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Regional police increase action against illegal drugs, trafficking
Regional police increase action against illegal drugs, trafficking
Amnesty: Serbia, Kosovo to conduct investigation on missing
NEW YORK - On the International Day of the Disappeared, August 30, Amnesty International urges authorities in Serbia and Kosovo to carry out prompt, independent, effective and impartial investigations against those suspected of enforced disappearances and abductions committed before, during and after the international armed conflict in Kosovo in 1999.
Turkey hopeful as US, Spain eye world title at FIBA Basketball World Cup
Host Spain and titleholder the United States are among the favorites for the 2014 Basketball World Cup title, while Turkey is also hopeful The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup starts on Aug. 30 with host Spain planning to dethrone the United States, and Turkey hoping to make a good impact away from home.
Beşiktaş, Trabzonspor hopeful after Europa League draws
BeÅiktaÅ will have another trip to London along with a double journey to the Balkans, while Trabzonspor is named in a relatively comfortable group as the Europa League group stage draws were made Aug. 29.
Ex-Yugoslav Presidents Sign Missing Persons Declaration
The presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia signed a landmark declaration aimed at speeding up the search for people still missing from the 1990s conflicts.
KiM Office seeks clarification of fate of missing persons
BELGRADE - On the eve of the International Day of the Disappeared, the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) called on the competent provincial authorities, and especially the international community, to use all their powers and make maximum effort to resolve the fate of 1,711 persons gone missing in KiM and punish those responsible for crimes committed in that region.
Veritas welcomes signing of Declaration on missing persons
BELGRADE - The Documentation and Information Centre Veritas welcomed on Friday the Declaration on the role of the state in the search for a solution to the issue of persons gone missing in armed clashes and violation of human rights which was signed by heads of four countries in the region in Mostar on Friday.
Four countries sign Declaration on missing persons
MOSTAR - Leaders of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) and Montenegro signed in Mostar on Friday the Declaration on missing persons which aims to encourage the search for missing persons and define the responsibilities and role of states in the search for a solution to the problem.
Regional leaders sign declaration on missing persons
Regional leaders sign declaration on missing persons
Mostar -- Leaders of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro, conferred in Mostar on Friday where they will sign a declaration on missing persons.
The document aims to encourage the search for people missing in the wars both in the Balkan region and elsewhere in the world.
Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird arrives in Belgrade
BELGRADE - Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird will arrive in Belgrade on Friday at an invitation from his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic, the Serbian Foreign Ministry has stated.
This is the first visit to Serbia by a Canadian foreign minister since 2001.
Dacic and Baird will meet on September 1, the statement says.
Croatia to Slap Taxes on Savings and Property
Struggling to reduce its hefty budget deficit, Croatia's government on Thursday announced a package of new taxes aimed at cutting the deficit.
The changes include new taxes, changes to existing taxes and scrapping some of the supplements given to salaries in the public sector.
Serbia to open regional military training centre
Serbia to open regional military training centre
Vucic Poorest PM in Balkans, Djukanovic Richest
Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia's Prime Minister, has the lowest salary and least properties out of all the leaders of the Western Balkan region.
In his property report, Vucic revealed that he receives a monthly salary of only €1,000 and owns 30m2 apartment. He does not own a car, or have any savings, apparently.
EU's Creative Europe programme promotes Balkan culture
EU's Creative Europe programme promotes Balkan culture
The Union allocated 1.5 billion euros for cultural and media projects.
The European Union’s Creative Europe programme is making 1.5 billion euros available to support regional cultural organisations, including cinema, and for translating books into regional languages.
EU announces 3.7 million euro aid for Cephalonia
A proposal for special European Union funding worth 3.7 million euros for the Ionian island of Cephalonia following a 5.8 Richter scale earthquake and a series of aftershocks in early 2014 was announced on Wednesday.