Croatia

A surge of migrants entered Macedonia at the weekend, with 10,000 crossing into the small Balkan country in 24 hours, police said on Oct. 19. 

An incident occurred on Monday after noon on the border between Serbia and Croatia, "in no man's land near the Bapska-Berkasovo crossing," said reports.

Croatian police confiscated the equipment of AFP photographer Andrej Isakovic.

More than 160,000 viewers on Youtube across the Western Balkans region have been amused or bemused by some videos that former Croatian President Ivo Josipovic released on Sunday.

Videos showing Josipovic and people from his "Forwards Croatia - Progressive Alliance" party became an instant hit on Youtube, social networks and websites.

The head of the Croatian president's operational team for the refugee crisis says Croatia "must close the green border with Serbia and call in the army."

A train with some 1,800 refugees on board that departed from Cakovec in Croatia and was headed for Slovenia has not been allowed to cross the border.

Thousands of refugees remain stranded on the Croatian border with Serbia, waiting for transport to Slovenia while another 10,000 refugees, coming from Greece, were expected to arrive on the Serbian-Croatian border on Monday morning.

Migrants are already entering Slovenia from Croatia after Budapest moved to close the Hungary-Croatia border, authorities in Zagreb say.

Slovenia earlier announced it would ensure that up to 8000 people are accommodated before being allowed to go on with their journey to Austria and Germany, but also cancelled two-way rail traffic with Croatia, according to Reuters reports.

Vucic sent a letter to Milanovic about Serbian government being ready to provide assistance to Croatia, which is facing devastating floods.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Friday sent a letter to Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic with the message that the Serbian government is ready to provide assistance to Croatia, which is facing devastating floods.

Emergency services and local authorities were braced to respond after heavy rains and strong winds engulfed the region over the past two days and locals expressed fears of a repeat of the devastating inundation of the region in May 2014 which killed dozens of people and caused several billion euros' worth of damage.

Dacic: Croatian president gave "non-European" statements

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic qualified as non-European the statement of Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic who said that Zagreb would have to put up a fence on the border with Serbia to protect itself from the migrant tide.