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Russia criticizes Croatia: Your aggressive nationalism forced 30.000 Serbs to become Catholics
Russia criticizes Croatia: Your aggressive nationalism forced 30.000 Serbs to become Catholics
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has mentioned intolerance toward Serbs in Croatia in its document dedicated to neo-Nazism.
World Bank's Timmer urges longer-term view in Greek talks
By Jasmina Kuzmanovic
The Greek government and its creditors should focus on the overhaul of its economy in order to escape the distracting ?blame game? over its finances, the World Bank?s chief economist for the region said on Monday.
Russia criticizes Croatia for intolerance toward Serbs
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has mentioned intolerance toward Serbs in Croatia in its document dedicated to neo-Nazism.
The study, "Neo-Nazism - a dangerous threat to human rights, democracy and the rule of law" was published to mark the 70th anniversary of victory over fascism. As part of an analysis of European countries, it mentions Croatia.
Montenegro Earns More From Arms Exports
Montenegro's annual national report on the weapons trade said the country exported arms worth around 11 million euros over the last year, a rise of 41 per cent in value in comparison to previous years.
The Ministry of Economy report, which BIRN has seen, contains information on each export licence issued, a description of the goods, the number of items involved and the total value.
Balkan Governments Urged to Commit to Climate Targets
On World Climate Day on Friday, the SEE SEP network of CSOs from South East Europe, called on the governments of the region to act promptly and put forward ambitious commitments for the upcoming global climate agreement in Paris.
Boom in New Hotels on Croatia's Adriatic Coast
Around 25 new or completely redesigned hotels will open for the upcoming summer season along the Croatian Adriatic coast.
Croatian and foreign tourism companies have invested billions of Croatian kuna in hotels lately, far more than was invested in the last decade.
US General Rallies Kosovo For Fight Against Islamists
General John Allen visited Kosovo on Thursday, meeting top officials on a mission to strengthen cooperation within the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, of which Kosovo is a part.
President Atifete Jahjaga said in a meeting with the US General that mainly Muslim Kosovo was determined "never to become a haven for terrorist groups or a source of extremism".
Gay Parade Gets Ready to Rock Split, Croatia
Under the motto "Come out into a safer Split!," an LGBT Pride parade is set to take place on Saturday in the Croatian coastal city of Split.
The fifth annual Split Pride, organised by the local LGBT association Rispet, decided on the motto in order to shed light on the violence to which the LGBT community in Split is exposed on a daily basis.
Bulgaria Climbs Five Positions in FIFA World Ranking
The Bulgarian men's national football team climbed four position in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, which was released on Thursday.
At present, Bulgaria occupies 62nd position with 537 points, being between the teams of Peru and Australia.
Thus, Bulgaria improved its performance from last month with five positions and 32 points.
Croatian Youth Losing Faith in Democracy, Poll Shows
Results of the research MyPlace, published on Wednesday and conducted in two Zagreb neighbourhoods, shows that young people are showing growing dissatisfaction with parliamentary democracy and feel open to more authoritarian alternatives.
Technical problem shuts down Slovenian nuclear plant
Slovenia's only nuclear plant Krsko said June 4 it has initiated a preventive shutdown over technical problems in the system for monitoring the temperature.
Croatian Insurance Sale Sparks Political Dispute
Croatia's main opposition party, the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, on Wednesday accused the government of selling the insurance company Croatia Osiguranje for a low price.
Zagreb Mayor Probed Again For Corruption
Croatia's anti-organised crime department, USKOK, on Wednesday said that it had issued a new indictment against Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic for abuse of office.
The first indictment was sent back to USKOK by the Zagreb County Court in February. It wanted additional evidence to be supplied.
Three Companies to Exploit Oil in Eastern Croatia
Croatia's government on Wednesday announced the winners of an on-shore tender for gas and oil exploration and exploitation in the continental Slavonian region of eastern Croatia, along the Sava and Drava rivers.
New EasyJet routes to Split, Rhodes and Corfu
The routes are launched this week from Newcastle’s International Airport:
June 2 – Split, Croatia
June 4 – Rhodes, Greece
June 7 – Corfu, Greece
Over 20,000 passengers are expected to fly in and out of Newcastle on the three new Split, Rhodes and Corfu routes from June to October this year alone.