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Croatia ends blockade of border, Serbia lifts countermeasure
Croatia has opened Bajakovo (Batrovci) and Tovarnik (Sid) crossings on its border with Serbia for all traffic, with no restrictions.
This was reported on Friday afternoon by the Zagreb-based daily Vecernji List.
Croatia Opens Border Crossings with Serbia to All Traffic
Croatia's Interior Ministry has announced the Bajakovo and Tovarnik border crossing points into and out of Serbia are open "to all traffic, without any restrictions".
According to public broadcaster HRT, which cites government officials, vehicles have been moving both ways past the Bajakovo crossing regardless of their license plate number as of 17:00 local time (18:00 EEST).
Bulgarian Police Detain 50 Migrants near Pernik
Fifty migrants have been detained near the southwestern town of Pernik, not far from Bulgaria's capital Sofia, local officials say.
District governor Irena Sokolova told Focus News Agency the migrants were found traveling in the carriage of a truck with a Pernik license plate en route to Kyustendil, another town located close to Bulgaria's borders with both Macedonia and Serbia.
Croatia Reopens Border Crossings With Serbia
The Croatian interior ministry announced on Friday that the Bajakovo and Tovarnik border crossings with Serbia had been reopened to freight and passenger traffic.
"All cars, regardless of license plates, can enter the Republic of Croatia, as well as trucks," said interior minister Ranko Ostojic.
EU's Hahn Praises Serbia's Efforts to Tackle Refugee Crisis
No country can be left to solve the refugee problem alone, EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn said during a visit to Serbia on Friday.
This problem can only be solved if we all work together in the spirit of solidarity and sharing the burden, said Hahn, who is in charge of EU's neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations.
Croatia, Serbia trade barbs as Hungary builds new migrant barrier
Croatia and Serbia traded ugly barbs Sept. 24 and slammed tit-for-tat border restrictions on each other as Hungary started building yet another razor-wire barrier to keep refugees out, this time from neighbouring Slovenia.
PM and EU commissioner tour refugee center near border
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn on Friday visited a refugee reception center in the town of Sid.
This town in located near Serbia's border with Croatia.
Croatian PM told to "leave Hungarians and Serbs alone"
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto says the governments of Serbia and Hungary never had an agreement about the direction of movement of refugees.
PM: Bulgaria Provides Reliable Border Guard Against Refugee Wave
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov assured on Friday that both the incumbent and the previous governments have guarded the country's borders reliably against the refugee influx.
According to him, this has led to redirection of the refugee route through Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Austria, Germany and Sweden.
Croatian embassy refuses to receive protest note
The Croatian ambassador to Serbia has declined to receive a protest note sent by the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it has been announced in Zagreb.
Bulgaria Advises Motorists to Avoid Serbia-Croatia Border Crossings
Bulgaria on Thursday recommended to its motorists to avoid crossing the border between Serbia and Croatia due to tit-for-tat traffic bans imposed by Belgrade and Zagreb in relation to the migrant crisis.
EU pledges 1 billion euros to refugee crisis, seeks more dialogue with Turkey
European Union nations have agreed at a summit held in Brussels on Sept. 23 to give an additional 1.1 billion euros in aid to the United Nations' agencies dealing with the refugee crisis in the Syria-neighboring countries, pledging greater cooperation and dialogue with Turkey, which has become the main route of migrants trying to reach European countries.
Commissioner Hahn to Discuss Refugee Crisis in Europe on Serbia Visit
European Commissioner Johannes Hahn will visit Serbia on Friday to discuss the current refugee crisis in Europe.
Hahn, the Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, will meet members of the Serbian government including Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic and will visit the Refugee Aid Centre in Sid.
Vulin: Croatia's border closure represents racism
Vulin: Croatia's border closure represents racism
Aleksandar Vulin, minister of labour, employment, veteran and social policy of Serbia, has qualified the Croatian Government's decision to close the border cro?ings for the vehicles with Serbian registration plates as racism.
Austria "to send refugees back to Slovenia and Croatia"
Austria said it would send back refugees who enter the country from the Croatia and Slovenia, pointing out that "Europe needs a sustainable asylum system."
Minister of Internal Affairs of Austria Johanna Mikl-Leitner said that Croatia and Slovenia are "safe countries" and that migrants who pass through them without seeking asylum will be returned there.