Section: InSerbia (Serbia)
EU Tightens Visa Regime for Ukrainians
BELGRADE – The European Union has toughened its visa regime for Ukrainians as verification of applicants’ documents in consulates has become more rigorous and the number of refusals for multiple visa claims has rapidly increased, Kiev-based newspaper Vesti wrote. Even those in Ukraine willing to travel to the Euro-2016 in France are now...
Ukraine wins Eurovision 2016
BELGRADE – Ukrainian singer Jamala has won the 2016 Eurovision song contest with a controversial piece about Stalin’s deportation of Crimean Tatars. Australian and Russian performers grabbed the 2nd and 3rd places respectively. The song 1944 written and performed by Jamala, a Ukrainian singer of Crimean Tatar descent, was inspired by the...
Indian, Ukrainian Companies Sign Major Defence Pact
Reliance Defence, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure Limited – India’s largest private sector enterprise power utility and construction company, recently signed an agreement with three Ukrainian state-run firms – Ukroboronprom, Spetstechno Exports and Antonov – to manufacture a range of military products, such as transport...
PACE to observe elections in Serbia
STRASBOURG – An 18-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will be in Serbia on April 22-25 to observe the conduct of the early parliamentary elections in the country, the PACE said in a release on Tuesday. The PACE delegation will be led by Ukrainian member Volodymyr Ariev. They are …read more...
Ukraine-Russia Rivalry Intensifies Over Indian Defence Market
Ukraine, the first formerly Soviet republic to experience a peaceful transfer of power via the ballot box, plans to break the ‘Russian monopoly’ in India. Kiev recently launched a serious effort to export defence equipment to the South Asian country. Perto Fedoruk, the Chief Adviser of Ukroboronprom – Ukraine’s largest defence...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Announces Resignation
BELGRADE – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has announced that he had resigned, local media reported Sunday. “I decided to resign from the post of Ukraine’s prime minister. On Tuesday, April 12, the decision will be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada [Ukrainian parliament]”, Yatsenyuk said as quoted by Ukrainian TV channels Sunday....
Dutch Voters Solidly Reject EU Pact With Ukraine
BELGRADE – Official results from all municipalities show that 61.1 percent of the Dutch voted against the EU-Ukraine association agreement, while the turnout at the referendum was 32.2 percent, the Dutch BNO news agency reports. Only 38.1 percent of Dutch voters were in favor of the treaty, BNO said on Wednesday. Earlier, the national ANP...
Serbian and US armies hold defense consultations
BELGRADE – The armed forces of Serbia and the United States have held bilateral defense consultations, preceded by a meeting of Serbian Defense Minister Zoran Djordjevic and Chief of General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, Gen. Ljubisa Dikovic, with Michael Carpenter, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense with responsibility for Russia,...
Juncker: Ukraine Not Likely To Join EU, NATO For 20-25 Years
BELGRADE – It will take Ukraine at least 20 to 25 years to join the European Union and NATO, European Commission President Jean-Claude said March 3. “Ukraine will definitely not be able to become a member of the EU in the next 20 to 25 years, and not of NATO either,” he said in a …read more Source:...
Djokovic vs Nadal in Doha final
DOHA – Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, the current world number one in men’s tennis, is through to the final of the Doha tournament …read more Source:...
