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Serbia beats Kazakhstan,through to semifinal against Croatia

ALMATY - The Serbian water polo team qualified for the FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup semi-final as it defeated Kazakhstan in the quarterfinal match on Friday, 16-10 (6-2, 3-3, 4-3, 3-2).

Montenegro Talks Tough on Rights of Disabled

Montenegro's parliament is to discuss toughening the penalties for discriminating against people with disabilities at its first autumn session in September.

Water polo:Serbia beats USA for quarterinal vs. Kazakhstan

ALMATY - Serbia beat the United States 11-9 (0-2, 1-4, 3-1, 5-4) in a preliminary round Group A match at the 2014 Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup in Kazakhstan on Thursday.

With this victory, Serbia cemented their first place in the group, after previously beating Montenegro and South Africa.

Bosnia and Montenegro to Sign Border Deal

Bosnia's Council of Ministers - the government - was due to ratify a draft agreement on the border with Montenegro on Thursday.

Bosnia's Minister of Civil Affairs, Sredoje Novic, confirmed that all activities towards reaching an agreement on the border between the two neighbours were now finished.

Montenegro sees increase in tourists from Ukraine

Trucks on Wednesday wait 15 hours at Batrovci

BELGRADE -- Trucks and other freight vehicles leaving Serbia via the Batrovci crossing with Croatia must on Wednesday wait "around 15 hours" to cross the border.

Montenegro Shifts Kosovo Refugees Into Containers

Around 1,500 homeless, mainly Roma refugees from Kosovo in Podgorica's Konik camp have been moved to temporary homes in more than 100 containers, the government announced on Wednesday.

The containers are a mid-term solution for people who lost their homes and belongings when a fire broke out in the camp in July 2012. Since then, they have been living in tents and shacks.

Balkans put greater emphasis on NATO, EU air traffic regulations

Montenegro Plans to Legalize Gay Marriages

Montenegro's government on Monday announced that the country will allow same-sex marriages in the near future.

Jovan Kojicic, Human Rights Adviser to the Prime Minister, said Montenegro was drawing up the legal framework to permit same-sex partners to legalize their relationships soon.

International children's folklore festival opens in Uzice

UZICE - The 6th Licitar Heart international children's folklore festival has opened in Uzice, western Serbia, with a ceremony that involved its 850 participants.

The festival, which opened late Monday, features 27 folklore groups from 10 countries, which will be performing on nearby Mt Zlatibor, in Mokra Gora, Pozega, Bajina Basta, Visegrad and Republika Srpska until August 23.

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.

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.