Tag: #Serbia
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Serbia struggling to “persuade” citizens to get vaccinated
Serbia faces a different battle, how to persuade its citizens to get the life-saving shot
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Serbia to impose weekend lockdown after virus surge
Belgrade, March 5 (AFP/APP):Serbia will shut down all but essential businesses over the weekend to combat a spike in new coronavirus cases, the government-appointed crisis team said Friday. Under the new measures only food stores, pharmacies and gas stations will be open from noon on Saturday until Monday morning. While the Balkan state has become…
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Serb indoor long jump champion Spanovic pulls out of Euros
Belgrade, Feb 28 (AFP/APP):Serbia’s double European indoor long jump gold medallist Ivana Spanovic is injured and will miss the upcoming European Athletics Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland. The 30-year-old was forced to pull out of the March 5-7 event after suffering a hamstring problem in training, national coach Edin Zubovic told Serbian state television on…
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Serbian ex-mayor convicted over arson on journalist’s home
Belgrade, Feb 23 (AFP/APP):A court in Serbia Tuesday sentenced a former mayor to more than four years in prison for ordering an arson attack on the home of a journalist who was investigating corruption. The verdict is a rare case of justice delivered for journalists who have faced violence and threats in the Balkan state,…
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1,000 Clubbers Defy COVID Ban in Serbia
1,000 clubbers have defied the COVID ban in Serbia.
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Kosovo establishes Israel ties, to open embassy in Jerusalem
Kosovo has established diplomatic ties with Israel and has recognised Jerusalem as the Jewish state’s capital
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COVID-19: Countries fighting off the coronavirus
GENEVA, Mar 16 (AA/APP): According to the reports, more than 154 countries globally are under the threat of coronavirus, which has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. All of the affected countries have restricted their social gatherings and called off the educational institutes and are taking all possible precautionary measures. Many have…
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Serbian president leaves hospital after heart trouble: state TV
Belgrade, Nov 18 (AFP/APP): Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has been released from hospital in a stable condition after being treated for heart problems, state TV reported Monday. The 49-year-old president, whose presence dominates Serbian politics, was hospitalised on Friday afternoon for “cardiovascular problems”, his office said in a statement. By Monday Vucic’s health was “stable”…
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Serbian president Vucic hospitalised
Belgrade, Nov 16 (AFP/APP): Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has been hospitalised with “cardiovascular problems”, his office said Saturday. “The President Aleksandar Vucic was accepted in the military hospital in Belgrade on November 15 late afternoon,” his office said in a short statement. It gave no further details about the president’s health or current condition. It…
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Migrants lose in futile game on Hungary-Serbia frontier
Subotica, Serbia, Nov 9 (AFP/APP): Asurma Arab and her family spent more than two years waiting in Serbia for their chance to cross the steel fence that Hungary erected along its border to keep out migrants. Little did the Afghan family know, their asylum plea was already a lost cause. Under amendments passed in 2018,…