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DAVOS - Serbia is in talks with Romania about importing gas from the Black Sea and is open to discussions about getting gas from Russia through alternative routes, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday, speaking for the Reuters' Global Markets Forum in Davos.

Bosnia: Minister resigns over arms sales to Ukraine

BANJA LUKA -- Bosnia's minister of external trade and economic relations Boris Tucic has resigned "over the sale of arms from Bosnia-Herzegovina to Ukraine."

This was announced on Thursday in Banja Luka by the president of Bosnia's Serb entity, the RS, Milorad Dodik.

Tram stop in Donetsk comes under fire

DONETSK -- A number of people died on Thursday morning in Donetsk when a tram stop was shelled, while dozens more were injured.

The Russian media initially reported that the number of victims was 13, revising it to 9 later in the day.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced on Wednesday that Russia had more than 9000 troops and 500 tanks, heavy artillery and armoured personnel carriers in eastern Ukraine.

Poroshenko hurled this accusation during his visit at the World Economic Forum in Davos, which he had to leave earlier due to the renewed escalation of violence in Ukraine, the BBC reports.

Serbia "not Russian, not anybody else's puppet" - PM

DAVOS -- Aleksandar Vucic says it is possible to foster friendly relations with Russia and be a member of the EU at the same time, and that Serbia is "nobody's puppet."

BELGRADE, DAVOS - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that it is possible to foster friendly relations with Russia and be a member of the EU at the same time, adding that Serbia is nobody's puppet.

Shelling hit a trolleybus in war-torn east Ukraine's Donetsk on Jan. 22 and killed at least 13 people, an official said, hours after peace talks in Berlin called for a ceasefire.
      

At least thirteen people have died after shelling at a bus stop in Ukraine's Donetsk, local officials say.

Russian media outlets report of an "explosion" which also left tens of people injured, according to authorities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

There are conflicting reports as to whether the incident occurred in a tram or a trolleybus.

The number of foreign nationals applying for Bulgarian citizenship fell by a quarter last year, Vice President Margarita Popova said on Wednesday.

Russia and the United States have engaged in a war of words over the tension in Ukraine, but U.S. President Barack Obama's remarks putting the fight against Islamists in the focus of his Syria policy have been welcomed by Moscow.