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Hahn: Serbia can count on EU as we are in same boat
BELGRADE - Serbia can count on the EU because we are in the same boat and we need to work together, EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn said in Belgrade Monday.
Croatian President's Year Sees High and Lows
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic has angered some and delighted others with her statements and actions over the year.
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Belgium Arrests Kosovar, Serbian 'ISIS Supporters'
Two men from Kosovo and a woman from Serbia were arrested on Wednesday in Belgium for suspected participation in terrorist activities linked to ISIS after house searches made by the police.
The Belgian prosecutors office said the three men are suspected of recruiting people to leave for Syria and of financing Islamic State, ISIS.
Six Balkan Figures Join European High-Flyers' List
Politico Europe's list of 28 personalities that are likely to shape, shake and stir Europe in 2017 features mayors, business people, activists and journalists at the expense of political bosses - and the selection from the six Balkan countries included in this year's list is no different.
Jeremic Accused of Role Serb Soldiers' Mystery Deaths
The Serbian pro-government tabloid newspaper Informer has published on its front page that former foreign minister Vuk Jeremic was possibly "involved" in the mysterious deaths of two soldiers in a Belgrade army barracks in 2004.
NW Bulgarian Gangs 'Specialized in People Smuggling'
Organized criminal gangs from Northwestern Bulgaria are increasingly "specialized" in people smuggling, local authorities say.
Belt and Road project "among most significant in the world"
The Belt and Road cooperation project between China and 16 Central and East European countries, including Serbia, "is among the most significant in the world."
Serbian's First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said this for the Xinhua news agency.
Serbia Activists Stonewalled Over Wiretap Request
Two activists from the Let's not Drown Belgrade campaigning group in Serbia have complained to the country's Commissioner for Information of Public Importance after the Interior Ministry refused to tell them whether they had been wiretapped from May 2014 to September 2016.
Vucic: Decision on elections to be made in late January
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BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic announced Tuesday that a decision whether to call parliamentary elections would be made at the end of January or in early February.
Russia Prolongs Loan Term of $800-Mln Credit to Serbia
BELGRADE - Russia has prolonged the loan term for $800-million credit provided to Serbia in 2013 until 2021, a document published on Russia's legal information website said Tuesday.
Serbian PM Uses Budget Debate to Bash Opposition
Vucic repeatedly lashed out at opposition MPs in the parliamentary chamber on Monday and Tuesday during sessions held to discuss next year's budget.
He accused the far-right Dveri party of trying, with the help of the US ambassador to Belgrade, to rig this year's parliamentary elections, which his own Serbian Progressive Party won.
PM spars with opposition as Assembly considers budget bill
Germany will back the opening of three new chapters in Serbia's EU accession talks by the end of the year, PM Aleksandar Vucic announced on Tuesday.
Sofia Hosts 3rd Global Summit for Preemies
Bulgaria hosted on Friday the Third Global Summit for Improving the Standard of Care for Preemies, bringing together participants from five continents who united efforts to discuss ways of saving the life and health of premature babies, organizers say.
Unemployment rate "down to 13.8 percent"
Serbia's unemployment rate is down to 13.8 pct, PM Aleksandar Vucic and Minister of Labor Aleksandar Vulin have said in the Serbian National Assembly.
In Monday's debate on the 2017 budget bill, Vucic said that, after declining to 15.2 pct, the unemployment rate had dropped further to 13.8 pct in the last quarter.
Serbia "looks set to open Chapter 5 next week"
Serbia is almost certain to next week open Chapter 5 (public procurement) in its EU accession talks, but could also open chapters 25 and 26, Tanjug reports.
These concern science and research, and education and culture.