Supporters of Serbian opposition during a mass protest in downtown Belgrade yesterday. Tens of thousands of disenchanted Serbs protested in central Belgrade Saturday in the biggest anti-government rally in years aimed at showing opposition strength ahead of scheduled 2012 elections. A pro-European Union coalition has governed Serbia since 2008, but persistent economic hardship and frustration with... 

Serbian and Russian delegations, led by their heads of state, Boris Tadic and Dmitry Medvedev, signed six agreements on bilateral cooperation at 1pm. The agreements cover the fields of culture, science and technology, security, education, air travel and parliamentary cooperation. The pacts are as follows: – An agreement on the establishment of a gas storage firm, Banatski Dvor, as a joint venture... 

The ministers called for more government support for people wanting to have children. The falling birth rate and economic crisis make it crucial for governments to support families who desire more children, the Council of Europe said Tuesday. “The decision to have children is first and foremost an individual choice, but … it must be a real choice,” deputy secretary-general Maud de... 

Nowhere in Europe is there such segregation as Kosovo. Thousands of people are still displaced and in camps. Nowhere else are there so many ‘ethnically pure’ towns and villages scattered across such a small province. Nowhere is there such a level of fear for so many minorities that they will be harassed simply for who they are. And perhaps nowhere else in Europe is at such a high risk... 

Serbs protest in Mitrovica Hundreds of Kosovo Serbs have taken over a UN courthouse in the northern Kosovo town of Mitrovica, raising a Serbian flag to replace the UN’s.The protesters broke into the building in the Serb-dominated part of the city, forcing UN police to retreat. A Kosovo police spokesman said a UN official was negotiating with Serb leaders to try to resolve the issue. Kosovo Serbs... 

The hardline Radical Party attracted most support in Serbia’s general election, dashing Western hopes the nation blamed for a decade of war in the 1990s would finally turn its back on nationalism. However, there was no certainty the Radicals, who won 28 percent of the vote on Sunday, could form a government. The result cast a pall over European Union and United States expectations they would...