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Serbian minister told to "get medical treatment"
Serbian minister told to "get medical treatment"
BELGRADE -- Croatian Minister for Defenders Predrag Matic has advised Serbian Labor Minister Aleksandar Vulin "to go get medical treatment."
Matic was commenting on a statement made by Vulin earlier on Wednesday, and explained that his recommendation applied "both to Vojislav Seselj and Vulin."
PM: Serbia will not recall ambassador from Croatia
PM: Serbia will not recall ambassador from Croatia
BRATISLAVA -- Serbia will not recall its ambassador from Croatia nor send any negative signal to Croatia, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said late on Wednesday.
"I think that Serbia and Croatia need to cooperate far better," Vucic told Radio-Television of Serbia in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Croatia withdraws ambassador for consultations
Croatia withdraws ambassador for consultations
ZAGREB -- The Croatian Foreign Ministry has presented Charge d'Affaires of the Serbian embassy in Croatia Bosa Prodanovic with a protest letter.
It concerns Serb Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj's statements and the incident on Wednesday when he burned the Croatian flag in Belgrade.
Remains of 14 Serb victims in Croatia identified
BELGRADE - The remains of 14 victims of Serb nationality, killed during the armed conflicts in the territory of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) in Croatia, were identified at the Institute of Forensic Medicine and Criminology of the School of Medicine in Zagreb, in the presence of family members.
Linta: Hypocritical statements by Croatian prime minister
BELGRADE - Miodrag Linta, president of the Coalition of Refugee Associations, said on Wednesday that Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic has issued hypocritical and reckless statements about the ICTY Trial Chamber's decision that Serbian Radical Party (SRS) leader Vojislav Seselj must return to the court's cellblock in The Hague.
Croatian Church Satire Draws Interest in France
Croatia may be a very Catholic country by secular European standards, but that has not stopped a satirical movie about the Church called "Svecenikova djeca" ("Priest's Children"), from being a hit with movie audiences.
Now it is going to shown to French audiences, too, supported by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Seselj sets Croatian flag on fire
Seselj sets Croatian flag on fire
BELGRADE -- The Serb Radical Party (SRS) leader Vojislav Seselj on Wednesday set on fire a Croatian flag in front of the Palace of Justice in Belgrade.
Seselj said he was in this way producing his answer to Croatian state officials who, as he said, have been attacking him for the past month "as if a mace struck them in the head."
Strong earthquake 30 km from Knin
ZAGREB/KNIN - The Seismological Service of Croatia reported a strong earthquake of 3.8 on the Richter scale at 9:33 a.m. on Wednesday. The epicenter was about 30 km northeast of Knin, in the Bosansko Grahovo muincipality, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH).