Croatia

More than 100 films from 28 countries will be shown at the third Universal Children’s Film Festival to be held between Oct. 27 and 31 in Istanbul’s Tuzla neighborhood.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Health Minister Zlatibor Loncar met his Croatian counterpart in Zagreb on Wednesday to discuss cooperation in healthcare and various projects, like joint purchase of medications by healthcare institutions from the two countries.

The unemployment rate in Montenegro has risen by a sixth consecutive month, and is now 2 per cent higher compared to the same period last year, the latest data show.

The Employment Bureau on Tuesday reported that the number of unemployed adults rose to 31,190 in September and to 32,670 this week.

BELGRADE - Belgrade was liberated from Nazi occupation on October 20 70 years ago, after four years of occupation that resulted in the death of around 60,000 people.

The operation to free the city was conducted jointly by the Yugoslav Partisans and the Soviet Red Army. They fought for each street and building from October 11 to 20.

An EU-Southeast Europe Summit called 'On the road to stability and growth,' started on Monday In Bucharest, organised by The Economist.

The summit started with policy discussions. Opening the event were former prime minister of Italy Enrico Letta and former Greece Prime Minister George Papandreou, who underscored the important part Romania could play in the region.

EP official critical of "Dayton Bosnia"

SARAJEVO -- "The national policy in Bosnia-Herzegovina no longer has the credit it used to," says Tonino Picula, a member of the European parliament from Croatia.

Picula told the Sarajevo-based daily Dnevni Avaz that Bosnia should "as soon as possible move from Dayton to Brussels."

Croatia's new Office for Fighting Tax Evasion, which operates within the Croatian Ministry of Finance, has started working on cases of large-scale tax evasion.

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Media in Croatia have reported that one of the main hospitals in Zagreb, the Hospital of "Sveti Duh", ["Holy Spirit"] has stopped performing abortions even though terminations are within the law.

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BELGRADE - Officials of European countries' central banks met at the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) on Tuesday for a three-day forum on information and communication technology in central banks, the NBS has stated.

The meeting, the largest of its kind in Europe, was opened by NBS Vice-Governor Ana Gligorijevic and head of the IT Sector goran Kunjadic.

Norway managed to defeat Bulgaria in a Monday match in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualification at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo.

Norway's Tarik Elyonoussi was the first to score in the 12th minute, with his team having a clear lead on the Bulgarians.