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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.
Some 170 Bulgarian Truck Drivers Stuck at Serbian-Croatian Border
Around 170 Bulgarian TIR truck drivers are stuck between the Serbian and Croatian borders amid a row between the two countries over the ways to cope with the refugee influx.
The drivers are stuck in their trucks, with no food, water or access to toilets, according to reports of Bulgarian private TV station Nova TV.
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.
Serbia and Croatia Maintain Border Blockade
After the dispute over the flow of the refugees escalated into a border dispute between the two countries, Croatia on Friday continued to block freight and some passenger traffic from Serbia while Belgrade still did not allow freight transport from Croatia to enter.
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.
"Brussels pressing Zagreb to open border with Serbia"
Brussels and the strongest European power centers are "strongly pressing Zagreb to open border crossings with Serbia," according to a Belgrade daily.
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.
Hungary Starts Building Razor-Wire Fence along Border with Slovenia
Hungary has started building a razor-wire fence along the border with Slovenia to deter a flow of illegal migrants, AP reported on Thursday.
Slovenian state news agency STA said the country wasn't informed in advance of Hungary's plans.
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.
Serbia's protest note references fascist Croat WW2 entity
Serbia's protest note references fascist Croat WW2 entity
The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday sent a note to the Croatian embassy in Belgrade.
The note expresses "protest in the strongest terms" over "the measure of prohibition of entry to Croatia via border crossings for the holders of Serbian travel documents and vehicles with Serbian markings."
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.
"Croatian companies will suffer greater damage"
Disturbance in Croatia-Serbia economic relations introduced with measures and counter-measures at the border "will disturb both already weak economies."
Croatian companies that conduct a significant share of their business activities in Serbia will suffer greater damages, President of the Union of Employers of Serbia Nebojsa Atanackovic said on Thursday.