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Tadić feels guilty, apologizes to Macedonian people

SKOPJE -- Boris Tadić says he feels guilty for failing to apologize to Macedonia "because of the presence of the Serbian Gendarmerie in that country in the past."

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic said Thursday that it is possible to reach an agreement on introducing free roaming between countries in the region, adding, however, that the process will be neither simple nor quick.

Balkans take precautions against spread of Ebola

Belgrade airport among fastest growing in Europe

BELGRADE -- Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport is the second fastest growing capital city airport in Europe with the passenger growth of 32 percent.

This data was released by the European airport trade body, ACI Europe, in its report for the first half of 2014.

Sales of meat in Macedonia have dropped sharply since reports broke two weeks ago that infected meat had led to four people dying from listeriosis.

Authorities in Skopje have agreed to pay €18.3 million to the local Beton construction company, the lowest bidder in the tendering procedure, to build the big wheel that will stand on top of a bridge on the Vardar River in Skopje.

Romania is still struggling with the aftermath of the torrential rains and the floods which hit the country on Tuesday and have already claimed five lives.

Some 1,200 people were evacuated from their homes due to the overflowing rivers, 2,200 houses were damaged by the floods, and 99 of them were completely destroyed, local media outlets reported.

The Skopje criminal court on Wednesday convicted the protesters of “participating in a crowd that was involved in criminal activity” and vandalising and throwing missiles at the court building during the unrest earlier this month.

They were ordered to pay a total of about 26,000 thousand euro for the damage to the criminal court building.

UN envoy says his mandate concerns only name dispute

SKOPJE -- UN secretary-general's envoy Matthew Nimetz has said that he has no mandate to negotiate about "the identity of the Macedonian people."

Serbians still in critical condition after deadly crash

SKOPJE -- Two Serbian citizens are in the hospital in Macedonia in a critical condition after a traffic accident late on Monday that killed an 8-month-old baby.