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Bosnia Vows to Save Dairy Farmers From Ruin

Bosnian authorities are preparing a response to EU's Food and Veterinary Office, FVO, in which they will outline how they aim to meet conditions that would open up the EU market to Bosnia's dairy farmers.

The EU market remains closed to Bosnia's dairy farmers because the country does not meet EU hygienic standards has not harmonized all the relevant laws in this sector.

Film Festival of Tolerance Opens in Zagreb

The ninth annual Festival of Tolerance starts on Sunday in Zagreb, with a rich programme of films, exhibitions, concerts, seminars and discussions.

Contraband is big business in Greece

Organized crime in the European Union generates about 110 billion euros a year, corresponding to around 1 percent of the EU?s gross domestic product, a recent report commissioned by the European Commission found, with the bulk of that coming from the ?traditional? market of illegal narcotics.

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.

"Rama's statement was misinterpreted" - Thaci

"Rama's statement was misinterpreted" - Thaci

ZAGREB -- According to Hashim Thaci, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's recent statement about unification of Kosovo and Albania was "misinterpreted."

Builders of former YU to work together in third markets

BELGRADE - Officials of the chambers of commerce of Serbia, Republika Srpska, BiH, Croatia and Macedonia signed in Skopje an agreement on cooperation in the construction sector, focusing on third markets.

Djokovic Restores Joy to Child Flood Victims

Two kindergartens, one called Radost [Joy] in the northern Bosnian town of Samac, and another called Krajiska Radost [Joy of the Krajina], in the western town of Sanski Most, lived up to their names after reopening with financial aid from Serbian tennis legend Novak Djokovic.

140 kilos of heroin seized on Croatia-Serbia border

140 kilos of heroin seized on Croatia-Serbia border

ZAGREB -- More than 140 kilograms of heroin have been seized by the Croatian police on the Bajakovo-Batrovci crossing between Croatia and Serbia.

The Zagreb-based daily Vecernji List is reporting that the value of the seized illegal narcotics is "EUR 5.5 million."

Josipovic to Form New Left Party in Croatia

Former Croatian President Ivo Josipovic told a TV show on the N1 network on Tuesday that he is about to form a new centre-left party.

"It will be a party of young people and people who have already established their careers. Let the name remain a secret for now," Josipovic stated.

Veselinovic: Gotovina's appointment is part of HDZ campaign

BELGRADE - Chairman of the Serbian Parliament's Committee on the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region Janko Veselinovic said Monday that the appointment of Ante Gotovina as an advisor to Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic is not the kind of news to which the Serbs in Croatia and Serbia could be indifferent.

Nikolic: It is time for Croatia to honour agreements

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic met on Monday with a delegation of Serb youths from Croatia and said it was time for him to discuss with Croatia all of the agreements and obligations that country had towards the Serbs.

"Serbia will maintain good relations with Croatia believing that it is the only way to solve all issues," Nikolic stated.

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.

"Easy to respond to provocation with provocation"

"Easy to respond to provocation with provocation"

BELGRADE -- "Now is the time to discuss with Croatia it respect for all agreements and obligations that it has toward Serbs," President Tomislav Nikolic has said.

Belgrade court acquits man accused of killing 11 Croats

Belgrade court acquits man accused of killing 11 Croats

BELGRADE -- The War Crimes Department of the High Court in Belgrade has acquitted a former member of a Territorial Defense unit accused of killing 11 Croat civilians.

Zarko Cubrilo was a member of the Territorial Defense in Tenja, eastern Croatia. The civilians were killed in the summer of 1991.

Serb cleared of murdering 11 Croats in Tenja

BELGRADE - The Department for War Crimes of the High Court in Belgrade acquitted Monday former member of the Tenja Territorial Defense Force Zarko Cubrilo of the murder of 11 Croat civilians in Tenja, eastern Croatia, in the summer of 1991.

The prosecution has the right to appeal this decision to the Appellate Court in Belgrade.

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