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'Bulgaria Missed a Brilliant Foreign Policy Opportunity'
Bulgaria should have called a regional summit to tackle the migrant crisis, instead of mobilizing the army to guard its borders, a recent analysis reads on the EUInside.
It says the former option would have helped see what is most needed by countries affected by the influx of migrants such as Serbia, Macedonia and Greece.
Croatian PM Pledges Help for Refugees
During a visit to a Croatian coastguard ship in the Italian port of Catania on Sunday, Milanovic said that Croatia is ready to help refugees coming to the EU, describing them as "people in pursuit of a better life".
"I think these people should be given the opportunity to work, to create, to pay taxes, to contribute, since for sure they won't and shouldn't go back," he said.
Croatia Court Refuses to Free Ex-PM Sanader
Zagreb County Court on Wednesday indefinitely extended custody of former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader.
His lawyers had filed a plea for him to be released from custody lasting almost four years.
Sanader has received a nine-year jail sentence in a first instance ruling for using private marketing companies to siphon off public funds from state institutions and bodies.
UN: Bulgaria Faces World's Bleakest Demographic Prospects by 2050
Bulgaria faces the bleakest demographic prospects on a global scale over the next 35 years, according to the 2015 World Population Prospects report of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).
In the period 2015-2050, Bulgaria's population is expected to shrink by 27.9%.
Bosnia Mulls Action in Case of Refugee Crisis
As the refugee crisis mounts in Macedonia and Serbia, with thousands of people from Middle Eastern and African countries using them as a corridor to the EU, Bosnian officials are mulling their own capacities and options in case the crisis spills over.
Serbian ombudsman writes to Croatian counterpart
Serbian Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic has written to his Croatian counterpart Lora Vidovic propmpted by the decision of Vukovar in Croatia to ban bilingual signs.
The city authorities' decision concerns the use of Serbian Cyrillic - the alphabet of the town's Serb minority.
Bulgaria May Send Army to Borders as Migrant Wave to Macedonia Surges
Bulgaria's Defence Ministry said on Friday it is considering sending army troops to the country's borders to help police prevent a potential surge in migrant influx, the Defence Ministry said on Friday.
EC confident Croatia will respect minority rights
Bilingual signs and minority languages are in the jurisdiction of European Union member states, a European Commission statement said on Thursday.
It added that the EC is confident that Croatia will honor national and international commitments on the protection of national minorities.
Hungary's Border Fence to Redirect Migrants to Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia Says
The fence being built by Hungary along its southern border with Serbia would redirect the wave of migrants to Croatia and Bulgaria, the Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said.
Zagreb wants Serbia to "wait, not strain relations"
Croatia's Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs will not react to a protest note sent by the Serbian Foreign Ministry.
Vote to Scrap Cyrillic in Vukovar Angers Serbia
Serbia has protested after Vukovar town council on Monday said that signs in Cyrillic, the script of the Serbian minority in Croatia, will no longer be displayed on town institutions, squares and streets.
The receipt of any official note in Cyrillic in Vukovar will also now require a special request and payment of a fee of three euros.
Serbia sends protest to Croatia, expects government to react
The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs late on Monday sent the strongest protest to Croatia over the decision of the town of Vukovar to change its statute.
Merkel says migrants bigger challenge for EU than Greek debt crisis
Chancellor Angela Merkel on August 16 condemned a surge in German attacks on refugee shelters and warned that the issue of asylum could become a bigger challenge for the European Union than the Greek debt crisis.
Serbia, Croatia in Diplomatic Row Over Operation Storm
Belgrade and Zagreb exchanged diplomatic protest notes, accusing each other of hate speech and ethnic intolerance during this week’s 20th anniversary of the Croatian military’s Operation Storm.
Serbia's demarche to Croatia over incidents in Knin
The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday delivered a protest note to the Croatian embassy in Belgrade.