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Croatian presidential candidate on conditions for Serbia

Croatian presidential candidate on conditions for Serbia

ZAGREB -- A Croatian presidential candidate has said that she would condition Serbia's EU membership path "with the return of the missing persons from the (1990s) war."

Croatia Presidential Race Enters Last Lap

With the second round of the presidential elections scheduled for Sunday, the race between incumbent, Ivo Josipovic, and the centre-right challenger, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, has entered its last days.

Both candidates made the final pitch for swing voters as polls predict the gap closing between them.

Balkan countries strengthen military co-operation through US-Adriatic Charter

Balkan countries strengthen military co-operation through US-Adriatic Charter

Kosovo will continue to participate in the Charter as an observer.

Representatives from the US-Adriatic Charter countries met in Tirana last month. [Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Albania]

Djokovic beaten by Karlovic in Doha ATP quarterfinal

DOHA - World's best tennis player Novak Djokovic did not manage to qualify for the Doha ATP semifinal as he lost the quarterfinal match on Thursday to Croatia's Ivo Karlovic, 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (8-6), 6-4.

PM Ponta: EU funds rate of utilization up 52 pct since May 2012

Prime Minister Victor Ponta says his governments brought the rate of utilization of European funds from 7 percent in May 2012 to 52 percent; the target for 2015 is 75-80 percent of the available structural and cohesion funds, he declared on Thursday.

Photo credit: (c) Cristian NISTOR / AGERPRES PHOTO

Croatian law on minorities "not implemented"

Croatian law on minorities "not implemented"

BELGRADE -- Croatia's constitutional law on minority rights remains a "dead letter" even though it was adopted 12 years ago.

This is according to Miodrag Linta, president of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia, and a deputy in the Serbian National Assembly on the ruling SNS party ticket.

Presidential Election Shakes up Croatian Politics

The success of a leftist outsider in the first round of Croatia's presidential elections is making waves on the political scene, a new opinion poll shows.

The poll conducted by the agency Promocija Plus shows that a new activist movement has gone from nowhere to becoming the fourth most popular party in the country.

Djokovic through to Doha ATP quarterfinal with ease

DOHA - World's best tennis player Novak Djokovic qualified for the Doha ATP quarterfinal as he defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine in the second round match on Wednesday, 6-2, 6-1.

In the next round, Djokovic will cross rackets with Croatia's Ivo Karlovic who beat Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3.

Air Serbia customers flying from Zagreb pay less

Air Serbia customers flying from Zagreb pay less

BELGRADE -- Passengers on Air Serbia's flights departing for Moscow from Belgrade pay about EUR 100 more than those traveling to the Russian capital from Zagreb.

Croatia Falling Behind in EU, Statistics Show

New data from the EU statistics agency, Eurostat, show that Croatia is falling behind the rest of the EU by almost all economic indices - while the outlook for 2015 is no better.

Croatia's unemployment rate of 16.6 per cent in October falls way behind the EU average of 10 per cent, for example.

New Report Into Trajkovski's Death Blames Pilots

A new report into the death in 2004 of former Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski, conducted by a team of regional experts and released in Sarajevo on Tuesday, once again declared that the fatal plane crash was not the result of an assassination but an accident.

Bosnia Journalists Join Forces Against Pressures

In a rare display of professional unity in the ethnically divided country, journalists across Bosnia and Herzegovina have joined forces to stand up for media freedoms.

"Media that dare to do the essence of our job - asking questions - find themselves under different pressures," Milkica Milojevic, president of the BH Journalists association told Balkan Insight.

ForbesLife Lists Montenegro as Must-See Destination

"Montenegro is poised to become a world-class luxury travel destination thanks to its 180-mile-plus coastline and rugged interior dotted with river canyons, glacial lakes and two UNESCO World Heritage Sites," ForbesLife reported.

"The Storm" again, but in a different way

"Blic" reporter waiting for personal documents in front of Croatian embassy in Belgrade "The Storm" again, but in a different way

Frozen and angry, hundreds of Serbs from Croatia waited for weeks in front of the consulate of Croatia in Belgrade to regulate their status in that country.

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