ZAGREB

"Genocide bar raised very high" - outgoing Croat president

ZAGREB -- Ivo Josipovic says he is not satisfied with the judgment of the ICJ that dismissed Croatian and Serbian claim and counter-claim of genocide.

ZAGREB - Outgoing Croatian President Ivo Josipovic said he was not satisfied with the final judgment of The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) that dismissed claims of genocide by Croatia and Serbia against each other during the 1991/95 war on the territory of Croatia.

ZAGREB - The leader of the Serb National Council (SNV) and an MP in the Croatian Sabor Milorad Pupovac said Tuesday that as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) dismissed Croatia's and Serbia's mutual genocide claims, the issue should no longer hinder the relations between the two countries.

The UN's highest court on Feb. 3 rejected rival claims of genocide by former foes Croatia and Serbia in landmark rulings over the bloody Balkans wars of the 1990s.

BELGRADE - Ivica Dacic, Serbia's first deputy prime minister and foreign minister, said on Monday that there are no deeper misunderstandings between Serbia and the European Union (EU).

FM: No "deeper disagreements" with EU

BELGRADE -- Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said that his country has no "deeper disagreements" with the European Union.

Dacic added that with Serbia "cannot communicate at the level of spokespersons, about daily political issues."

The 10th annual "Night of Museums" in Croatia started on Friday evening in over 200 museums and cultural institutions in 100 towns and cities.

Opening the doors for free to visitors between 6pm and 1am on Saturday has become a popular event on the last Friday in January each year.

In spite of being on bail while an investigation into corruption is ongoing, Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic has made it clear he intends to contest another election in the near future.

Currently, he is banned by the Zagreb county court from performing any of his mayoral duties while an investigation proceeds into alleged corruption, abuse of office and influence peddling.

"President to miss Croat counterpart's inauguration"

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will not attend the inauguration of Croatia's new president, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, a daily is reporting.

Balkan citizens, officials condemn terrorism

Citizens and activists strongly condemn acts of terrorism that are creating a fear of Muslims in the region.

Hooded gunmen stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine known for lampooning radical Islam, killing 12 people. [AFP]