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PM Dancila attends opening of business and trade forum on sidelines of 16+1 Dubrovnik Summit
Romania's Prime Minister Viorica Dancila on Friday participated in the opening of a business and trade forum in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on the side-lines of a summit of the heads of government of the Central and Eastern Europe - China 16 + 1 co-operation format, where a website of the 16+1 SME management co-ordination mechanism managed by Croatia was inaugurated.
‘They’ Exhibition Highlights Refugees’ Plight in Zagreb
The streets of the Croatian capital Zagreb on Monday are to host a photographic exhibition of four refugees currently living in Croatia called "Oni/They."
At each individual point, four portraits of one migrant by different photographers will be exhibited. The project is run under the auspices of UNHCR Croatia in collaboration with the Jesuit Refugee Service.
Croats Protests Against Violence to Women and Children
Supporters of the anti-domestic violence campaign "Save me" in Croatia protested on Saturday in three cities - Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik - to "show solidarity with victims of violence and demand that the system adequately protect them", it said.
The movement began only two weeks ago with the start of a Facebook group that already counts more than 45,000 members.
Jelena Veljaca: Croatia Must Get Tough on Domestic Violence
Ahead of Saturday's planned protest in Croatia against domestic violence, the organizer of the 'Save Me' campaign says it is time to turn warm words and robist-sounding laws into action.
Women March for Rights Across the Balkans
Women in Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Romania held protest rallies on International Women's Day on March 8, to draw attention to the plight of women in their countries, where traditional patriarchal values remain prevalent.
Austria bans use of symbols of Croatian fascists
Money fines of up to EUR 4,000 euros are envisaged for those breaking the law - up to EUR 10,000 for repeat offenders.
The Austrian Ministry of the Interior made an updated list of forbidden Islamist and nationalist symbols.
Serbian pensioners risk poverty less than many in EU
According to EU's statistical agency's analysis covering 2017, pensioners at risk of poverty in the European Union was estimated to be 14.2 percent, slightly above the figure of 13.8 percent in 2016. The rate has been rising gradually since 2013, when it was 12.6 percent, the organization has announced.
Migrants Still Trekking Into Croatia Despite Winter Cold
Undeterred by the freezing weather, migrants and refugees are still attempting to cross over from Bosnia and Herzegovina to EU-member Croatia.
"Let's open borders between Montenegro, Serbia, and RS"
The initiative by these two opposition politicians in Montenegro is addressed at Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, and the chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina Milorad Dodik.
Videos 'Prove' Croatia Forcibly Expelling Migrants, Watchdog Says
Border Violence Monitoring, BVM, a watchdog organization in Croatia, on Sunday published video material of police expelling migrants and refugees across the Croatia-Bosnia border.
It said it received an anonymous message on 20 November, containing the video footage from the area.
"Securing jobs most important task of government"
The prime minister said this on Wednesday during a visit to the "Euroin" factory in Kula, northern Serbia.
Brnabic pointed out that it is necessary to have a competition between the investor and a larger choice of jobs, expressing the expectation that the opening of the German investor will create new jobs in Kula, noting that new 300 jobs and new investments are coming.
Slovak ethnic minority makes Serbia stronger and better - PM
These naive artists hail from Kovacica, in northern Serbia.
Brnabic "expressed her gratitude to all individuals who contributed to the exhibition, announcing she would advocate the creativity of Kovacica to be included on UNESCO's Cultural Heritage List next year," the Serbian government said on its website.
Report Accuses Croatian Police of Abusing Migrants
A Human Rights Watch report published on Tuesday alleged that Croatian border police have been threatening, beating, insulting and extorting money and valuables from migrants and refugees, and pushing them back into Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Croatia has denied the allegations against the police, according to the report.
Bulgaria another country that wants out of UN migration pact
He added that this agreement would undermine Bulgarian national interests.
"The position of the Bulgarian government is not to join UN's global pact on migration," the deputy head of the GERB said after a meeting of coalition heads, Reuters reports. The agency says the juior coalition partner of GERB, the United Patrioty, strongly opposes the UN pact.
Croatian Activists Condemn Media Reporting On Migrants
More than 700 organisations, individuals, journalists and public figures in Croatia have signed an open letter on Thursday, criticising the media's "one-sided, simplified and ultimately dishonest and unfair reporting" about migrants and refugees.
Ivana Peric, editor of the H-alter website, one of the signatories, told BIRN that the media were overwhelmed by fake news about refugees.