Latest News from Serbia
Serbia Court Determined to Rule on Extradition of Owner of Bulgaria's Collapsed KTB
The Belgrade High Court has said it is to pursue with a decision on a pending extradition request from the Bulgarian government for businessman Tsvetan Vasilev, regardless of the latter's application for asylum.
Locals in southern town paint Vucic next to saint
As a sign of gratitude for two new factories subsidized with state money, citizens in Vladicini Han on Thursday prepared an unusual gift for Aleksandar Vucic.
Vucic Not Tackling Serbia's Corruption, Experts Say
Zoran Stojiljkovic, head of Serbia's Anti-Corruption Agency, told BIRN that there are no objective indications that corruption was decreasing in Serbia even though the ruling Progressive Party won a decisive election in 2012 on an anti-corruption manifesto.
Nearly 4,300 Foreigners Have Sought Protection in Bulgaria since Start of 2016
Foreign nationals have filed 4,267 applications for protection between January 1 and April 5, the head of Bulgaria's State Agency for Refugees, Petya Parvanova, has said.
Bulgarian Navy, Border Police to Test Joint Action in Migration Control
A training exercise of Bulgaria's naval and border police forces will test their capabilities for joint action in response to a hypothetical increase in migratory pressure in the Black Sea, the Defence Ministry announced on Thursday.
Bulgaria, Greece Defence Ministers Urge Closer Cooperation in Tackling Migration Crisis
The defence ministers of Bulgaria and Greece have discussed the need to hold talks at the level of contact groups from the two countries' armed forces about joint tackling of the migration pressure at EU borders.
"Anti-election theft police teams" to be set up - minister
Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has announced the formation of "special police teams for the suppression of election theft."
Stefanovic, who is a high-ranking official of the ruling SNS, spoke in Kragujevac on Thursday to say that members of those teams "perhaps won't be people from Batocina or Kragujevac, but will instead perhaps arrive from some other parts of Serbia."
Croatian deputy PM says his country "won't block Serbia"
Croatia's First Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Karamarko has said that his country "will not block Serbia in joining the EU."
Beta agency is reporting, quoting Croatia's Hina, that he said Croatia "wants to develop good relations with neighboring countries - but Serbia must fulfill all the conditions for accession."
Croatia Stalls Serbia's EU Negotiations
A European Council working group on Wednesday pulled from its agenda debates on Serbia's opening of accession chapters 23 and 24, dealing with the rule of law, the judiciary and human rights, after Croatia failed to give them a green light.
Panama Papers data on Serbians "to be checked"
Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday, commenting on the Panama Papers document leak, that Serbian tax authorities "will check everything."
Beta agency is reporting that on Tuesday, the Network for Investigating Crime and Corruption (KRIK) "disclosed the names of 18 persons from Serbia who founded offshore companies through the law firm Mossack Fonseca from Panama."
Adviser on why Nikolic decorated leader accused of genocide
President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir was given a Serbian state decoration because he is the head of a state that has not recognized Kosovo.
Minister reacts to report Croatia is "blocking Serbia"
Jadranka Joksimovic has said that the criteria for opening EU accession talks chapters has not yet been on the agenda of "the committee for enlargement."
The Serbian minister without portfolio in charge of EU integration in this way reacted to reports on Wednesday that Croatia has already blocked Serbia's accession negotiations.
Croatia PM to Push Pope to Canonise Stepinac
On his first visit to the Vatican, Croatia's new centre-right Prime Minister, Tihomir Oreskovic, is expected to lobby for the canonisation of the controversial Croatian cleric, Alojzije Stepinac.
Majority Owner of Collapsed KTB Suing Bulgaria in Strasbourg
The majority owner of Bulgaria's insolvent Corporate Commercial Bank, Tsvetan Vasilev, has said that he is suing his country at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
167 km of railway to be modernized thanks to Russian loan
A total of 167 km of railway will be modernized in Serbia this year thanks to the Russian loan, Serbian Construction Minister Zorana Mihajlovic has said.
The Serbian minister on Wednesday talked with RZZD International Director Sergei Pavlov about the opportunities for speeding up the implementation of the agreement between the Serbian and Russian governments.