Tomislav Nikolic

Kosovo on Saturday barred Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic from visiting the seat of Serbia's Orthodox Church for the Eastern Rite's Christmas next week saying it was a response to Belgrade denying entry to officials from Pristina.

Serbia's new government, a deja-vu coalition of nationalists and socialists that led the country during the 1990s bloody Balkan wars, has surprised many with its pro-European moves, especially regarding breakaway Kosovo.

Kosovo's former prime minister Ramush Haradinaj returned home Thursday to a jubilant welcome after a UN court cleared him of war crimes charges relating to the 1990s war of independence.

Two Croatian generals returned home to a hero's welcome on Friday after a UN court in The Hague cleared them of war crimes against Serbs during the bloody 1990s breakup of Yugoslavia.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday urged war-scarred Bosnia to join the EU and NATO to ensure stability as she told Bosnian Serb leaders to drop separatist threats.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said that Bosnia's entry into the European Union and NATO would be the best way to ensure lasting stability for the war-scarred Balkans nation.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton begins a five-nation Balkans tour on Tuesday, seeking to push regional leaders to stick to existing agreements and enact the reforms needed to join the EU and NATO.

Prince Paul of Yugoslavia was on Saturday laid to rest in a royal mausoleum in a ceremony attended by his "Dynasty" actress granddaughter Catherine Oxenberg following a long-awaited political rehabilitation of the ousted royal.

Serbia's new nationalist-led government was sworn in Friday with the new prime minister vowing to focus on EU integration, continuing talks with breakaway Kosovo and boosting the floundering economy.

Bosnians on Wednesday buried 520 victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, with the two alleged masterminds of the slaughter finally on trial for genocide.

Thousands of people gathered in Srebrenica on Wednesday where 520 newly identified victims of Europe's worst atrocity since World War II will be buried on its 17th anniversary.

A senior US official on Monday told Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic that Belgrade must accept "the reality of a democratic and sovereign Kosovo".

A top US official urged Belgrade to accept the "reality" of Kosovo's independence, at a meeting marked by an unexpected handshake between Serbia's former president and Pristina's prime minister.

Serbia's nationalist President Tomislav Nikolic Thursday picked Socialist leader Ivica Dacic to head a coalition government with his own Progressive Party (SNS).

The United States on Tuesday condemned remarks by Serbia's new President Tomislav Nikolic denying that the 1995 Srebrenica massacre was genocide, calling them "counterproductive."

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslims was not genocide but "grave war crimes" in comments Bosnia immediately said would cause "new tension."

The notorious 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslims in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica was not genocide but the killings amounted to "grave war crimes," Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Friday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday warmly received Serbia's president-elect Tomislav Nikolic, saying Serbs are Russia's spiritual brothers and promising Belgrade an $800 million loan.

Serbian political parties are expected to start negotiations on the formation of a new government Monday after the surprise win of nationalist Tomislav Nikolic in presidential polls.

Serbian political parties are expected to start negotiations on the formation of a new government Monday after the surprise win of nationalist Tomislav Nikolic in presidential polls.