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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an announced that those who allegedly wiretapped his office were finally caught in Romania, after singing his favorite song during an award ceremony organized by Turkey's Roma community on Feb. 6.

THE HAGUE- Vojislav Seselj, leader of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) and indictee before the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY), called on the ICTY Appeal Chamber to reject the appeal filed by Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz in which he called for withdrawal of the decision on Seselj's temporary release.

BUDAPEST - Serbia's Fed Cup team notched up their second win in Pool A of the Europe/Africa Zone Group I tournament in Budapest, after defeating Hungary in the second round-robin match.

Former general Branimir Glavas will stay outside prison while awaiting a new trial before Croatia's Supreme Court.

The European Commission foresees a modest growth of 0.8 % for the Bulgarian economy in 2015 and a further 1 % growth in 2016.

This became evident from the Commission's Winter Economic Forecast, which was released on Thursday.

According to it, Bulgaria registered an economic growth of 1.4 % in 2014, which is an increase of 0.2 % compared to an earlier estimate.

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has warned that Zagreb may block Serbia’s EU negotiation procees if a law Serbia adopted on war crimes in 2003 is not withdrawn.

NOVI SAD - Eighteen institutions from four countries that manage the areas along the Sava River signed the Sava Parks network declaration for boosting the protection of the river and its floodplains, reads a statement issued by the state-owned enterprise Vojvodinasume, one of the signatories of the agreement.

BELGRADE - The government and opposition parties in Serbia agree in their assessment that the ruling passed by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which decided to drop the mutual genocide suits filed by Croatia and Serbia, opens the doors to the search for a solution left over from the war in the territory of former Yugoslavia.

60,000 low-income Croatians living on $233 per onth received debt forgiveness. “People should pay their bills, but if they find themselves in deep trouble this measure can help,” said Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic.

BUDAPEST - Serbia's women tennis players defeated Austria's team 3-0 in Budapest on Wednesday evening, in the first round of Group A of the Fed Cup Europe/Africa zone.