balkan nation.

A- Serbia and Russia yesterday began negotiating the conditions for a $1 billion loan, which some fear is an attempt by Moscow to extend its influence in the Balkan country.

Serbian prime minister Mirko Cvetkovic. An International Monetary Fund delegation headed by Albert Jaeger is said to be close an agreement with Serbia on the country's 2010 fiscal policies, after days of meetings between the IMF delegation and government ministers in Belgrade.

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and European Investment Bank President Philippe Maystadt signed an agreement Friday , providing for a 384m-euro loan to Serbia.

Tuesday's visit is expected to focus on a $1 billion loan for Serbia that would further increase Moscow's economic and political influence in the Balkan country.

Serbia must keep its budget deficit to less than 3.5 percent of its gross domestic product in 2010 to comply with the terms of a 3 billion euro loan from the IMF.

Serbia "has done a good and serious job in co-operating with The Hague tribunal and in meeting its obligations regarding the war crimes", according EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn.

On October 26 the trial of Radovan Karadzic, the wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs, will start in The Hague.

The prime ministers of three Balkan countries on Thursday attended the opening of the construction of Belgrade-South Adriatic motorway section through Montenegro that will involve a Croatian construction consortium.

Government officials hailed on Wednesday the European Commission's annual progress report regarding eventual European integration.

Serbia's prime minister said Wednesday a $1-billion loan from Russia won't come with political strings attached.

Medvedja Nikola Lazic Medvedja, photo by Politika.rs A new university department, situated in the southern Serbian town of Medvedja, will teach in the Albanian language.

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