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BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will attend an inauguration of new Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic in the interest of political and regional stability, as he underscored at a press conference.

Vucic said that he made the decision after consultations with President Tomislav Nikolic, so he is travelling to Zagreb with a message of peace and cooperation.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic confirmed on Thursday that he will attend the inauguration of the new Croatian President, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic.

Grabar Kitarovic won the presidential elections in January, narrowly defeating the incumbent, Ivo Josipovic, in the second round.

PM to attend inauguration in Zagreb

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will attend the inauguration of Croatia's newly elected president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, the N1 broadcaster said.

The Belgrade-based outlet said it received confirmation for this from the government.

Croatia: Glavas in hate speech campaign

ZAGREB -- Branimir Glavas, who has recently been released from prison, has paid to promote "a campaign of hate speech" on Facebook.

Croatia's newly elected President, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, is finalising preparations for her inauguration on Sunday.

The candidate of the opposition centre-right Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, she won the second round of the elections in January against the incumbent, Ivo Josipovic, by a smallest margin ever - just 32,509 votes.

Croatia decorates Bosnian wanted for war crimes by Serbia

ZAGREB -- Ivo Josipovic has decorated Ejup Ganic, whom Serbia charges with war crimes, and for whom the country has issued an international arrest warrant.

ZAGREB - Ivo Josipovic, outgoing president of Croatia, has decorated Ejup Ganic, member of the Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) war-time presidency, whom Serbia has placed on an international warrant for war crimes.

Presenting the decoration, Josipovic said that he is happy to award an individual who deserves such recognition.

Grabar Kitarovic will be sworn in as president on Sunday on the St Mark's Square in Zagreb, where the Croatian government, parliament and constitutional court are located.

The candidate of the opposition centre-right Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, Grabar Kitarovic won the presidential elections in January, defeating the incumbent Ivo Josipovic.

NOVO MESTO - Belgrade's Crvena Zvezda lost to Krka from Novo Mesto 77-67 (25-13, 16-19, 16-20, 20-15) in the 21st round of the Adriatic Basketball Association (ABA) League late on Sunday.

The Belgrade team could not find a way to get around the extremely motivated hosts in Novo Mesto and suffered their first loss after 20 consecutive victories in the ABA League this season.

Croatia's Prime Minister has warned that Zagreb may block Serbia’s EU negotiation procees if a law Serbia adopted on war crimes in 2003 is not withdrawn.