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Serbian immigrants seek answers about the horror
Zivka Mijic doesn’t burden people with her troubles — which would be impractical anyway, unless the other person spoke Serbian — but she does want the tragic story of what brought her family to a Chicago suburb told in federal court. “If I had even a spoon from over there, I’d hang it on the... »
UN Resolution on Kosovo being rewritten
Serbia’s Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic confirmed that Serbia is in talks with the EU and the US on ways change the proposed UN Resolution on Kosovo because Brussels and Washington do not like the language in it. Bogdanovic said that Serbia will hold “negotiations about a possible compromise” on the language of the proposed... »
US wants Serbia in NATO, EU
US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder and US Ambassador to the EU William Kennard said in Belgrade that they desire Serbia to be a NATO member and and EU member state. Daalder and Kennard met with Serbia’s Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Jovan Ratkovic, Minister of Defense Dragan Sutanovac, and Foreign Ministry Political Director Borislav Stefanovic. Sutanovac... »
Albanian government aide charged in NY murders
An Albanian government aide has been arrested and charged with murder, kidnapping and racketeering for crimes in New York. The charges were announced Tuesday after the unsealing of an indictment in federal court in Manhattan. Prosecutors said Almir Rrapo was arrested by the Albanian National Police on July 2 at the request of the United States.... »
Metropolitan Christopher, 1928-2010
His Eminence Metropolitan Christopher Kovacevich, spiritual leader of the Libertyville-Chicago diocese and primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the United States and Canada, died Wednesday, Aug. 18, in Chicago, according to clergy members. Metropolitan Christopher, 81, was recently diagnosed with bone and brain cancer, for which he was undergoing treatment, according to a statement... »
US mercenaries sued for helping Croats genocide Serbs
Two L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. units are sued for helping Croatian forces kill thousands of ethnic Serbs in 1995 Operation Storm. The lawsuit alleges that a private U.S. defense contractor MPRI which is a unit of L-3 Communications Holdings “trained and equipped the Croatian military for Operation Storm and designed the Operation... »
Man convicted of lying about Bosnian war ties
A federal jury has convicted an Oregon man of lying about his actions during the Bosnian civil war when he applied to enter the U.S. as a refugee in 1998. Prosecutors said Wednesday that Zeljko Boskovic of Beaverton falsely told authorities he did not participate in the war. Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer says the verdict... »
Man convicted of lying about Bosnian war ties
A federal jury has convicted an Oregon man of lying about his actions during the Bosnian civil war when he applied to enter the U.S. as a refugee in 1998. Prosecutors said Wednesday that Zeljko Boskovic of Beaverton falsely told authorities he did not participate in the war. Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer says the verdict... »
Serbfest celebrates culture in St. Louis
This weekend’s Serbfest celebrates Serbian traditions and Eastern Orthodox beliefs. But the priest at Holy Trinity Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church, which was established a century ago, also made a point Saturday to express his love of the United States. “The more you know about America, the more you love it,” the Rev. Radomir Chkautovich, who... »
Albanian Jihadist free in separatist Kosovo
Kosovo Albanian terrorist accused of taking part in a plan to murder Americans has been ordered by the interim EU-appointed judges to stay in this Serbian province. The EU judges who are in this Serbian province to allegedly provide “law and order” have ordered that the Albanian terrorist cannot be extradited to the US where... »
