BBC reporter: Serbia today similar to what it was 20 years ago (BBC Serbia, TV N1)
NATO bombing of the then Yugoslavia has been an embarrassing deviation which everyone is ashamed of today, John Simpson, a BBC reporter told British public broadcaster’s office in Belgrade on Wednesday. Simson, who was covering the NATO intervention in 1999 aimed at stopping Belgrade’s forces from, as they said, repression over ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, […]
Read More →NATO biggest donor to Serbian Defence Ministry (BETA, TV N1)
NATO member states are the biggest donors to the Serbian Defense Ministry, the Institute for European Affairs said on Thursday citing figures from the ministry, BETA news agency reported. The highest donations for the ministry in 2018 came from the United States, the Institute said in a press release. The Institute asked Defense Ministry for […]
Read More →Vulin says bombing of Serbia killed international law (BETA, TV N1)
Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said that NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999 killed international law, adding that Serbia recovered but the international law had not, BETA news agency reported. Vulin made these remarks at the opening of the round table “NATO Aggression – Causes and Consequences” and noted that Serbia “has survived thanks to […]
Read More →Moscow: NATO aggression on Yugoslavia “black stain” (Serbian media)
Serbian media reported on a statement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs saying that “aggression of NATO member states on Yugoslavia in 1999 represents a black stain that shall always remain on the reputation of North-Atlantic Alliance.” The statement of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry can be seen at: http://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/3583602
Read More →64 percent of Serbian citizens wouldn’t accept NATO’s apology – poll (BETA, B92)
79 percent of Serbian citizens are opposed to their country joining NATO. And 64 percent would not accept the western military alliance’s apology for the 1999 bombing, BETA news agency reported on Friday. This is according to a public opinion poll conducted by the Institute for European Affairs NGO, on the occasion of the upcoming […]
Read More →Day of Remembrance for victims of NATO aggression marked (Serbian media)
The central state ceremony of the 20th anniversary of the NATO aggression and the Day of Remembrance of the victims was held in Nis, south Serbia, late on Sunday. The day marked 20 years since the western military alliance started its attacks on Serbia, that lasted 78 days. Addressing the gathering President Aleksandar Vucic said […]
Read More →Vucic: I assure Europe – Serbia is completely stable (B92, Tanjug, La Republicca)
The president of Serbia has told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica that Serbia was absolutely stable. Aleksandar Vucic was responding when asked “whether stability was threatened in the aftermath of the weekend conflict (during oppposition protests).” He added that violent perpetrators do not represent Serbia. “I assure Europe: Serbia is absolutely stable. Unfortunately, peaceful demonstrations […]
Read More →NATO committed grave crime against small country – Vucic (Tanjug, B92)
NATO aggression was a grave crime against a small sovereign country, but 20 years on, the Serb people remain unbowed, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said. He stated this at the opening of the 4th Belgrade Strategic Dialogue. “Serbia and the Serb people are still unbowed today, but today we are in the process of a […]
Read More →Stoltenberg: NATO does not plan to reduce presence in Kosovo (RTV Puls, Prva TV)
NATO has plans to neither reduce presence of its forces nor KFOR Mission in Kosovo, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told Serbian Prva TV, adding the reason of NATO presence in Kosovo is to protect all the people and the Serbian community. Asked why the pogrom against the Serbs in Kosovo happened in March 2004, […]
Read More →Russia adopts document on NATO’s 1999 attack against Serbia (Sputnik, Tanjug, B92)
Russia has adopted a document on the 20th anniversary of the start of the NATO bombing of the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). Tanjug is reporting this on Wednesday, citing Sputnik, that the text states “the initiators of this crime must be held responsible.” According to the document adopted by the Federation […]
Read More →Serbian FM: Don’t come for Trepca, don’t play with fire (Tanjug, B92)
All international factors have been told clearly that any military intervention undermining the Brussels deal with NATO and KFOR would cause Serbia’s reaction. Serbian Foreign Minister and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic said this on Wednesday. “Everyone knows well that no one must play with fire and expect Serbia not to react. Serbia will react,” […]
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