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Agreement on freedom of movement covers Belgrade airport

BELGRADE - Belgrade and Pristina working groups have agreed to expand the freedom of movement agreement to cover the Belgrade airport Nikola Tesla and a number of border crossings, including those leading to Bulgaria and Macedonia, head of the Serbian government office for Kosovo Marko Djuric said on Wednesday.

Mihajlovic, Dacic take up committee chairperson roles

BELGRADE - The Serbian government has appointed Transport Minister Zorana Mihajlovic as chairwoman of the Serbian part of the intergovernmental committee for trade and economic cooperation with the People's Republic of China.

Wartime Croatian Serb Minister Denies Controlling Fighters

The unrecognised Serb government in Croatia had no authority over the military actions of the Yugoslav People’s Army and Territorial Defence fighters, a former minister told the trial of its leader Goran Hadzic.

Romanian Corina Cretu next European Commissioner for Regional Policy

Romanian Social Democrat Corina Cretu will be the next European Commissioner for Regional Policy, the President-elect of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker announced in a press conference on Wednesday, introducing his commissioners for the 2014-2019 term.

Seselj Says Yugoslav Army Ran the War in Croatia

Nationalist politician Vojislav Seselj told the trial of former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic that the Yugoslav People’s Army was in charge of all Serb fighters during the conflict in Croatia.

Hadzic Ends Defence Testimony With Military Denial

Former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic finished his testimony in his own defence by again denying he had military power in Croatia, where he is accused of committing war crimes.

Croatian Serb Leader Denies Arming Paramilitaries

Goran Hadzic told his war crimes trial that Belgrade had full control over territory seized in Croatia during the 1991-95 war, and local Serbs had no power over paramilitary fighters and militias.

"Smugglers charge Kurdish migrants up to EUR 4,000"

"Smugglers charge Kurdish migrants up to EUR 4,000"

PODGORICA -- Turkish citizens are enlisting the help of transportation firms and taxi drivers from Montenegro to smuggle illegal migrants, mostly Kurds.

Islamic Jihadists Transiting Croatia, Report Warns

Croatia's Security and Intelligence Agency, SOA, on Sunday warned that Islamist jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq are using Croatia as a "transit area on their way to and back from" the war zones of the Middle East.

Book Fans Head For Zagreb Literary Festival

Writers and book lovers from the region and beyond are heading to the Festival of World Literature, which kicks off on September 4 in Zagreb, Croatia

Over the following nine days they will be taking part in book presentations, debates with authors and art sessions.

More than 30 well-known writers from the region and from the world will be attending the festival.

Amnesty: Serbia, Kosovo to conduct investigation on missing

NEW YORK - On the International Day of the Disappeared, August 30, Amnesty International urges authorities in Serbia and Kosovo to carry out prompt, independent, effective and impartial investigations against those suspected of enforced disappearances and abductions committed before, during and after the international armed conflict in Kosovo in 1999.

Croatia to Slap Taxes on Savings and Property

Struggling to reduce its hefty budget deficit, Croatia's government on Thursday announced a package of new taxes aimed at cutting the deficit.

The changes include new taxes, changes to existing taxes and scrapping some of the supplements given to salaries in the public sector.

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