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Bosniak Man ‘Disappeared from Train’ Before Strpci Massacre

Radojko Jesic, who was a passenger on the train that was halted at Strpci station on February 27, 1993 before a subsequent massacre by Serb fighters, told Belgrade Higher Court on Tuesday that he saw his Bosniak acquaintance entering the train in the town of Uzice but could not find him again after Strpci.

Hornets kill councilor from western Serbian town

According to media reports, Vladan Markovic was attacked by a swarm of hornets in a field in the village of Zlodol, located between the towns of Bajina Basta and Uzice.

The daily Blic said it learned unofficially that Markovic had left a raspberry orchard and was headed back home in Zlodol when he spotted a piglet on the road, that came from a neighbor's yard.

Donor event raises nearly 76,000 euros for schools in Kosovo

The funds will be evenly distributed in the whole territory of Kosovo and Metohija, Beta reported on Wednesday.

The donor dinner was organized late on Tuesday in Belgrade, and in his address, Education Minister Mladen Sarcevic recalled announcing, upon assuming office, that any reform will also include those areas of Serbia's southern province inhabited by Serbs.

EU Denies Funding Humanitarian Centre in Serbia

EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy spokesperson Maja Kocijancic told BIRN that Brussels is not considering funding a joint EU-US humanitarian centre for financing, as Serbian media suggested on Thursday.

Serbian media claimed that the Western-backed centre could be a counterweight to the Russian-Serbian humanitarian centre in the southern city of Nis.

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