Croatia

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic headed for Germany on Tuesday on a mission to patch up ties with its traditional great power ally.

In an interview for the daily newspaper Vecernji list, the President said that she aimed to "rebuild the partnership" between the two countries.

Cancer-stricken Hague defendant denied temporary release

THE HAGUE -- The Hague-based Hague Tribunal (ICTY) has rejected the motion of Goran Hadzic's defense for his provisional release on humanitarian grounds.

The defense requested that the former political leader of Serbs in Croatia be temporarily released from custody "for 12 or more weeks of medical treatment in Serbia."

THE HAGUE - The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has rejected the motion of Goran Hadzic's defense for his provisional release from the UN detention unit based on humanitarian grounds, the ICTY has said in a release.

BELGRADE - The 16th edition of the International Festival of Archaeological Film will feature the screening of 22 films from 10 countries at the Gallery of Frescoes in Belgrade on March 19-25.

This year, the guest of honor is Iran, which will present its rich archaeological heritage with a film about the splendor of Persepolis, the organizers said in a release.

Greece's finance minister says a video apparently showing him raising his middle finger to Germany is fake.

The video was shown on German television late Sunday during a political talk show in which Yanis Varoufakis had been invited to discuss Greeces debt woes and relations with Germany.

Balkan nations contribute to anti-ISIL coalition

BELGRADE - Following a helicopter crash that killed seven people during an attempt to save the life of a baby from Novi Pazar, officials of regional countries have extended their deepest condolences to the victims' families and the Serbian citizens.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic stated on Friday that the European Commission (EC) has not sent any official remark concerning the Law on regional jurisdiction based on which individuals who committed war crimes in the territory of former Yugoslavia are being tried in Serbia.

Nationalist singer Marko ‘Thompson’ Perkovic and the Occupy Croatia movement have called rival demonstrations for and against war veterans who have been holding an anti-government sit-in.

BELGRADE - Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin and Director of the Israel-based International School for Holocaust Studies Yad Vashem Hava Baruch discussed the cooperation between this school and Serbia's public institutions.