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Macedonia Offers Incentives to Tourists From Region

Macedonia on Tuesday said it was boosting subsidies for tour operators focusing on visitors from Bulgaria, Serbia and Bosnia by 25 to 35 euro per tourist.

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Vucic: Responsible for attacks on bakeries, shops arrested

BELGRADE - Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Tuesday that those responsible for the attacks on bakeries and shops that had occurred over the past few days in several towns in Vojvodina had been arrested.

UEFA chief on why Serbia and Albania wound up in same group

UEFA chief on why Serbia and Albania wound up in same group

BELGRADE -- UEFA President Michel Platini has said that Serbia and Albania "never went to war, like Armenia and Azerbaijan."

For that reason, the two countries were not separated ahead of the draw for the 2016 European football championship.

US Praises Macedonian Law to Jail Militants

During a visit to Skopje on Monday, United States diplomat Robert Bradtke praised Macedonia's role as US ally in the fight against terrorism, and said that the new law, if implemented correctly, would help to deter people from joining armed militant groups.

Dacic: Decision to postpone Rama's visit positive

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic stated on Monday that the decision to postpone the visit of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to Belgrade is positive, and added that Serbia has the political will to overcome problems.

Visit of Albanian PM postponed for Nov. 10

Visit of Albanian PM postponed for Nov. 10

BELGRADE -- The official visit of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, scheduled originally for October 22, has been postponed for November 10.

This has been announced by the Serbian government.

Rama's visit to Belgrade postponed for November 10

BELGRADE - The prime ministers of Serbia and Albania, Aleksandar Vucic and Edi Rama respectively, agreed on Sunday in a telephone conversation that the official visit by the Albanian prime minister to Serbia should be postponed for November 10.

Djuric condemns attacks against ethnic Albanians

BELGRADE - Marko Djuric, director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija, condemned on Sunday the attacks on property of members of the Albanian minority in Serbia that took place over the last few days in several cities in Serbia following the incident at the football match between Serbia and Albania.

Backa Eparchy, Islamic Community condemn attacks on Muslims

BELGRADE - The Diocese of Backa of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) has called on all citizens, particularly the Diocese's believers in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, to refrain from any form of violence towards their fellow citizens of Albanian ethnicity and Muslim religion.

Greater Albania nightmare of Europe and mankind

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic wrote on Twitter that the project of Greater Albania is not only Serbia's nightmare, but also the nightmare of Europe and all mankind, stressing that it must be prevented.

Vucic talks with Merkel, support for reforms

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic had a long and friendly telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday in which she expressed support for Serbia's European pathway and reforms that it has to implement on the way.

Attacks on bakeries owned by ethnic Albanians

BELGRADE - Several attacks on bakeries owned by ethnic Albanians occurred in Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina on Wednesday and Thursday.

Intercultural dialogue in the gardens of Kavala's Imaret

By Evangelos Venetis*

Events such as the international conference titled “Aspects of Islamic Gardens: Multi-meanings of Paradise,” which was held in Kavala on October 11 and 12, are a major contribution to intercultural dialogue.

"New Serbia-Albania match to be played on neutral ground"

"New Serbia-Albania match to be played on neutral ground"

BELGRADE -- The abandoned European championship qualifier between Serbia and Albania will most likely be played again on neutral ground.

This is what the Belgrade-based daily Večernje Novosti said it learned from a source close to the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).

New Serbia-Albania match on neutral ground

BELGRADE - The abandoned European championship qualifier between Serbia and Albania will most likely be played again on neutral ground, the Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti learns from a source close to the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).

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