SERBIA / KOSOVO/ POLAND : Serb Prez.Tadic Will Boycott Polish Summit...If Kosovo Shows.

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   Serbian President Boris Tadic (above) says he will not attend a Central and Southeastern European summit in Poland...if Kosovo participates as an equal.
    Poland has invited Kosovo's President Atifete Jahjaga to the two-day summit in Warsaw.
    Some 20 regional leaders will attend...as will USA President Barack Obama.
    Serbia argues that Kosovo must be represented by the UNMIK at international conferences.
    Five other regional nations also have not recognized Kosovo: Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain.

SERBIA: At Least 55,000 March Demanding New Elections.

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   At least 55,000 and perhaps as many as 70,000 people marched in front of parliament as the opposition party called for new elections in two months-- or face civil disobedience.
    It was Serbia's biggest protest in years.
   The next general election is not scheduled until 2012.
   The protest was peaceful protest but riot police stood by.
    Since 2008, a 10-party coalition has been in power  led by President Boris Tadic and PM Mirko Cvetkovic.

CROATIA/ SERBIA: Serb Prez. Tadic Apologizes For 1991 Massacre of 260.

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   President Boris Tadic (pictured) is the first Serbian leader to honor the 260 Croatian victims of the 1991 Vukovar massacre.

   During his visit to the memorial, Tadic offered his "apology and regret".
   "I came here to share words of apology; to express our sympathy; to create the possibility for Serbs and Croats, Serbia and Croatia, to turn a new page in history," Tadic said.
   Serbia has taken several steps recently to smooth its way for  membership in the EU.

CROATIA/SERBIA: "Historic" New Talks Stress Cooperation.

BBC/      Croatian President Ivo Josipovic's visit to Belgrade for talks is being called "historic" by Serbian President Boris Tadic. Relations between the ex-Yugoslav states have been tense since the wars of the 1990s. Both now support an out-of-court settlement of the genocide charges previously filed against each other at the International Court of Justice.