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Jokic, Djokovic place Serbia sports front and center at NBA Finals, French Open
DENVER (AP) — They use the court as their canvas, seeing passing lanes and paths to victory that others in their sports simply cannot. For Novak Djokovic, it's tennis. For Nikola Jokic, it's basketball. For their home country of Serbia, June is shaping up as a month no sports fan...
USA Basketball wins women's gold, men's silver at 3x3 World Cup in Austria
VIENNA, Austria (AP) — The U.S. beat France 16-12 to win the gold medal at the 3-on-3 women’s World Cup on Sunday, while Serbia prevented an American sweep by rallying to beat the U.S. 21-19 in the men’s title game. It was the third World Cup title for the American women —...
Protesters back on the streets of Belgrade as president ignores calls to stand down
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people rallied in Serbia’s capital on Saturday for a fifth time in a month, following two mass shootings that shook the nation, even as the country’s populist president rejected any responsibility for the crisis and ignored the protesters' demands...
US lawyer named chief prosecutor at office linked to Kosovo war crimes court
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — American lawyer Kimberly West has been appointed as the chief prosecutor linked to a European Union-backed court prosecuting war crimes in Kosovo, the prosecutor's office announced Friday. West replaces Jack Smith, who stood down as head of the...
France, Germany urge new elections in Kosovo following flare-up in ethnic tensions
BULBOACA, Moldova (AP) — The leaders of France and Germany have urged their counterparts in Kosovo and Serbia to agree on holding new municipal elections in northern Kosovo, hoping that another ballot would quell a flare-up of ethnic tensions that have led to violent protests in the region. ...
Busy at French Open, Novak Djokovic keeping tabs on countryman Nikola Jokic in NBA Finals
PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic might be busy trying to win the French Open but he definitely will be keeping tabs on how his friend and countryman Nikola Jokic fares in the NBA Finals with the Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets will host Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat on...
There's going to be a new NBA champion from Serbia: Nikola (something)
DENVER (AP) — Congratulations, Serbia. You're about to have another NBA champion. His name is Nikola. (The last name is TBA.) Denver has two-time MVP Nikola Jokic. Miami has rookie Nikola Jovic. They met earlier this season for the first time to have dinner and get...
Djokovic struggles for set at French Open after government official critiques Kosovo comments
PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic refrained from any political messages at the French Open following a second-round victory that was a struggle for a set Wednesday night — hours after a government minister criticized the 22-time Grand Slam champion's comments about clashes in Kosovo as “not...
Efforts to defuse Kosovo crisis intensify amid more protests
ZVECAN, Kosovo (AP) — International efforts to defuse a crisis in Kosovo intensified Wednesday as ethnic Serbs held more protests in a northern town where recent clashes with NATO-led peacekeepers sparked fears of renewed conflict in the troubled region. Hundreds of Serbs repeated...
UN appeals court increases sentences for 2 Serbs convicted of crimes in Balkan wars
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — U.N. appeals judges on Wednesday significantly expanded the convictions of two allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, holding them responsible for involvement in crimes across Bosnia and in one town in Croatia as members of a joint criminal plan to...
