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Russian Fears Being Sent To Fight In Native Ukraine If Extradited From Serbia
Summary A Russian man living in Serbia faces extradition to Russia and fears he will be sent to fight in Ukraine. Serbia's Court of Appeal upheld a ruling clearing the way for extradition, leaving the final decision to the Justice Ministry. Russia authorities say he is suspected of fraud. He denies wrongdoing and has applied for asylum in Serbia.
„Trumpo“ viešbutis Belgrade pakibo ant plauko - grėsmę kelia suklastotas dokumentas
00:00 | 00:00 Tai turėjo būti naujas prašmatnus akcentas Belgrado panoramoje – 500 milijonų dolerių vertės prabangus viešbutis ir gyvenamasis kompleksas, pastatytas vietoje 1999-aisiais NATO lėktuvų subombarduotos Gynybos ministerijos griuvėsių. Ši publikacija yra LRT.lt portalo partnerio „Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty“ (RFE / RL) originalus kūrinys.
Un document falsificat pune sub semnul întrebării proiectul hotelului Trump din Belgrad, construit de ginerele președintelui american
BELGRAD – Ar fi trebuit să fie o imagine strălucitoare și elegantă în Belgrad: un complex rezidențial și hotelier de lux în valoare de 500 de milioane de dolari, construit pe locul clădirii avariată a Ministerului Apărării, bombardată în 1999 de avioanele NATO. Omul din spatele investiției a fost nimeni altul decât Jared Kushner, care este căsătorit cu una dintre fiicele președintelui american Donald Trump. Iar noua construcție urma să fie primul complex Trump din Europa.
A Forged Document Throws Trump Son-In-Law's Belgrade Hotel Project Into Doubt
BELGRADE -- It was supposed to be a splashy and posh addition to the Belgrade skyline: a $500 million luxury hotel and residential complex built on the damaged Defense Ministry office that was bombed by NATO jets in 1999s. The man leading the effort was none other than Jared Kushner, who is married to a daughter of US President Donald Trump, for whom the new hotel complex would be named -- the first such Trump complex in Europe.
Serbia Mourns Victims Of Roof Collapse
Embed The code has been copied to your clipboard. width px height px No media source currently available 0:00 0:00:59 0:00 People in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad lit candles outside a railway station late on November 1 after its concrete canopy collapsed and killed at least 14 people. Serbia has declared a period of national mourning. Cabinet members say an investigation will be launched into the failure of the outdoor construction, which was built in 1964.
Serbian Deals With China On Extradition, Media Cooperation Could Have Lasting Impact
By Dusan Komarcevic, Jovana Krstic, Nevena Bogdanovic and Reid Standish May 25, 2024 BELGRADE -- Though the fanfare from Chinese leader Xi Jinping's stop in Serbia has subsided, deals signed during his recent visit could limit press freedom in the country and expand China's extrajudicial reach, warn experts and activists who spoke to RFE/RL.
Serbian Deals With China On Extradition, Media Cooperation Could Have Lasting Impact Original
BELGRADE -- Though the fanfare from Chinese leader Xi Jinping's stop in Serbia has subsided, deals signed during his recent visit could limit press freedom in the country and expand China's extrajudicial reach, warn experts and activists who spoke to RFE/RL.
From Ruins To Real Estate: Jared Kushner Targets Former NATO Bombing Site In Belgrade
The Serbian government has signed a 99-year lease allowing a company owned by Jared Kushner to turn a former Yugoslav Army headquarters in Belgrade into commercial space. Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, has released few details about the project, but some in Belgrade are questioning the propriety of offices and residences being built into a structure bombed by NATO in 1999 and designated as a monument. Share From Ruins To Real Estate: Jared Kushner Targets Former NATO Bombing Site In Belgrade
Serbian Students Play Football, Read Books On Belgrade Streets As Election Protests Continue
Hundreds of students blocked one of the busiest crossroads in the heart of Belgrade on December 25 in front of government buildings. The protesters accuse the ruling Serbian Progressive Party of electoral theft and are demanding to see the voting register. The government says there were no irregularities in parliamentary and municipal elections on December 17. Share Serbian Students Play Football, Read Books On Belgrade Streets As Election Protests Continue
With Leak Of Private Video, The Dirty Tricks Begin In Key Belgrade Election Battle
By Dusan Komarcevic, RFE/RL's Balkan Service December 10, 2023 When international observers visited Serbia at the end of November, they noted that the campaign for the December 17 local and regional elections was "highly polarized" and marked by "unprecedented" fearmongering and attacks on the opposition. A few days after the election monitors from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) left, things got even worse.
With Leak Of Private Video, The Dirty Tricks Begin In Key Belgrade Election Battle
When international observers visited Serbia at the end of November, they noted that the campaign for the December 17 local and regional elections was "highly polarized" and marked by "unprecedented" fearmongering and attacks on the opposition. A few days after the election monitors from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) left, things got even worse.
A Philosophy Professor And Karadzic's Lawyer: The Serbian Observers Who Praised Russia's 'Sham' Elections In Occupied Ukraine
By Dusan Komarcevic, Milos Katic, Andy Heil September 15, 2023 BELGRADE -- If politics makes strange bedfellows, elections are the nuptials. And even shotgun weddings need witnesses.
A Philosophy Professor And Karadzic's Lawyer: The Serbian Observers Who Praised Russia's 'Sham' Elections In Occupied Ukraine
BELGRADE -- If politics makes strange bedfellows, elections are the nuptials. And even shotgun weddings need witnesses. So, as it has done repeatedly in Russia and in freshly occupied Crimea nine years ago, the Kremlin once again relied on loose ideological allies volunteering from abroad to "observe" and undersign countrywide regional and local elections, which were being held in Russian-occupied Crimea but also in four other parts of Ukraine -- Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson.
Serbian Right-Winger Says Vagner Ties Could Help If There's 'Conflict In Kosovo'
BELGRADE -- Within weeks of a coming-out party in President Vladimir Putin's native St. Petersburg for a notorious Russian paramilitary group with close ties to the Kremlin, Serbian ultranationalist Damjan Knezevic was enjoying an exclusive tour of its new high-rise headquarters.
If You're A Russian Oligarch, Serbian Airlines Might Be Your Best Bet For A Flight To Europe Right Now
It's a loophole big enough to fly an Airbus through. With most passenger routes between Moscow and other European capitals grounded by airspace bans enacted since Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, two Serbia-based airlines are still flying passengers in and out of the Russian capital.
Bundestag Vice President Says Nazi Crimes In The Balkans Won't Be Forgotten
Germany should not forget the crimes committed by the Nazis in occupied Serbia during World War II, the vice president of the Bundestag said following a visit to the Balkan country for a commemoration. Claudia Roth, a top Greens party member, last month became the first senior German official to attend the annual memorial for the victims of the Nazi massacre in the central Serbian city of Kragujevac.
'Hang Them From Trees': Serbian Far-Right Group Targets Hostel Owner For Welcoming Migrants
SOMBOR, Serbia -- For providing migrants with a place to sleep at his hostel in Sombor in northwestern Serbia, Sinisa Sevo has been labeled a traitor by Serbian right-wing extremists and targeted with death threats on social media. His photo and those of five others, plus personal data, were included on posters that were plastered across the city of some 80,000 by the far-right group People’s Patrol, which accused the six of profiting by illegally providing accommodation to migrants.
After Trump Ban, Serbian Politicians Migrate To Alternative Networks 'Until Something Better Happens'
BELGRADE -- Donald Trump and his American supporters have complained loudly about bans on the outgoing U.S. president by the biggest names in social media since the violence at the Capitol that sparked Trump's impeachment this week. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, and Amazon Web Services are among nearly a dozen tech giants to cut off Trump or his allies over their unfounded accusations of vote fraud or perceived incitement of political violence ahead of the U.S. inauguration.
Mean Streets: Serbian PM Says Getting 'Hit By A Bus' Can Make You A COVID-19 Victim
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic is continuing a public offensive to reassure Serbs that their government has the new coronavirus "totally under control" following a bruising week of spiking infections and an accusation that her government was wildly underreporting COVID-19 deaths and infection rates ahead of June 21 elections.
Croatian President In Hot Water Over Serbian Chocolate
Talk of strains in relations between neighbors Croatia and Serbia is back on everyone's tongues, this time over chocolate. Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic has apologized after handing out Serbian-made chocolate (along with a signed photograph of herself) to kindergarteners to mark Defenders of Dubrovnik Day on December 6. A Facebook post by an angry parent was published by a Croatian daily, then widely shared by tabloid media.
News Analysis: ICTY's Order On Seselj Puts Belgrade In A Bind
BELGRADE -- The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) continues to cause headaches for Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic. First, the court made the surprise decision in November 2014 to grant provisional release to war crimes suspect and Serbian ultranationalist Vojislav Seselj. Seselj was barely off the runway in The Hague before he stated bluntly he would ignore any summons to return to the court.
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