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Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry Reopens 5-year Issue of BGN-Denominated Govt Securities

Bulgaria's Ministry of Finance reopened for the 4th time this year the 5 year issue of Government Securities (GS) with nominal value BGN 55 million, issued on 22 January 2014 and with maturity 22 January 2019.

Disabled Croatians ‘Locked Up and Neglected’

More than 8,200 people with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities in Croatia are being kept in segregated institutions and psychiatric hospitals with little control over decisions that affect their lives, international campaign group Human Rights Watch said in the new report published on Monday.

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Djuric: Gov't appreciates OSCE's contribution in KiM

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said during talks he had with representatives of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Wednesday that the Serbian government appreciates the contribution the OSCE Mission in KiM was making to help normalize relations and improve the conditions of life in the province.

Dacic, Guterres on problems of refugees

BELGRADE/GENEVA - Ivica Dacic, Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, has conferred with Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in Geneva, and informed him about the position and problems of refugees from Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina in Serbia and of over 200,000 internally displaced persons from Kosovo-Metohija.

Dacic: Serbia has greatest number of refugees in Europe

GENEVA - Serbia is the country with the largest number of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Europe, which is why it needs international assistance, Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said at the 65th session of the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva on Tuesday.

Croatian General Sues State Over Hague Detention

General Rahim Ademi, who was acquitted of crimes against humanity, has launched a lawsuit against Croatia seeking compensation for the seven months he spent in custody at the Hague Tribunal.

Leftist Rival Overtakes Croatia's SDP in Polls

A new poll conducted by IPSOS Puls agency shows that Croatia's governing Social Democratic Party, SDP, is no longer the secondmost popular party after the opposition centre-right Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ.

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Pupovac: We will address EU for assistance

BELGRADE - The motives behind the latest demolition of Cyrillic signs in Vukovar overstepped the bounds of acceptable behavior for the marking of anniversaries and election campaigns, took on the aspect of a historical-civilizational conflict, even the scale of antagonism against the Slavic literacy, Serbs and Serbia, said President of the Serb National Council in Croatia Milorad Pupovac.

Low birth rate, migrations to put Serbian economy at risk

BELGRADE - A decline in the number of babies and economic migrations will cause irreparable damage to the Serbian economy and society as a whole in less than 20 years, show analyses by the Business Support Network.

Memorial service for Serbs killed in Croatia

BELGRADE -- A memorial service for Serbs killed in September 1993 by Croatian forces in the Medak Pocket (Medački Džep) area was held in Belgrade on Tuesday.

Dozens of people - members of the families of the victims and Serb refugees from Croatia - gathered for the service.

‘Peace-Seeking’ Goran Hadzic ‘Spoke Up Against Nationalism’

Former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic, on trial for trying to expel the non-Serb population from Croatia, was actually seeking a peaceful solution to the conflict, a former party colleague said.

Linta: Fear production continues

BELGRADE - Head of the Coalition of Refugee Associations Miodrag Linta said on Wednesday the most recent incidents in Vukovar where cyrillic parts of bilingual signs were covered by Croatian flags were a continuation of the production of fear and an attempt to maintain a warlike atmosphere.