Serbia eyes buying Tor, Pantsir, Buk air defense systems, MiG-29 jet fighters

BELGRADE – Serbia eyes buying Russian-made Tor, Pantsir, and Buk air defense systems as well as MiG-29 jet fighters, in response to Croatia’s plans to purchase US-made MGM-140 ATACMS tactical missiles. The Serbian military has already sent its requests to Moscow. They will be considered by the end of January by a bilateral commission on technical … Read more

President of the UN Assembly Vuk Jeremic visited Mongolia

ULAN BATOR- President of the UN General Assembly Vuk Jeremic visited Mongolia and conferred with President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj over the energy security, sustainable development, human rights and fight against corruption. The talks covered this year’s presidency of Mongolia over the Community of Democracies as an international organization set up by the U.S. and Poland in … Read more

Serbia-US Agree to Extradition Treaty

BELGRADE – The United States and Serbia reached a bilateral agreement on extraditions between the two countries, as well as taking steps to improve security cooperation, Vice President Joe Biden said during a speech in Belgrade. Biden met with Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic during a visit where he emphasized the starting of “a new chapter” … Read more

Russia: Anime Banned as Child Pornography

MOSCOW – Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications has banned the distribution of the Japanese “hentai” cartoons. Reason for banning are 13 episodes published on the Russian social network Vkontakte, Voice of Russia reported. Hentai is a genre of the Japanese animation (anime) which as basic elements contain erotic or pornographic scenes. First complaint on the … Read more