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World Health Organization. Balkan Insight. Latest News on Politics and Society from Serbia 11 Apr 14 HRW Backs New Kosovo War Crimes Tribunal Kosovo’s parliament should approve the establishment of a special court, located abroad, to try alleged war crimes and other grave crimes left over from the Kosovo conflict, Human Rights Watch has urged. Schroeder Optimistic About Serbia's EU Goals The former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said in Belgrade on Thursday that Serbia's hopes of joining the EU by 2020 were realistic, as well as conforming to the historic wishes of the Serbian people. 10 Apr 14 Vucic, Tadic Agree Key Issues Facing Serbia As talks on the new government continue, Aleksandar Vucic, leader of the ruling Progressive Party, and Boris Tadic, leader of the New Democratic Party, reached 'a significant level of agreement' at a meeting held Thursday.

EU Doubts About South Stream Alarm Serbia Serbian Star Ceca Declared Not Guilty of Assault 08 Apr 14 Serbia Marks International Roma Day. Balkans Business News. The World bank. The World Factbook. 122 municipalities (opstine, singular - opstina) and 23 cities (gradovi, singular - grad) cities: Beograd, Cacak, Jagodina, Kragujevac, Kraljevo, Krusevac, Leskovac, Loznica, Nis, Novi Pazar, Novi Sad, Pancevo, Pozarevac, Sabac, Smederevo, Sombor, Sremska Mitrovica, Subotica, Uzice, Vajevo, Vranje, Zajecar, Zrenjanin. New Serbian government ensnared in economic problems. Serbia’s three-week-old government is already entangled in the country’s difficult economic situation, with early moves such as diminishing the independence of the country's National Bank has raising concern in international circles, EurActiv Serbia reports. Serbia was already in recession when the government led by Socialist Ivica Dačić came to power on 27 July (see background).

GDP fell 1.3% and 0.6% in the first and second quarters of the year, with a 1% drop forecast overall for 2012. Public debt currently accounts for 55% of GDP, while according to the law it must not surpass 45%, and the budget deficit exceeds 7%. Unemployment is rising and now stands at 25.5%, while the level of non-performing loans is over 20%. The bad news was augmented on 7 August when Standard & Poor’s cut Serbia's debt rating one notch, to BB-minus, with a negative outlook, pushing it deeper into junk territory. Government targets National Bank Readiness for Reforms More austerity needed. Serbia Times. Bloomberg. The New York Times.

The Economist. Serbian Government. Tanjug. Serbia Post. World News Report. Serbia News. Setimes.com. Beta press. Blic. BE 92. Politics "Serbia must not be dragged into turmoil again" 16:22 | Comments: 3 Tomislav Nikolić says that Serbia in its recent past "experienced a lot of suffering, caused even by those who were her allies in the world wars.

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