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BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday Croatia's recent decision to expel a Serbian consul in Zagreb was not a matter of reciprocity as the diplomat - who had only taken office in September - had not violated the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations in any way.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told "Pink" television that "Bulgarians" resent Serbia because it is more popular in North Macedonia.

In the interview, Bulgaria was mentioned on a number of topics in the context of relations with its neighbors.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Thursday evening a Croatian diplomat in Belgrade had been declared a persona non grata over gross violation of the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations and engagement in affairs that were not the job of a diplomat, and noted that Zagreb had failed to do anything about the case despite warnings and evidence of his actions.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday dismissed as untrue claims by Croatia's FM Gordan Grlic Radman and the country's foreign ministry that Zagreb's decision to declare a consul at the Serbian embassy in Croatia a persona non grata was a reciprocal measure.

"The government is in talks with the European Union to make an exception for admission to the Eurozone from 2025, even if the inflation criterion is not met". This was reported by the Minister of Finance Asen Vassilev to "Capital".

The minimum wage in Croatia will increase by 20% from the New Year - the first increase since the country adopted the euro as its main currency at the start of the year.

The government in Zagreb decided on Wednesday that the minimum monthly salary for 2024 will be 840 euros gross and 677 euros net.

ZAGREB -The Belgrade-based company Millennium Team will take part in a Zagreb international donors' conference on humanitarian demining in Ukraine on Thursday and Friday.

The dozens of young Croatians detained for their roles in the violent clashes on August 7 which led to the death of 29-year-old Michalis Katsouris deny they are members of the so-called Dinamo Zagreb ultras Bad Blue Boys (BBB), notorious for hooliganism, according to their testimonies to Greek judicial authorities, seen by Kathimerini.

Croatian police are investigating a total of 11 people for illegal trafficking of 117 migrants in Karlovac County, Croatia. Authorities say there were six separate incidents between last Thursday and Monday. Bulgarians are also among the suspects, BTA reported.

More than 2,000 officers have been assigned by the leadership of Greece's police force, ELAS, to prevent violence on the sidelines of several soccer games taking place in Athens over the next few days.