Serbia changes national symbols
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Serbia's parliament chooses a new national emblem, dropping the communist star, as well as a new national anthem.
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CAMP BONDSTEEL, Serbia  - From the vantage point of a U.S. Black Hawk helicopter, the new road to Debelde cuts a tidy yellow line through tilled farmland on Kosovo's southern border with Macedonia.
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Serbia restored its 19th-century anthem and ancient coat of arms Tuesday, harkening back to its royal history as its people struggle with economic and social hardships.
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Serbia&#039;s president said Tuesday he recognized the results of the independence vote in Montenegro that will separate the tiny Adriatic republic from its union with Serbia.
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The Skupstina (Parliament) of the Republic of Serbia passed the Law on Freedom of Access to Information.
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BELGRADE, Dec 18 (IPS) - The Serbian government has began an unusual  billboard campaign to mobilise its people under the slogan  'Kosovo is Serbia' ahead of crucial developments that  might lead to independence of the southern, ethnic Albanian  populated province.
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LONDON, Jan 29 (IPS) - The European Parliament passed a unanimous   resolution this week urging a Europe-wide ban on incitement to  racial and  religious hatred. That specifically could include a  ban on the swastika,  the symbol adopted by the Nazis.
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Serbia's parliament approved a new constitution Saturday declaring U.N.-run Kosovo part of the Balkan state despite ongoing negotiations on the breakaway province's future.
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Kosovo is launching a contest to design new symbols to represent its multi-ethnic society.
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BELGRADE, May 31 (IPS) - Serbia may be viewed by some as intolerant and  somewhat nationalistic due to its role in the wars of  disintegration of former Yugoslavia, but many of the people  arriving from distant foreign lands are finding a hospitable home  here.
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BELGRADE, Serbia, Jan. 4 The European Union is to decide whether to accept Serbia along with its mainly ethnic-Albanian Kosovo province or recognize an independent Kosovo. via Earth Times
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A new version of the Iraqi flag - purged of references to former leader Saddam Hussein - is hoisted over the capital.
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Serbia is heading for a showdown next month between a nationalist who leans towards Russia and a liberal favoring the West following the first round of a presidential election.
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BELGRADE, Jul 20 (IPS) - Contrary trends arise in Serbia these days, where  official statistics show Serbs are a lazy nation, while those who  seek new opportunities show otherwise.
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Serbs vote Sunday in polls in which Kosovo independence is a central issue. Slovenia was once part of Yugoslavia.
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Serbia is heading for a showdown next  month between a nationalist who leans towards Russia and a  liberal favoring the West following the first round of a  presidential election.
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Iraq's prime minister raised the country's new temporary national flag over parliament in a symbolic break with the past on Tuesday, although many ordinary Iraqis remain unhappy their old banner has been replaced.