Llazar Semini, Associated Press Updated 10:39 am PST, Wednesday, November 21, 2018 In this photo provided by the Kosovo government public affairs office, showing Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, center back, with his cabinet voting during the government meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, in Kosovo capital Pristina. Kosovo's government has decided to introduce a 100 percent import tax on all goods imported from Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovina. (Kosovo Government via AP) less In this photo provided by the Kosovo government public affairs office, showing Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, center back, with his cabinet voting during the government meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 21, ... more Photo: STR, AP Photo: STR, AP Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 of 3 In this … [Read more...] about Kosovo sets tariffs on Serbia, Bosnia as ties strain
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Forrest treble earns Scotland promotion, Serbia also through
By Zoran MilosavljevicBELGRADE (Reuters) - A superb hat-trick by Scotland midfielder James Forrest earned them a 3-2 home win over Israel in the Nations League and promotion to the competition’s second tier on Tuesday. gi The result, which also sealed Scotland’s Euro 2020 playoff berth if they fail to qualify automatically, left them top of Group 1 in League C on nine points from four games, three ahead of Israel and six in front of Albania.Serbia also sealed their passage to League B with a 4-1 home win over Lithuania which clinched Group 4 with 14 points from six games, two more than Romania who won 1-0 in Montenegro.Scotland fell behind to a sumptuous 25-metre strike by Israel’s Brighton & Hove Albion forward Beram Kayal before Forrest, who scored twice in Saturday’s 4-0 win at Albania, turned the match on its head with some clinical finishing.The Celtic winger equalised in the 34th minute when he drilled home a rebound from 12 metres after Andy … [Read more...] about Forrest treble earns Scotland promotion, Serbia also through
Serbia eye Nations League promotion after beating Montenegro
By Zoran MilosavljevicBELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia closed in on promotion to the Nations League second tier after a 2-1 home win over neighbours Montenegro on Saturday left them top of Group 4 in League C.gi The Serbians, who won with first-half goals from Adem Ljajic and Aleksandar Mitrovic, have 11 points from five games, four more than Montenegro who can no longer clinch top spot.Serbia will be promoted later on Saturday if Romania, who have six points from four games, fail to beat visiting Lithuania in the 1945 GMT kick off. Lithuania have no points from four games and face almost certain relegation to League D.Ljajic and Mitrovic, who also missed a penalty, put Serbia in the driving seat but they were forced to hang on after Stefan Mugosa pulled one back in the 70th minute.The home side dominated the opening period and Ljajic fired them ahead in the 30th minute when he took a delightful Dusan Tadic through ball into his stride and beat goalkeeper Danijel Petkovic with a cool … [Read more...] about Serbia eye Nations League promotion after beating Montenegro
Phallic-shaped owl statue in Serbia’s north sparks protests
KIKINDA, Serbia (Reuters) - Thousands of keen bird-watchers flock to Serbia's northern town of Kikinda every winter to see one of the world's largest roosting populations of long-eared owls. But the small town on Serbia's border with Romania is now trending on social media for a different reason: a protest over a statue aiming to brand it as the city of owls which many say resembles a phallus rather than an owl. gi The protestors say the terra-cotta statue's elongated shape and minimalist features were obscene and demanded its removal."Freud could say something about this statue, it looks so much like a phallus," one protester said in a Facebook post."Now everyone will ridicule Kikinda," read another post on Facebook. "This (statue) represents something very masculine, but not an owl," another said on Twitter. Local sculptor Jovan Blat, who made the statue, could not be reached for comment. Last week he told Belgrade's Vecernje Novosti daily he was ready to make a differently-shaped … [Read more...] about Phallic-shaped owl statue in Serbia’s north sparks protests
Stuck Between NATO and Russia, Serbia Wants to Forge Its Own Military Path
World A country with a history of war and one of the world’s most complicated and controversial relationships with NATO is now aiming to forge its own path to military neutrality. In Belgrade’s sprawling Palace of Serbia, an austere modernist building constructed in the wake of World War II to symbolize the birth of socialist Yugoslavia, Ivica Dacic, a longtime Serbian politician and the country’s current deputy prime minister, addressed a group of former and current NATO officials, security experts, and NATO enthusiasts with his vision for his country’s potential cooperation with the Western military alliance. "Our activities, which consist of cooperation including military and other exercises with non-NATO countries, are not at the expense of our relations with NATO and its member states, and vice versa," Dacic said. "We are aware that the relations between Serbia and NATO are delicate, burdened by the legacy of the past, the bombing of the then Federal … [Read more...] about Stuck Between NATO and Russia, Serbia Wants to Forge Its Own Military Path