News archive of December 2016
Dacic: Rehabilitation of fascism and Ustashism underway in Croatia
Photo: MFA
BELGRADE - Relations in the region definitely must be better, which is not hard to achieve as they are poor now, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said Friday, adding the door was open to dialogue with Croatia.
BiH Intelligence and Security Agency eavesdrop on Serbian officials - report
BANJALUKA - The Republika Srpska public broadcaster RTRS reported Thursday it had obtained secret orders issued by the Bosnia and Herzegovina Intelligence and Security Agency (OBA) for eavesdropping on Serbian officials.
The operation has been underway for five months, the report said, and the RTRS website published scans of OBA documents designated as secret.
Bogoljub Karic returns to Serbia
Photo: Nebojsa Mandic
BELGRADE - Businessman Bogoljub Karic on Friday returned to Serbia following 11 years of absence from the country, after all investigations against him had been halted and an Interpol arrest warrant withdrawn three days ago.
Karic was welcomed at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport by family, aides and members of his party, the Strength of Serbia Movement.
National Museum to be reopened in 2018
BELGRADE - Reconstruction works at the National Museum in Belgrade are in full swing - the roof has been relaid with copper and all is proceeding as planned, even faster than we had expected, and I hope the reconstruction will be complete in late January 2018, Serbian Culture Minister Vladan Vukosavljevic said during a tour of the works on Friday.
Brazil police officer confesses to killing Greek ambassador
A Rio de Janeiro police officer confessed to murdering Greece's ambassador to Brazil, possibly at the direction of the diplomat's Brazilian wife with whom the policeman was romantically involved, Globo TV reported on Friday, citing police sources.
Greek Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis, 59, was missing since Monday night.
Spaniards arrested for transporting migrants released
A Greek court on Friday ordered the conditional release of two Spanish self-styled activists arrested for allegedly trying to take a group of migrants out of the country.
Mikel Zuloaga, 61, and Begona Huarte, 59, were released on bail of 2,000 euros ($2,100) each pending a trial whose date has not been set, a coastguard source told AFP.