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Summit of regional parties of pensioners held in Belgrade
BELGRADE - The summit of regional parliamentary parties of pensioners has been held in Belgrade under the slogan "The world belongs to us too" and the chairmanship of Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) leader Milan Krkobabic.
ICTY rejects Hadzic's request for provisional release
THE HAGUE - The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has rejected the motion of Goran Hadzic's defense for his provisional release from the UN detention unit based on humanitarian grounds, the ICTY has said in a release.
Vulin, Baruch discuss cooperation on Holocaust education
BELGRADE - Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin and Director of the Israel-based International School for Holocaust Studies Yad Vashem Hava Baruch discussed the cooperation between this school and Serbia's public institutions.
Dacic: Visit to Zagreb important
ZAGREB - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said that his visit to Zagreb is significant and that it can be described as a starting point when it comes to renewing earlier agreements on normalisation of relations between the two countries and solving open issues.
Kitarovic, Dacic discuss joint projects
ZAGREB, BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic discussed with Croatia's President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic in Zagreb on Wednesday opportunities for joint participation in projects, including the flood prevention project.
Linta: Dacic should start resolving Serb refugees issue
BELGRADE - The Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia believes that Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic should raise the issue of permanent and just resolution of property and other issues concerning displaced Croatian Serbs during his talks with Croatian officials in Zagreb on Wednesday.
Macedonia, Croatia intensify military co-operation
Macedonia, Croatia intensify military co-operation
The two countries will conduct expert exchanges, and Croatia will have access to the pilot training centre in Skopje.
Macedonia Defence Minister Zoran Jolevski (left) and Croatian Defence Minister Ante Kotromanovic met in Skopje earlier this month. [Miki Trajkovski/SETimes]
Amnesty Gives Balkans Mixed Verdict on Rights
The latest report published by international campaign group Amnesty International on Wednesday said attacks on the gay community were handled inappropriately by justice systems throughout the Balkans and Roma continue to face discrimination.
The latest State of the World's Human Rights report profiled the state of human rights in 160 countries and territories in 2014.
EP: Compromise amendments adopted
EP: Compromise amendments adopted
BRUSSELS -- The EP Committee on Foreign Affairs has adopted amendments to a draft resolution on Serbia put forward by EP Rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister.
Mikelic: Krajina Serbs to sue Croatia
JAGODINA - Krajina Serbs will file a lawsuit against Croatia for genocide in World War II and ethnic cleansing in the 1990s, says former Republic of Serb Krajina Prime Minister Borislav Mikelic.
Flood response shows citizens want co-operation, not violence
Flood response shows citizens want co-operation, not violence
Efforts to assist victims of recent flooding demonstrated the region's commitment to peaceful co-existence.
The recent flooding in Macedonia drew assistance from around the region. [Miki Trajkovski/SETimes]
Linta: Serbia seeks 1,869 Serbs that went missing in Croatia
BELGRADE - Serbia is seeking 1,869 Serbs who went missing in Croatia, and Croatia -over 800 missing persons, said President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta drawing on the data from the Serbian government's commission on missing persons.
Belgrade Plans Monument for Serbian War Victims
Belgrade’s monuments commission said that Serbian victims of the 1990s wars will get a memorial in the capital, after lobbying by refugees who fled the conflict in Croatia.
Veselinovic: Solve problems of banished Serbs, Serb refugees
BELGRADE - President of the Serbian parliament Committee on the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region Janko Veselinovic stated that now that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has adopted the ruling to drop mutual genocide suits filed by Serbia and Croatia, all open issues concerning the rights of Serb refugees and banished Serbs from Croatia need to be taken care of.
Joksimovic: Arguments against requests of Croatian MEPs
BELGRADE - Jadranka Joksimovic, Serbian minister without portfolio in charge of the EU integration process, has said after a number of meetings with members of the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels that Serbia takes an active stance with regards to the amendments that Croat MEPs made to the draft resolution on Serbia.