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20 Serb victims identified in Croatia
BELGRADE - The remains of 20 victims of Serb nationality, who died in Croatia during the conflict in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, were identified in the presence of their family members at the forensic medicine institute with the School of Medicine in Zagreb on Wednesday.
Platinum Wolf exercise under way at Base South
BUJANOVAC - Platinum Wolf 2014 - a military exercise involving 270 servicemen from Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Azerbaijan, Macedonia, Croatia and the United States - is underway at Base South in Bujanovac, southern Serbia.
Croatia EU Anniversary Passes Without Economic Progress
“It’s not realistic to expect a seven-mile leap in the first year,” Jospiovic said on Tuesday as Croatia marked the anniversary in the uncomfortable position of being the first EU member state whose citizens were better off before joining.
Linta: Croatia is responsible for "technical vacuum"
BELGRADE - Head of the Coalition of Refugee Associations Miodrag Linta said on Wednesday the responsibility for the "technical vacuum" in the relations between Serbia and Croatia lay on the Croatian side.
Croatia, Montenegro working together to reach Adriatic oilfields
Croatia, Montenegro working together to reach Adriatic oilfields
Croatian Activists Commemorate Peace-Seeking Police Chief
Activists marked the anniversary of the killing of Croatian policeman Josip Reihl-Kir, who was killed while trying to prevent conflict between Croats and Serbs in the Osijek area in 1991.
Do not remove remains of Serb houses without owner's consent
BELGRADE - The Coalition of Refugee Associations on Serbia sent an open letter to Croatian President Zoran Milanovic in response to the recent decision of Zadar Mayor Bozidar Kalmeta who issued instructions for the remains of some 80 mined Serb houses and business facilities to be removed without the owners' consent.
Djokovic eases into Wimbledon quarter-finals
LONDON - Serbia's highest-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals late Monday by beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).
Djokovic won the match after an hour and 55 minutes and now has a 13-5 head-to-head record against Tsonga.
Minister honors Croatian WW2 death camp victims
Minister honors Croatian WW2 death camp victims
JADOVNO -- Aleksandar Vulin represented the Serbian government on Sunday at a commemoration held at the grounds of the WW2-era death camp Jadovno in Croatia.
Conference 'Creative Europe Program 2014-2020' opens
BELGRADE - A conference titled “Creative Europe Program 2014-2020: Serbia and the Prospects of European Cooperation” began at the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade on Monday.
Armies in the Balkans show co-operation in crisis situations
Armies in the Balkans show co-operation in crisis situations
Vulin pays tribute to Jadovno prison camp victims
JADOVNO - Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran Care and Social Issues Aleksandar Vulin as the representative of the Serbian government attended the commemoration held in former prison camp Jadovno near Gospic in Croatia, on Sunday.
In 1941, around 40,000 prisoners were killed in Jadovno, most of them Serbs, as well as Jews and the Roma.
Strategy on cultural cooperation in region adopted
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac is staying in his first official visit to Macedonia, during which he participated in the Annual Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Culture of South East Europe, during which the Regional strategy on cooperation in the culture sector in South-East European countries was adopted on Saturday.
Treasures of ‘Magnificent Century’ come to Istanbul
Hundreds of objects and accessories, which were ordered during the renovation of the Seraglio at the time of the Ottoman Sultan Murad III, went down into water when the ship sank near the inlet Gnalic in Croatia. The 16th century treasures, which have been removed from the shipwreck, will arrive in Istanbul next year for an exhibition.
Serbian-Albanian ties to be improved for Balkan stability
BELGRADE - The key to stability in the Western Balkans is to promote Serbian-Albanian relations, and stability has been reached in Kosovo-Metohija, it was stated on Friday at a conference dubbed "Safety aspects of normalization of relations between Belgrade, Pristina and Tirana", which saw the presentation of the report on the integration of police in north Kosovo.