ZAGREB

Starting from next year, several new airlines are starting flights from Rijeka to Germany, Britain, Lithuania and Latvia, in a bid to bring new development to the Kvarner region of northwest Croatia.

Serbia drawn to tough EuroBasket group

PARIS -- The Serbian men's national basketball team has been drawn to play in EuroBasket 2015 Group B along with Spain, Turkey, Italy, Iceland and hosts Germany.

The draw took place at Disneyland Paris on Monday.

PARIS - The Serbian men's national basketball team has been drawn to play in EuroBasket 2015 Group B in Berlin, and will take on Spain, Turkey, Italy, Iceland and hosts Germany.

The draw ceremony took place at Disneyland Paris on Monday.

The skating rink, which opened on Friday in King Tomislav Square between the main railway station and Zagreb's arts pavilion, is modelled on one that stood in the same place while Croatia was a part of the Austro-Hungarian empire.

The authorities tried to simulate the 19th century rink existed by using lanterns to light it by night.

BRUSSELS - Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic attended a meeting of foreign ministers from the Western Balkans at the European Parliament (EP) on Tuesday, where he criticised the EP resolution concerning International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee Vojislav Seselj that was adopted last week.

Croatian PM to snub SE Europe-China summit - over Šešelj

ZAGREB -- Croatian PM Zoran Milanović will not travel to Belgrade in mid-December, dissatisfied with the Serbian authorities' "attitude towards Vojislav Šešelj."

This was first reported by the Croatian daily Jutarnji List, which is quoting "unofficial sources."

BELGRADE - The District Prosecutor's Office in Rijeka raised the indictment against former member of the Croatian armed forces Rajko Krickovic for the murder of three members of Serb family Sovilj in the village of Kijane in 1995 during Operation Storm.

BELGRADE - Balkan Design Network (BDN), which was established to provide strategic support in development and promotion of Balkan design and raise awareness about the significance of design for social and economic development, has started operation.

BDN was founded by the Mikser organisation from Belgrade, the Croatian Designer Society from Zagreb and Public Room from Skopje.

Croatia refuses to grant Air Serbia license to sell tickets

KRUŠEVAC -- Serbia will look to protect its national airline and its economy, the country's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić has said.

Drivers could lose cars as result of traffic violations

BELGRADE -- "Unconscientious drivers" could in some "drastic" traffic violation cases permanently lose their vehicles, the Serbian police have announced.