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5-hour, 30-minute wait times at borders with Croatia,Hungary
BELGRADE - Due to increased traffic, cargo vehicles exiting Serbia at the Batrovci border crossing into Croatia wait for about five hours, the press office of the Serbian Interior Ministry has said in a statement.
Germany will not set new requirements for Serbia
BELGRADE - Germany is not setting new requirements for Serbia's EU integration, member of the Bundestag Josip Juratovic has said, adding that the agreements signed by the EU are well thought out and are not changes according to anyone's whim.
Montenegro Commits to Finding Wartime Missing Persons
Montenegro is to sign a cross-regional declaration with Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia, committing the country to finding the bodies of 61 people still missing since the 1990s wars.
Freight vehicles wait 3 hours at one crossing
Freight vehicles wait 3 hours at one crossing
BELGRADE -- Freight vehicles leaving Serbia on the Batrovci border crossing had to wait around three hours on Monday morning, the police said.
No major congestion has been reported from the crossings of Šid, Horgoš, Bački Vinogradi, Bajmok, Gostun, Jabuka, Špiljani, and Kotroman.
Iraqi Kurdish oil arrives in Croatian port: Report
A tanker carrying Iraqi Kurdistan crude oil has arrived at a Croatian port to be delivered to Hungarian firm MOL to the relief of the regional government, which has been hit by setbacks in the US A delivery of crude oil from Iraqi Kurdistan has arrived at the Croatian Adriatic port of Omisalj, Croatiaâs Jutarnji List daily reported on the late hours of Aug. 16.
5 hour wait at border with Croatia, 4 at border with Hungary
BELGRADE - Passenger vehicles have to wait 5 hours to exit Serbia at the Batrovci crossing along the border with Croatia, while the wait at the Horgos crossing, which leads to Hungary, is around 4 hours, the Interior Ministry office for media relations said on Sunday.
Balkans suffering through another round of flooding
Balkans suffering through another round of flooding
Border wait times from 30 to 80 minutes
BELGRADE – Wait times at Serbia’s borders with Croatia, Montenegro and Bulgaria were between 30 and 80 minutes on Thursday afternoon.
Drivers wait about 30 minutes when crossing the border from Serbia to Croatia at Batrovci, the Serbian Interior Ministry Media Cooperation Bureau said in a release.
Sofia Comics Expo Starts In Sofia On August 15
The first international exhibition of comics in Bulgaria – Sofia Comics Expo – opens for the public on August 15 in the gallery of the Union of Bulgarian Artists.
It is on the first floor of the gallery at 6 “Shipka” street and will be on till September 15.
Chepurin:Imposing sanctions on Russia would be self-damaging
BELGRADE - If Serbia was to introduce sanctions for Russia, it would be like shooting itself in the leg, Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Serbia Alexander Chepurin said in an interview for the Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti.
MAE firmly denying allegation of arms shipments to Islamic State extremists
Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) is firmly denying press allegation of tanks and firearms manufactured in Romania being delivered to the extremist forces of the Islamic State group, MAE says in an answer on Wednesday to an Agerpres question.
Croatia's constitutional court: No referendum on Cyrillic
ZAGREB - Croatia will not hold a referendum on the official use of the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet after the country's constitutional court ruled the proposed referendum question as unconstitutional.
The Constitutional Court made the ruling on Monday after the parliament requested that the constitutionality of the announced referendum be assessed.
Croatian court against referendum on Cyrillic
Croatian court against referendum on Cyrillic
ZAGREB -- The Constitutional Court of Croatia ruled against a referendum on Cyrillic script, saying that the referendum question was not in line with the Constitution.
Analysts see significance in Rama's planned visit to Belgrade
Analysts see significance in Rama's planned visit to Belgrade
Journalists critical of Croatia's 'shaming' law
Journalists critical of Croatia's 'shaming' law
Advocates say the proposal would weaken media freedom in the nation.
A proposed law in Croatia that defines embarrassment, or "shaming" as a criminal offence is being criticised by journalists and media freedom advocates.