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Linta: Serbia seeks 1,869 Serbs that went missing in Croatia

BELGRADE - Serbia is seeking 1,869 Serbs who went missing in Croatia, and Croatia -over 800 missing persons, said President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta drawing on the data from the Serbian government's commission on missing persons.

Croats Bag Deals at Moscow Trade Forum

Croatian companies are hailing a number of important agreements reached at a major trade forum in Moscow.

The Croatia-Russia economic forum and investment conference organized on Tuesday gathered more than 250 Russian and 100 Croatian companies.

Vucic to pay visit to Slovenia on Friday

LJUBLJANA - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will on Friday and Saturday be paying a visit to Slovenia, to be hosted by Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar, the Slovenian government has said in a statement.

Serbian PM, Croatian Storm general meet

Serbian PM, Croatian Storm general meet

ZAGREB -- While in Zagreb recently, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic briefly met and shook hands with former Croatian General Mladen Markac.

Both were attending the inauguration of Croatia's new president. The moment was captured by a photojournalist with the Croatian daily Vecernji List, and the photograph posted on its website.

Croatia's Mesic Named in Finnish Bribery Trial

A court in Hameenlinna, Finland, on Monday fined and paroled two officials of the Finnish state-owned arms company Patria for bribing Croatian officials during a sale of armed vehicles in 2007.

Heikki Hulkkonen and Patria's former representative in Croatia, Reijo Niittynen, were given 20 months parole and a 297,000 euro fine each for offering a bribe of 1.6 million euro.

"Proof needed for claims of media freedom violations"

"Proof needed for claims of media freedom violations"

BRUSSELS -- EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn says he is aware of the allegations of violations of media freedom in Serbia, but that such claims must be supported by evidence.

"Ustasha snake doesn't sleep" - Croatia's ex-president

"Ustasha snake doesn't sleep" - Croatia's ex-president

ZAGREB -- Croatia's now former president has spoken about the results of his term in office and the situation in Croatia, saying that "the Ustasha snake does not sleep."

The Ustashas were in power in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) - a WW2-era Nazi-allied entity responsible for running death camps.

Croatia-Russia Trade Forum Opens in Moscow

Against a background of American disapproval, a major Russia-Croatia economic forum and investment conference started in the Russian capital on Tuesday, gathering 200 Russian and 100 Croatian companies.

The conference opened a day after the EU on Monday broadened sanctions on Russia to include an additional 19 Russians and Ukrainians and nine more Russian companies.

Vucic: Time of political slandering is behind us

SARAJEVO - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Monday that relations between Belgrade and Sarajevo were good and he expected them to continue improving, adding that it was clear that relations were getting better throughout the region.

Serbia Chooses Bojana Stamenov for Eurovision

The jury and the audience of 'Countdown To Vienna', Serbia's televised national final to choose the country's representative at Eurovision, voted on Sunday evening for Stamenov to go to Austria to compete in May.

Stamenov, a popular local soul, funk and jazz singer, also reached the final of the Serbian televised competition 'I Got Talent' in 2012.

"Relations with Bosnia good, expected to improve" - PM

"Relations with Bosnia good, expected to improve" - PM

SARAJEVO -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that relations between Belgrade and Sarajevo are "good" while their improvement "is expected."

Vucic: We got Esmark's counteroffer

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Monday that the Serbian government had received a counteroffer from US steel firm Esmark late on Sunday and the revised offer would be discussed today.

New Croatian President Grabar Kitarovic Inaugurated

Grabar Kitarovic urged Croatians to unite to solve the country's problems as she was inaugurated on Sunday at a ceremony on St Mark's Square in Zagreb's old town.

"There is nothing we cannot achieve when we are united. I believe in you, my country Croatia," she said in her speech at the inauguration.

Grabar-Kitarovic, Vucic hold open, cordial meeting

ZAGREB - The meeting between Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic was cordial and open, Mladen Pavic, spokesman for Croatia's head of state, has told Tanjug.

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