Serbo Croatian News from around the world updated hourly. http://www.learn-how-to-speak.com en-us News newsManager v4.04.2961 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:16:05 CST 60 Although the life of Herta Haas, the second wife of the former Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito, reads like an excerpt from a spy novel, she died in obscurity in Belgrade, Serbia, March 5, 2010. In fact, it was not until Tuesday , after an obituary issued in a Belgrade daily that news of her death was widely circulated, according to Croatian news agency HINA. Haas is best known for her http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatian%2522/SIG=11vg62q1i/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/6914491.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:25 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatian%2522/SIG=11vg62q1i/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/6914491.html Belgrade - Serbia on Wednesday sent an official request to Britain for the extradition of former Bosnian Muslim leader Ejup Ganic, currently being held in London on charges of alleged war crimes. The request, supported by extensive documentation, was http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=13jdcmdko/%2Ahttp%253A//www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/313432%2Cserbia-requests-extradition-of-former-bosnian-muslim-leader.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:16:04 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=13jdcmdko/%2Ahttp%253A//www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/313432%2Cserbia-requests-extradition-of-former-bosnian-muslim-leader.html DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Travel and Tourism - Serbia" report to their offering. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=11relvmur/%2Ahttp%253A//biz.yahoo.com/bw/100310/20100310005945.html?.v=1 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:16:04 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=11relvmur/%2Ahttp%253A//biz.yahoo.com/bw/100310/20100310005945.html?.v=1 After two years struggling to win funding amid the global financial crisis, actor Ralph Fiennes said on Wednesday he would start filming his directorial debut of a Shakespeare tragedy next week in Serbia. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=11qu5oe05/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ennm/usfiennes1 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:16:04 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=11qu5oe05/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/ennm/usfiennes1 "Serbia needs 2 pct. GDP growth" MT. KOPAONIK -- PM Mirko Cvetkovic told the Kopaonik Business Forum that country cannot get out of the economic crisis without a GDP growth of over 2 percent. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=12nf0bvrn/%2Ahttp%253A//www.b92.net/eng/news/business-article.php?yyyy=2010%26mm=03%26dd=10%26navid=65702 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:36:43 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=12nf0bvrn/%2Ahttp%253A//www.b92.net/eng/news/business-article.php?yyyy=2010%26mm=03%26dd=10%26navid=65702 BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia is set to pardon tens of thousands of draft dodgers, most of them hiding abroad, more than a decade after wars in the Balkans ended, the country's justice minister said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=145ofh500/%2Ahttp%253A//thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/9/worldupdates/2010-03-09T172830Z01NOOTRRTRMDNC0-467709-1%26sec=Worldupdates Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:41 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=145ofh500/%2Ahttp%253A//thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/9/worldupdates/2010-03-09T172830Z01NOOTRRTRMDNC0-467709-1%26sec=Worldupdates Under-fire Japan coach Takeshi Okada has been instructed by the head of the Japan Football Association to keep his team's fragile momentum going in April's World Cup warm-up with Serbia. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=143vdttmt/%2Ahttp%253A//www.goal.com/en/news/1863/world-cup-2010/2010/03/09/1824257/world-cup-2010-japan-fa-want-coach-takeshi-okada-to-maintain Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:58:34 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=143vdttmt/%2Ahttp%253A//www.goal.com/en/news/1863/world-cup-2010/2010/03/09/1824257/world-cup-2010-japan-fa-want-coach-takeshi-okada-to-maintain John Toshack will take Wales A to play Croatia in May, but a planned friendly en-route against Brittany has fallen through. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatia%2522/SIG=12he7ijib/%2Ahttp%253A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/football/leagueofwales/8557724.stm Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:41 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatia%2522/SIG=12he7ijib/%2Ahttp%253A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/football/leagueofwales/8557724.stm Enjoy Croatian style food, song and dance at the Spring Festa, the Vela Luka Croatian Dance Ensemble's annual patron's party, which gets started at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 27, at the Croatian. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatian%2522/SIG=12l652riq/%2Ahttp%253A//www.goskagit.com/home/article/croatianspringfestaincludesfooddancing/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:12:17 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatian%2522/SIG=12l652riq/%2Ahttp%253A//www.goskagit.com/home/article/croatianspringfestaincludesfooddancing/ BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - The Davis Cup run for the United States is over in the first round. Novak Djokovic withstood 24 aces and outlasted John Isner 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-4 on Sunday, giving Serbia a clinching 3-1 lead against an American team looking for its 33rd Davis Cup title. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=12rav7cr0/%2Ahttp%253A//www.westport-news.com/sports/article/Serbia-beats-US-3-1-in-Davis-Cup-395576.php Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:11:20 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=12rav7cr0/%2Ahttp%253A//www.westport-news.com/sports/article/Serbia-beats-US-3-1-in-Davis-Cup-395576.php Eight days of road blockades and scuffles with police came to an end in the early hours of Monday, when Croatian government officials signed an incentive agreement with disgruntled farmers. Under the compromise agreement, farmers with small plots less than 300 hectares would receive an 86-percent aid package in cash and compensation to help with the Spring sowing season. The main concession for http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatian%2522/SIG=11vlh5ckd/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/6913169.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:48:45 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatian%2522/SIG=11vlh5ckd/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/6913169.html Tajci, a Croatian pop sensation turned inspirational Christian singer, performs a Lenten-inspired presentation "I Thirst" at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 21 at St. Mary Catholic Church, 4001 St.. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatian%2522/SIG=13eme9bkp/%2Ahttp%253A//www.goskagit.com/home/article/formercroatianpopsingersharescompellingchristiansoundatshow/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:12:27 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatian%2522/SIG=13eme9bkp/%2Ahttp%253A//www.goskagit.com/home/article/formercroatianpopsingersharescompellingchristiansoundatshow/ Belgrade/Zagreb - Croatia hosts the Davis Cup quarter-final against Serbia in four months, but the atmosphere is already rapidly heating. Both sides have turned up the pressure over the venue of the match, headlines in two countries showed Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatia%2522/SIG=13l1tiumb/%2Ahttp%253A//www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/313176%2Catmosphere-heats-up-four-months-ahead-of-croatia-serbia-clash.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:41 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatia%2522/SIG=13l1tiumb/%2Ahttp%253A//www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/313176%2Catmosphere-heats-up-four-months-ahead-of-croatia-serbia-clash.html Tadworth's Ben Beckman notched his first major title when he won the men's singles at the Croatian Open in Zagreb last weekend. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatian%2522/SIG=137mhnj7s/%2Ahttp%253A//www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/sport/5049086.BeckmanstunsseedstoclaimCroatianOpentitle/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:10:47 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatian%2522/SIG=137mhnj7s/%2Ahttp%253A//www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/sport/5049086.BeckmanstunsseedstoclaimCroatianOpentitle/ LONDON: David Nalbandian beat Andreas Vinciguerras to help Argentina post a 3-2 victory over host Sweden and enter the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Sunday. In other ties, Serbia beat the United States while Chile went into the final day of play leading Israel 2-1. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=123279p59/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thehindu.com/2010/03/09/stories/2010030962971700.htm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:56 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=123279p59/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thehindu.com/2010/03/09/stories/2010030962971700.htm Novak Djokovic's five-set victory over John Isner sent Serbia to the quarterfinals and handed the Americans a first-round elimination for the first time since 2005. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=121ntjq06/%2Ahttp%253A//www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/sports/tennis/08tennis.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:11:07 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=121ntjq06/%2Ahttp%253A//www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/sports/tennis/08tennis.html The United States' Davis Cup run is over in the first round. Novak Djokovic withstood 24 aces and outlasted John Isner, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, on Sunday in Belgrade, giving Serbia a clinching 3-1 lead against an American team looking for its 33rd Davis Cup title. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=1230okoni/%2Ahttp%253A//www.freep.com/article/20100308/SPORTS18/3080354/-1/rss09 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:15:15 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=1230okoni/%2Ahttp%253A//www.freep.com/article/20100308/SPORTS18/3080354/-1/rss09 By Vladimir Socor Russia and Croatia resurrect Druzhba-Adria oil transport scheme Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of Russia and Jadranka Kosor of Croatia discussed the oil transportation scheme known as Druzhba-Adria integration during Kosor's recent visit to Moscow. The trip marked Croatia's accession to Gazprom's South Stream project and opened the way for Russian energy companies' expansion to http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatia%2522/SIG=12u6l2mt0/%2Ahttp%253A//economie.moldova.org/news/putin-brings-druzhba-to-croatia-and-adria-206977-eng.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:56 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatia%2522/SIG=12u6l2mt0/%2Ahttp%253A//economie.moldova.org/news/putin-brings-druzhba-to-croatia-and-adria-206977-eng.html LONDON: France, Croatia and the Czech Republic have reached the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Saturday. Tommy Robredo and Marcel Granollers came through for defending champion Spain to lead the gritty Swiss 2-1, and David Nalbandian helped swing the tie in Stockholm in Argentina's favour. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatia%2522/SIG=123rhbe2u/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thehindu.com/2010/03/08/stories/2010030859232300.htm Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:15:31 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatia%2522/SIG=123rhbe2u/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thehindu.com/2010/03/08/stories/2010030859232300.htm BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Results Sunday from the Davis Cup first-round tie between Serbia and the United States on an indoor clay court at Belgrade Arena: Serbia 3, United States 2 Reverse singles Novak Djokovic , Serbia, def. John Isner , United States, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-4. Sam Querrey , United States, def. Viktor Troicki , Serbia, 7-5, 6-2. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=12fg1p8u4/%2Ahttp%253A//sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=ap-serbia-usresults%26prov=ap%26type=lgns Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:03:30 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522serbia%2522/SIG=12fg1p8u4/%2Ahttp%253A//sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=ap-serbia-usresults%26prov=ap%26type=lgns Davis Cup world group first round result between Croatia and Ecuador in Varazdin, Croatia on Sunday (* new result). Croatia beat Ecuador 5-0 * Ivan Dodig (Croatia) beat Ivan Endara (Ecuador) 6-1 6-3 Antonio Veic (Croatia) beat Julio Cesar Campozano (Ecuador) 6-4 7-6(4) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatia%2522/SIG=12n64ddff/%2Ahttp%253A//sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=reu-daviscroatiaresult%26prov=reuters%26type=lgns Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:15:31 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522croatia%2522/SIG=12n64ddff/%2Ahttp%253A//sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=reu-daviscroatiaresult%26prov=reuters%26type=lgns