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Belgrade hosts salsa festival
BELGRADE - The 9th International Festival of Salsa and other Caribbean dances under the title Salsa Motion Weekend will be held in Belgrade from December 5 to 7 and it will gather around 1,000 dancers from Serbia and the world.
Croatia Accelerates New Gas Terminal Project
Croatian deputy prime minister Branko Grcic said on Wednesday that the cancellation of the South Stream project was "an impulse to build the LNG terminal even faster".
Grcic said that the cancellation of South Stream, which was due to take Russian gas through Bulgaria and Serbia to Europe, would make the terminal on Krk more valuable.
Kosovo, Albania ‘Most Corrupt Countries in Region’
According to the index published by the Berlin-based watchdog on Wednesday, Albania and Kosovo are ranked joint 110th out of 174 countries around the world that were assessed in the report.
Cooperation remains key for prosecuting war crimes
BELGRADE/PALIC - Cooperation remains key for prosecuting war crimes, said the participants of a regional conference of prosecutors from Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, held in Palic.
Novi Sad designer awarded for best startup
NOVI SAD - Owner and director of the design studio Salt and Water from Novi Sad Svetlana Mojic has won this year's Balkan women's entrepreneurship award for the most successful startup company, the company said on Wednesday.
Nikolic: Europe wants Serbia to put Seselj on trial
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said it seems to him like Europe would like Serbia to the one to put Vojislav Seselj on trial, that the reason for the Europan Parliament resolution on Seselj are the elections in Croatia and that Serbia owed it to no one to comment on statements by its citizens, especially those who have no political clout.
"EU's condition is recognition of Kosovo"
"EU's condition is recognition of Kosovo"
BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said that it seemed to him "Europe would like Serbia to put Vojislav Seselj on trial."
According to him, the motive behind the resolution on Seselj passed last week in the European parliament at Croatia's initiative is the upcoming election in that country....
Chetniks Seek NGO Status in Montenegro
The head of the Ravna Gora Movement of Chetniks in Montenegro, Mileta Pavicevic, said that supporters and descendants of the WWII monarchist fighters have filed a request to the Interior Ministry to be officially registered as a non-governmental organisation.
"Technical reasons prevent EU enlargement in next 5 years"
"Technical reasons prevent EU enlargement in next 5 years"
VIENNA -- EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn has said that EU's enlargement will not be possible during the next five years, "for technical reasons."
Croatia Arrests Zadar Tycoon Over Graft Claims
Sinovcic, who is also president of local football club NK Zadar, was detained on Tuesday morning at his home in the town on Croatia's Adriatic coast.
Six others were also arrested in the same operation, five of them employees of the local tax administration office.
Croatian media have speculated that they are accused of embezzling some 1.3 million euro.
Progressive Club:Croatia abuses EU membership against Serbia
BELGRADE - NGO Progressive Club calls on the Serbian government to condemn in the harshest terms and respond to the extremist messages which have arrived from the Croatian top officials over the last few days more often than before.
Croatia Students Reject Post-College Emigration Ban
After Croatian education minister Vedran Mornar said the country should tackle its ‘brain drain' problem by obliging state funded students to either stay in the country or return the money, students responded by saying that the government should create job opportunities instead.
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Croatia and EU are torturing Serbia
Croatia and EU are torturing Serbia
- European parliament is not saying what Serbia should do! To hang an ill man, shoot him, or expel him - says Vuk Drašković, former Minister of Diplomacy in Serbian government.
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Nikolic: EP instrumentalised by Croatia
BELGRADE - The European Parliament (EP) has let Croatia instrumentalise it for pre-electoral purposes, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said on Friday in the wake of an EP resolution on Vojislav Seselj, an indictee of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
"Change of government could lead to hell"
"Change of government could lead to hell"
BELGRADE -- Commenting on a European parliament resolution on Vojislav Šešelj, Tomislav Nikolić said the EP allowed Croatia to "instrumentalize it for election purposes."