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Serbia to meet Canada on clay in Davis Cup semi-final

Agence France-PresseApril 29, 2013 12:16
Serbia will play Canada in the Davis Cup World Group semi-finals in September on clay, the Serbian national tennis federation said Monday. "Serbia chose to meet the Canadian team at Belgrade's Kombank Arena and this match will be played on clay," from September 13 to 15, the federation said in a statement. The Serbian team, led by world number one Novak Djokovic, won the 2010 Davis Cup, while Canada until the 2013 season had never won a match in the World Group since it was founded in 1981.

Serbia's economy contracts 1.7% in 2012

March 29, 2013 09:46
Serbia's economy contracted by 1.7 percent in 2012, slightly better than the forecast drop of 2.0 percent, Serbian statistics bureau said Friday. Serbian government forecasts 2.0 percent growth in 2013 and aims to reduce budget deficit to 3.3 percent of the GDP from 7.0 percent last year. mat-ks/rl

Tito's pet film studio at risk of Yugoslav fate

March 7, 2013 06:00
* Avala Film bankrupt, up for sale * War epics extolled Yugoslav unity under Tito * Serbian film buffs fear loss of national treasure * Rights to hundreds of films to be sold to settle debt By Matt Robinson BELGRADE, March 7 (Reuters) - On a forested hill above the Serbian capital, stray dogs nose through plywood film sets, the remnants of what was once one of the world's most prolific movie studios.

Serb children hurt by blast in flashpoint Kosovo town

February 4, 2013 18:45
MITROVICA, Kosovo, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Two Serb children were wounded on Monday when what appeared to be a hand grenade was thrown at their home in the ethnically divided flashpoint town of Mitrovica. The children, a boy aged three and a girl aged nine, were hit by shrapnel in the head and back, doctors at a Mitrovica hospital said. The attack followed at least two explosions on the Serb side of the town on Sunday, apparently targeting Serbs working for the Kosovo authorities. No one was hurt in those blasts.

Albanians protest after Serbia takes down memorial

January 21, 2013 11:30
PRESEVO, Serbia, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Thousands of ethnic Albanians protested in Serbia on Monday against the removal of a memorial to fallen guerrilla fighters and dozens of Serb graves in neighbouring Kosovo were damaged in apparent retaliation. The monument in the town of Presevo was removed on Sunday by 200 masked Serbian police officers backed by armoured personnel carriers. It bore the names of 27 ethnic Albanian guerrillas killed during a 2000 insurgency in the Presevo Valley, a spillover from the 1999 war in Kosovo, Serbia's former province.

UPDATE 1-Police remove Albanian rebel memorial in south Serbia

January 20, 2013 11:15
(Updates with Kosovo reaction) By Branko Filipovic PRESEVO, Serbia, Jan 20 (Reuters) - More than 200 heavily armed and masked Serbian police took down a memorial to ethnic Albanian guerrillas in Serbia's south overnight, trying to end a row that has highlighted still-simmering tension in the region.

Serbian police remove Albanian rebel memorial in the South

January 20, 2013 09:00
By Branko Filipovic PRESEVO, Serbia, Jan 20 (Reuters) - More than 200 heavily-armed and masked Serbian police took down a memorial to ethnic Albanian guerrillas in Serbia's south overnight, trying to end a row that has highlighted still-simmering tension in the region.
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