Serbia

BELGRADE - The Serbian Interior Ministry has managed to significantly reduce the number of Albanian illegal immigrants trying to cross the border, and no such case was recorded in the last two days, Marija Obradovic, chairperson of the parliamentary Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs, stated on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Kuwait's newly appointed Ambassador to Serbia Yousef Ahmed Abdulsamad invited on Thursday Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic to visit the Kuwaiti Interior Ministry and sign an agreement on cooperation against terrorism and organised and cyber crime.

NOVI PAZAR - The speech by Sulejman Ugljanin, leader of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) of Sandzak and chairman of the Bosniak National Council (BNV), in which he called Serbia "a chauvinistic country", claiming that it is carrying out violence and discrimination against Bosniaks, has been met with strong condemnation from officials and certain political parties, primarily other parties br

Parties condemn Muslim politician's "inflammatory rhetoric"

BELGRADE -- Sulejman Ugljanin's statement referring to Serbia as "a chauvinist creation" carrying out discrimination against Bosniaks has been met with condemnation.

The reactions mostly came from officials of other political parties representing Bosniaks.

Croatian president "wants dialogue" with Serbia

ZAGREB -- Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic says she wants to establish dialogue with the authorities in Serbia "in order to resolve outstanding issues."

BELGRADE - An exhibition, a book and a TV film titled Lady Paget and Her Serbs have been unveiled at the Atrium Gallery of the Belgrade City Library.

Lady Louise Paget, a famous English humanitarian and the wife of a British ambassador to Belgrade, Ralph Paget, volunteered as a nurse at the Kolo srpskih sestara military hospital and the Belgrade hospital during the Balkan wars.

The number of asylum seekers in the EU from five Balkan countries - Albania, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia - rose by a massive 40 per cent in the first nine months of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013.

On February 25, the Commission wrote that the vast majority of applications had been rejected as unfounded.

Serbian ambassador to U.S. presents credentials

WASHINGTON -- Serbia's Ambassador to the United States Djerdj Matkovic has presented his credentials to U.S. President Barack Obama.

This was announced on the website of the Serbian diplomatic mission in Washington

BELGRADE - The statement by Chairman of the Bosniak National Council (BNV) Sulejman Ugljanin that "Serbia is a chauvinist country" is a dangerous, heated and primarily false statement, said Suzana Paunovic, director of the Office for Human and Minority Rights, adding that this is the worst kind of politicization of the National Council.

Ivanovic to remain in custody for 2 more months

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- A court in Kosovska Mitrovica on Thrusday decided to keep Oliver Ivanovic in custody for another two months.

The trial for crimes allegedly committed by the Serb political leader in Kosovo in 1999 and 2000 also resumed today.