Section: Serbia
Serbia’s Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas Eve
Eastern Orthodox believers, Serbia’s majority Christian denomination, are on Friday, January 6, marking Christmas Eve. Christmas is a public holiday in Serbia celebrated on January 7, according to the Julian calendar. Among the countries adhering to the same calendar are also Belarus, Georgia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Russia, and Ukraine....
Marine Le Pen says Crimea’s reunification with Russia was legitimate
BELGRADE – Crimea’s incorporation into Russia was legitimate, leader of France’s National Front, Marine Le Pen, has said. “I do not think that (Crimea’s) reunification (with Russia) was illegitimate,” she told the BFM TV network on Tuesday. “A referendum was organized, and residents of Crimea voted to join Russia. I see no...
Dacic: Foreign diplomats should not be lecturing Serbia
BELGRADE- Foreign diplomats in Belgrade should not be lecturing Serbia or interfering in its policy, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said Tuesday. Reacting to a statement by Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksandr Aleksandrovych that Serbia has “shot itself in the foot” by voting against a UN General Assembly resolution on the Crimea, Dacic said he was unsure...
FM to foreign diplomats: Don’t meddle in our affairs
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on Tuesday told foreign diplomats in Belgrade not to lecture Serbia, and not to meddle in the country’s policy.Reacting to a recent statement made by Ukraine’s Ambassador to Serbia Oleksandr Aleksandrovych, who said that by voting against a Kiev-tabled UN General Assembly resolution on Crimea,...
Ukraine’s Ambassador: If West recognizes Crimea Russia could give up on Kosovo
BELGRADE – Ukraine’s Ambassador Oleksandr Aleksandrovych has told the Belgrade-based daily Blic that his country’s position not to recognize Kosovo remains unchanged. However, he voiced his suspicion that Russia – which also does not recognize the unilateral declaration of this Serbian province’s independence – might “renounce...
Netanyahu Cancels Ukrainian PM’s Visit Over Kiev’s Stance on UNSC Resolution
BELGRADE – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled the visit of his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Groysman scheduled for the next week over Kiev support for the damning UNSC resolution on the Israeli settlement in Palestine, local media reported Saturday. The decision was made in protest of the fact that Ukraine voted in favor of the...
FM: Kiev used “unacceptable language” to talk about Russia
First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says Serbia found a recent UNGA resolution on Crimea unacceptable because of the way it qualified Russia.As Dacic told reporters in Belgrade on Thursday, the Kiev-proposed resolution on “violations of human rights in Crimea” speaks about Russia “in the worst possible way.”...
Ukraine’s ambassador to Serbia: Why are you doing this?
Ukraine’s Ambassador in Belgrade Oleksandr Aleksandrovych says Serbia’s vote against a UN resolution on Crimea “could return like a boomerang.””There’s an English expression – ‘to shoot yourself in the foot’. I believe that is exactly what Serbia has done with such a vote, because at some...
Russia regrets that US, Ukraine oppose UN anti-Nazi resolution
BELGRADE – Moscow regrets that the US and Ukraine have opposed the Russian-initiated resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism, adopted by the UN General Assembly, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “This initiative always receives wide support from various countries, the number of countries participating in drawing up...
Serbia votes against Kiev-proposed UN resolution on Crimea
The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for international monitoring of the situation regarding human rights in Crimea, Sputnik has reported.The draft resolution was submitted by Ukraine, and was supported by 70 countries. 26 were against, while 77 abstained. …read more Source:...
