Belgrade - Tens of thousands of people in dozens of villages were isolated from outside world Thursday in the Balkans after heavy snowfall, local reports said.
At least five municipalities, with some 10,000 people were cut off in northern Albania, as layers of fresh snow exceeded three metres in some places.
The highway Morina-Kukes-Qafa Shllak has been closed and it is believed that people may be trapped in cars stuck in snow. At least one family was rescued by police arriving after a several-hour trek.
Pristina/Belgrade - Kosovo Albanians began celebrating the first year of independence Tuesday, while minority Serbs and Belgrade leaders vowed to continue challenging the secession.
Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and President Fatmir Sejdiu addressed the parliament in Pristina at a solemn session and paid respect to prominent politicians and rebels who launched the fight against Serbian authority in the 1990s.
Belgrade - The Serbian parliament on Tuesday passed new procedural rules in an attempt to end a stalemate that has resulted in a huge legislative backlog.
The new rules limit the time for debate on amendments the opposition proposes on bills and cuts the potential for delaying tactics of the sort that have effectively stalled the parliament since May 2008.
The measures also introduced a mandatory monthly session wherein parliamentarians will be able to pose questions to the prime minister and his cabinet.
Pristina/Belgrade - Kosovo Albanians were set to celebrate the first year of independence Tuesday, while minority Serbs and Belgrade leaders vowed to continue challenging the secession.
Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and President Fatmir Sejdiu were scheduled to address the parliament in Pristina at a solemn session, before paying respect to prominent politicians and rebels who launched the fight against Serbian authority in the 1990s.
Kosovo Serb deputies said they would boycott the session.
Belgrade - A star-studded, award-winning movie adaptation of a best-selling German novel will open the Belgrade International Film Festival on Friday.
Stephen Daldry's adaptation of Bernhardt Schlink's best-selling novel, The Reader, will feature Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, and David Kross, in a love story set in post-war Germany.
Fiennes will bring star power to the opening of the 37th Belgrade International Film Festival.
Belgrade - The global financial crisis and a shortage of funds would probably scupper Serbia's plans to privatize big companies in 2009, reports quoting officials and experts said Wednesday.
"We need no additional revenue for the budget, so we should not sell under the price," Economy Minister Mladjan Dinkic told the daily Blic.
A day earlier, Dinkic announced the government's plan to invest 130 million dollars in the mine and smelter RTB Bor - which already went through a failed privatization
- instead of selling it.
Belgrade - Tens of thousands of people in dozens of villages were isolated from outside world Thursday in the Balkans after heavy snowfall, local reports said.
Pristina/Belgrade - Kosovo Albanians began celebrating the first year of independence Tuesday, while minority Serbs and Belgrade leaders vowed to continue challenging the secession.
Pristina/Belgrade - Kosovo Albanians were set to celebrate the first year of independence Tuesday, while minority Serbs and Belgrade leaders vowed to continue challenging the secession.
Belgrade - A star-studded, award-winning movie adaptation of a best-selling German novel will open the Belgrade International Film Festival on Friday.
Belgrade - The global financial crisis and a shortage of funds would probably scupper Serbia's plans to privatize big companies in 2009, reports quoting officials and experts said Wednesday. 
