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Japan Agrees To Help India Develop Iranian Port

Putting an end to all speculation, Japan has agreed to help India develop the strategically important Chabahar port of Iran. On Friday, Tokyo accepted Tehran’s proposal to improve connectivity (jointly with India) in the Persian Gulf region, with senior Regional Co-ordinator of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Southwest Division Masayuki Taga saying: “In principle, we are interested in improving…

Europe’s Palmyra: How Kosovo’s Medieval Culture Was Demolished by Albanians

BELGRADE – Serbia organized an exhibition of cultural and historical heritage of Kosovo and Metohija in Paris, the headquarters of UNESCO, to serve as a reminder to the West of how they let it be destroyed since the 2000s. There is a lot of Serbian cultural heritage in Kosovo and Metohija. Now, Kosovo is an independent state, partially recognized by Western countries. But the world was shocked by…

Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Pristina set on fire

BELGRADE – It is still unknown who set on fire the unfinished Temple of Christ the Savior in downtown Pristina. Office for KiM once again warns of the danger of growing Albanian extremism and chauvinism in the southern Serbian province.   Bishop of Raska and Prizren Teodosije strongly condemned the incident pointing that this is due to the refusal of Kosovo authorities and the police to set up…

Serbian water polo players attacked in Zagreb

BELGRADE – Two dozen masked men attacked on Thursday night in Zagreb six young Serbian water polo players who were in the capital city of Croatia at the cadet water polo tournament.   One water polo player got his finger broken, and several suffered blows to the head by metal bars and fists. Players have not sustained any internal injuries, Dragan Tomasevic, father of one of the players, told…

India Set To Acquire ‘Guardian’ Drones From US

A week after India allowed the US to use its Army, Air Force and Naval bases for military purposes, Washington has announced that it will export 22 unarmed high-tech multi-mission Predator Guardian drones to the South Asian powerhouse. A senior US Defence Department official has confirmed the news, saying that India will use the Predator Guardian drones mainly for maritime surveillance in the…

Muslim Attacks Serbian Police Officers With Machete

BELGRADE – A Muslim bigot attacked on Friday Serbian police officers with machete in the southwestern town of Raska, RTS TV-channel reported. The man shouted “Allahu Akbar” (“God is great” in Arabic) while attacking police officers, who shot him in the leg after warning shots and detained. The assailant committed the attack when police tried to serve a writ on him. The attacker reportedly…

China, Hungary, Serbia discuss high-speed rail line

BELGRADE – China, Hungary and Serbia on Friday held a fifth trilateral meeting on a project to modernise and reconstruct the rail line from Belgrade to Budapest. The meeting, which resulted in further progress in project implementation, was presided over by Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic, with the Chinese and Hungarian delegations headed by Wang…

Kosovo media: 10 mln euro bribe to Vatican for recognition

BELGRADE – Some media outlets in Pristina have circulated unconfirmed reports about an attempt to give the Vatican a 10 million euro bribe to officially recognize Kosovo. Russian news agency Sputnik discussed the matter with Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO and onetime envoy to the Holy See, Darko Tanaskovic. “Well, even if Pope Francis makes a trip to Pristina, which I doubt, because from the…

US Ambassador: Milanovic should speak for himself

BELGRADE – Social Democratic Party of Croatia leader Zoran Milanovic should speak for himself when making public statements, US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott said Friday, adding that all countries in the region should be looking to the future, not the past. It is important that they go forward, which is to be achieved through dialogue – I hope we will see a step forward after the elections in…

Warlick: Serbia should consider liquefied natural gas from US

BELGRADE – The US had no say in the decision on the South Stream gas pipeline, and for Serbia – whose only gas supply route runs through Ukraine – connecting to the Bulgarian pipeline is a priority, says US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Mary Warlick. The US had no say whatsoever in the decision-making on the South Stream pipeline, and the decision to abandon the entire project…

Still no agreement on registration plates

BRUSSELS – No final agreement on vehicle registration plates has been reached in the technical dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, says European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic. The EU confirmed that registration plates – which are a part of an agreement on free movement – had been discussed on September 8 in the current round of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, but that there was no…

Indian PM Shows His Stature In Hangzhou

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held separate meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, French President Francois Hollande and other world leaders in Hangzhou on the sidelines of recently concluded G-20 Summit. Prime Minister Modi, who arrived in the eastern Chinese city on Sunday to attend the two-day Summit, mainly discussed bilateral issues with the two presidents. The topic of…

Nicaragua to Give Former Salvadoran Leader Mauricio Funes Asylum

MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Mauricio Funes Cartagena, the former President of El Salvador, has been granted political asylum just across the Gulf of Fonseca in Nicaragua as he faces allegations of corruption including illegal enrichment, embezzlement and influence peddling in his native country. As Salvadoran security forces stopped and seized two trucks that were loaded with the former leader’s…

5000 Islamic State Militants Living in EU Countries

BELGRADE – An estimated 5,000 members of ISIS terrorist group are currently living in the countries of the European Union (EU), Press TV reports. The revelation was made at a conference called the European Security Policy in the Belgian capital, Brussels, on Wednesday, where it was also revealed that the vast majority of the Takfiri terrorists living in the EU are themselves European citizens.…

Fein: A vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote for war

BELGRADE – Hillary Clinton understands “American exceptionalism” in a particularly warped way, analysts note, adding that, if elected, she would continue to support America’s interventions against those nations which “balk at playing caboose to her locomotive.” A vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote for war, Bruce Fein, Associate Deputy Attorney General and General Counsel to the Federal…

Steering team for ZSO unveiled in Brussels

BRUSSELS – The process of forming the Community of Serb Municipalities has moved from a deadlock, Dejan Radojkovic said in Brussels on Thursday on behalf of the steering team for establishing the Community, unveiled earlier in the day. “(Kosovo President) Mr (Hasim) Taci and Prime Minister (Isa) Mustafa decided that work on the Statute and the establishment of the Community of Serb Municipalities…

Dacic, Zuroff condemn attempts of revising history

BELGRADE – Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic and the Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre Efraim Zuroff on Thursday condemned attempts of revising WWII history in Croatia and across Europe. “Particular attention during the meeting was devoted – with mutual condemnation thereof – to attempts of revising WWII history, manifested in Croatia by the present relationship towards Stepinac,…