http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/serbia-has-highest-abortion-rate-in-europe-poses-economic-threat/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/serbia-has-highest-abortion-rate-in-europe-poses-economic-threat/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:06:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123249 Eurasia Review: According to official data from the Belgrade Institute of Public Health, 23,000 abortions are performed in Serbia annually, but unofficial data suggests a number as high as 150,000 . . . A large number of abortions are a potential economic threat to Serbia, because due to its aging population the country can expect a low number of work-age adults in the future. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/serbia-has-highest-abortion-rate-in-europe-poses-economic-threat/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/29/warning-of-violence-during-serbia-gay-pride-march/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/29/warning-of-violence-during-serbia-gay-pride-march/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:46:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114918 News from The Associated Press: Serbia's police chief warned Thursday violence by extremists is likely during this weekend's gay pride march, and urged the organizers to cancel it. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/29/warning-of-violence-during-serbia-gay-pride-march/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/12/serbia-advocates-of-homosexual-behavior-push-for-marriage-redefinition/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/12/serbia-advocates-of-homosexual-behavior-push-for-marriage-redefinition/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:24:59 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=91048 B92: "The Gay-Lesbian Info Center (GLIC) NGO has asked for the Serbian Constitution to be changed to include a new definition of marriage." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/12/serbia-advocates-of-homosexual-behavior-push-for-marriage-redefinition/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/20/serbia-seeks-probe-into-organ-trafficking-report/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/20/serbia-seeks-probe-into-organ-trafficking-report/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:49:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87725 Associated Press: "Serbia urged international authorities on Monday to investigate allegations of a trade in the kidneys and other organs of civilians slain in the aftermath of Kosovo's 1999 war for secession, officials said." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/20/serbia-seeks-probe-into-organ-trafficking-report/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/25/serbia-takes-step-toward-eu-membership/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/25/serbia-takes-step-toward-eu-membership/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:27:52 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78212 Associated Press: "The European Union agreed Monday to review in detail Serbia's request to join the bloc, an application that is warmly endorsed by Washington but that divides EU members." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/25/serbia-takes-step-toward-eu-membership/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/12/clinton-praises-serb-police-for-gay-parade/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/12/clinton-praises-serb-police-for-gay-parade/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:16:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76279 AP: "U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday praised Serbian police for protecting a weekend gay pride march from attacks, as prosecutors opened a criminal investigation against the leader of a far-right group for orchestrating the violent anti-gay protests." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/12/clinton-praises-serb-police-for-gay-parade/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/11/eyewitness-anti-gay-riots-in-belgrade/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/11/eyewitness-anti-gay-riots-in-belgrade/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:15:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76106 BBC: "Serbian police have clashed with protesters trying to disrupt a Gay Pride parade in the capital, Belgrade." | More reports here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/11/eyewitness-anti-gay-riots-in-belgrade/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/eu-ambassador-to-stand-up-for-gay-pride-in-serbia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/eu-ambassador-to-stand-up-for-gay-pride-in-serbia/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:56:02 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75425 EU Observer: "The EU's ambassador to Serbia, French diplomat Vincent Degert, has said he is willing to put his neck on the line in support of what he calls EU values by personally attending the Belgrade Pride event in the Serb capital on Sunday (10 October)." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/eu-ambassador-to-stand-up-for-gay-pride-in-serbia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/29/us-federal-appeals-panel-orders-review-of-gay-serbians-asylum-request/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/29/us-federal-appeals-panel-orders-review-of-gay-serbians-asylum-request/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:41:46 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74251 Winnipeg Free Press (AP): "The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ordered the Board of Immigration Appeals to review Mladen Zeljko Todorovic's case again. The board had ruled that Todorovic's testimony could not be used because he wasn't a 'credible witness.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/29/us-federal-appeals-panel-orders-review-of-gay-serbians-asylum-request/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/29/serbian-orthodox-church-ceremony-highlights-complex-serbian-kosovo-ties/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/29/serbian-orthodox-church-ceremony-highlights-complex-serbian-kosovo-ties/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:35:42 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74201 Reuters: "Serbian Orthodox Church and political leaders gather on Sunday to enthrone a new patriarch to guide a religion embodying the spirit of Serbia, but the once a generation ceremony will take place on foreign soil in Kosovo. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, but many Serbs still see Kosovo and the monasteries there as the cradle of their Orthodox religion. Old churches and monasteries dot the landscape of the smallest country in the Balkans." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/29/serbian-orthodox-church-ceremony-highlights-complex-serbian-kosovo-ties/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/07/1st-serbian-gay-pride-march-in-years-planned/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/07/1st-serbian-gay-pride-march-in-years-planned/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:11:21 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71252 Associated Press: "Organizers are planning Serbia's first gay pride march in nearly a decade next month - after the one last year was canceled amid threats of violence by extremists." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/07/1st-serbian-gay-pride-march-in-years-planned/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/12/moscow-concerned-about-future-of-serb-shrines-in-kosovo/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/12/moscow-concerned-about-future-of-serb-shrines-in-kosovo/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:37:43 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68512 Interfax: "The handover of Kosovo's Serbian shrines under the control of the territory's government may fuel tensions in the region, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrey Nesterenko." | Kosovo police to protect Serb monasteries ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/12/moscow-concerned-about-future-of-serb-shrines-in-kosovo/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/05/kosovo-police-to-protect-serb-monasteries/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/05/kosovo-police-to-protect-serb-monasteries/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:06:24 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67642 Balkan Insight: "NATO’s peacekeeping force in Kosovo, KFOR, has announced it is to start transferring protection of sacred Serbian sites to Kosovo Police. The Gracanica monastery, located in a Serb enclave on the outskirts of Pristina, will be the first shrine to come under the control of the mostly ethnic-Albanian police." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/05/kosovo-police-to-protect-serb-monasteries/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/22/belgrade-loses-fight-over-kosovo-independence/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/22/belgrade-loses-fight-over-kosovo-independence/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:08:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/22/belgrade-loses-fight-over-kosovo-independence/ Independent: "Kosovo scored a significant victory in its struggle to be recognised as a full and legitimate state yesterday when the UN's highest court ruled that its 2008 declaration of independence did not break international law. Serbia denounced the judgement – more than a decade after it fought a civil war over its former province – and warned the ruling would encourage separatist movements around the world." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/22/belgrade-loses-fight-over-kosovo-independence/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/18/serbia-inter-religious-council-established/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/18/serbia-inter-religious-council-established/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:23:52 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=63427 B-92: "A news conference at the Palace of Serbia announced that the council's mission is affirming religious freedom and culture, as well as reviewing and interpreting tendencies of public life in the country. . . . Minister of Religion and Chairman of the newly-set Council Bogoljub Šijaković said that the tasks of the body include giving public statements regarding the most important social issues, organizing scientific conferences, panels, round tables, and affirming citizens to practice religious freedoms and contribute to the community by developing their religious identity." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/18/serbia-inter-religious-council-established/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/21/serbia-to-apply-for-eu-membership/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/21/serbia-to-apply-for-eu-membership/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:31:01 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=45940 European Voice: "Boris Tadić, the president of Serbia, is to submit his country's application for EU membership tomorrow (22 December)." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/21/serbia-to-apply-for-eu-membership/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/01/un-court-probes-legality-of-kosovo-independence/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/01/un-court-probes-legality-of-kosovo-independence/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:08:24 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=43832 EuroNews: "Serbia launched the legal challenge in the Hague and wants the body to put a stop to the number of countries recognising Kososvo and force Pristina back into talks with Belgrade." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/01/un-court-probes-legality-of-kosovo-independence/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/28/un-official-oversteps-mandate-to-back-gay-pride-event-in-serbia-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/28/un-official-oversteps-mandate-to-back-gay-pride-event-in-serbia-2/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:04:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=37296 C-Fam: "The head of the United Nations (UN) mission in Serbia recently promoted a highly controversial homosexual rights demonstration in Belgrade against public opposition and beyond his mandate to work 'closely with national governments” to “advocate the interests and mandates of the UN.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/28/un-official-oversteps-mandate-to-back-gay-pride-event-in-serbia-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/25/un-official-oversteps-mandate-to-back-gay-pride-event-in-serbia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/25/un-official-oversteps-mandate-to-back-gay-pride-event-in-serbia/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:52:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=37123 C-FAM: "The head of the United Nations (UN) mission in Serbia recently promoted a highly controversial homosexual rights demonstration in Belgrade against public opposition and beyond his mandate to work 'closely with national governments' to 'advocate the interests and mandates of the UN.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/25/un-official-oversteps-mandate-to-back-gay-pride-event-in-serbia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/24/up-to-200000-abortions-annually-in-serbia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/24/up-to-200000-abortions-annually-in-serbia/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:14:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=33984 Balkan Insight: "Health officials report that between 150,000-200,000 abortions are carried out every year in Serbia, news-site Mondo reported Monday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/24/up-to-200000-abortions-annually-in-serbia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/31/eu-pressed-adoption-of-%e2%80%9cgender-identity%e2%80%9d-bill-in-serbia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/31/eu-pressed-adoption-of-%e2%80%9cgender-identity%e2%80%9d-bill-in-serbia/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:56:51 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=19878 Pro-Life Philippines Foundation: "Alliance Defense Fund lawyer Roger Kiska told reporters that the law creates a category of rights far broader than any currently in force in the various nations of the EU. It also conflicts with Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guaranties freedom of thought, conscience and religion." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/31/eu-pressed-adoption-of-%e2%80%9cgender-identity%e2%80%9d-bill-in-serbia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/20/european-union-pressures-serbia-to-adopt-gender-identity-legislation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/20/european-union-pressures-serbia-to-adopt-gender-identity-legislation/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:47:37 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=18970 LifeSite: Roger Kiska, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund and a close observer of the progress of the Serbian legislation, told C-Fam's Friday Fax that the law creates a category of rights far broader than any currently in force in the various nations of the EU. It also conflicts with Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees freedom of thought, conscience and religion. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/20/european-union-pressures-serbia-to-adopt-gender-identity-legislation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/18/adf-proposed-serbian-non-discrimination-law-endangers-religious-freedom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/18/adf-proposed-serbian-non-discrimination-law-endangers-religious-freedom/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:44:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=18685 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/18/adf-proposed-serbian-non-discrimination-law-endangers-religious-freedom/feed/ 0