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Ireland votes in historic referendum on gay marriage
Ireland goes to the polls on May 22 to vote on whether same-sex marriage should be legal, in a referendum that has exposed sharp divisions between communities in this traditionally Catholic nation.
Stop Pensions for Nazi-Allied Troops, Croatia Urged
The director of leading Jewish rights organisation the Simon Wiesenthal Centre wrote to Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic demanding an end to pensions for veterans of Nazi-allied units from WWII.
Greece spends 16.2 pct of GDP on pensions
By Roula Salourou
Greece will remain among the countries with the highest pensions in Europe over the next four decades if reforms concerning the level of pensions and the age of retirement are implemented, according to a European Commission report.
Croatia Handed Six Tasks to Iron Out Economy
The European Commission on Wednesday decided that strengthening monitoring of Croatia's economy, due to its macroeconomic imbalances, was not necessary.
The Commission tightened its macroeconomic monitoring of the country in February, citing "subdued growth, delayed restructuring of companies and a gloomy situation regarding employment", among other issues.
Croats Join Protests Against Atlantic Trade Deal
A protest against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, nicknamed "Beware of the Trojan Treaty," will be organised in Zagreb, Croatia, on Wednesday.
Like others around the EU, the protest in Zagreb aims to raise awareness of what activists claim is the harm that the TIPP will do to the interests of society.
Populations Plunging in Croatia and Balkans
Figures for Croatia's population in 2014 showed a rapid loss of population, a process that is also visible in other Balkan countries.
Croatia's bureau of statistics, DZS, said the latest figures on Croatia in 2014 show a rapid decrease in the size of the population.
"99.5 percent of asylum seekers returned to Serbia"
"99.5 percent of asylum seekers returned to Serbia"
BELGRADE -- Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic says that 99.5 percent of Serbian citizens seeking asylum in EU countries have been sent back.
The reason is that Serbia has been declared a country of safe origin, he told a news conference on Friday.
Croatia to Offer Shares in Highways to Citizens
Croatia has dumped controversial plans to offer its state-owned highways in a concession to private foreign companies, and has decided to offer shares in the highways to ordinary citizens instead.
The government is to offer the shares in the state-owned company Croatian highways, HAC, which manages most of the highways, to both ordinary citizens and pension funds.
Linta condemns Grabar Kitarovic's statement on Cyrillic
BELGRADE - President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations Miodrag Linta condemned on Tuesday Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic's statement that imposing and forcing the use of Cyrillic in Vukovar on signs installed on public institutions is reopening old wounds for the Croats that suffered in that town.
Vulin condemns racist attitude of Bundestag MP
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin strongly condemned a statement issued by Croat Josip Juratovic, an MP of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in the Bundestag, according to which Serbs in Croatia should not have the right to vote.
Velizar Enchev, Founder of "Bulgarian Spring" Movement: It Is Time for Radical Break with Neoliberal Policies
Velizar Enchev has a degree in journalism from the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski." He was a correspondent of the Bulgarian National Television in former Yugoslavia in the period 1987 - 1993. He was Bulgaria's Ambassador to Croatia in the period 1997 - 2002. After that Enchev was TV host of a broadcast of SKAT TV.
Croatia and Kosovo Sign Partnership Agreement
Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic hosted her Kosovo counterpart, Hashim Thaci, in Zagreb on Wednesday, when the two of them signed a European partnership agreement.
Young Serbs from Croatia visit Serbian parliament
BELGRADE - Representatives of the Serb youth in Croatia underlined on Monday in the talks with members of the Serbian parliament's Committee for Diaspora and Serbs in the Region that the greatest problems they are facing are employment discrimination, lack of schooling in Serbian and not enough presence in the media.
Serbia welcomes UN stance on use of Cyrillic in Croatia
BELGRADE - Serbia welcomes the UN Human Rights Committee's report calling on Croatia to ensure that national minorities can use their own language and script, especially Cyrillic in Vukovar, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said Friday.
UN calls on Croatia to ensure use of Serbian Cyrillic
UN calls on Croatia to ensure use of Serbian Cyrillic
NEW YORK -- The UN Human Rights Committee has urged Croatia to ensure the right of minorities to use their language and alphabet.
This particularly concerns the use of Serbian Cyrillic in the town of Vukovar.