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Elections for national minority councils called
BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki scheduled on Tuesday the elections for national minority councils for October 26.
Serbia, Macedonia police fighting crime in rural areas
Serbia, Macedonia police fighting crime in rural areas
A new community policing-based approach improves police access to citizens.
Police in Macedonia and Serbia are employing new strategies to reach rural areas to address local issues and cross-border crime, officials said.
July sees first budget surplus in 2014 - RSD 6.9 billion
BELGRADE - Serbia had a budget deficit of RSD 109.8 billion in the first half of 2014, and July saw the first budget surplus this year, of RSD 6.9 billion, thanks to a strong budget performance when it comes to revenues and expenditures made, the Ministry of Finance said in a release on Monday.
Serbia is in difficult position, says minister
Serbia is in difficult position, says minister
BELGRADE -- Zorana Mihajlović has said that Serbia is in a difficult position, because the country wants to have partners "both in East and in West."
The cabinet minister and official of the ruling SNS party added that "economic development and a stable government" is what is most important for Serbia.
Pressure on Serb refugees to cancel residence in Croatia
Pressure on Serb refugees to cancel residence in Croatia
BELGRADE -- Miodrag Linta has sent an open letter about the pressure on Serbs driven out of their homes in Croatia to cancel their place of residence.
Pressures on Serb refugees to cancel residence in Croatia
BELGRADE - President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta sent an open letter on Wednesday to Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Vesna Pusic concerning the pressures on Serbs banished during the clashes to cancel their place of residence in Croatia.
No official records are kept on government agencies
BELGRADE - No official records are kept on the government agencies in Serbia, and politicians and analysts agree that the sector is in need of regulation and that some agencies will be shut down as part of the announced reforms.
Gorani decide against forming minority council
Gorani decide against forming minority council
BELGRADE -- Serbia's Gorani population will not be forming their national minority council, the Gorani Civic Initiative decided on Wednesday.
The initiative is "the sole political and national organization of this autochthonous people in Serbia," Tanjug reported.
Gorani will not form national minority council
BELGRADE - Serbia's Gorani will not be forming their national minority council, the Gorani Civic Initiative - the sole political and national organisation of this autochthonous people in Serbia - decided on Wednesday.
More abortions than births in Serbia
BELGRADE - Serbs are the oldest nation in Europe in terms of the average age of the population, and the statistical data indicate that women give birth to 1.4 children on average, while the average number of abortions is 2.8, the participants of a meeting entitled Protection of Motherhood in Serbia said on Wednesday.
Albanians and Roma urged to vote for minority councils
Albanians and Roma urged to vote for minority councils
BELGRADE -- Presidents of national councils of ethnic Albanians and Roma have called on members of their ethnic groups to register on the special electoral rolls.
Invitation to ethnic Albanians and Roma to vote in elections
BELGRADE - Presidents of the national councils of ethnic Albanians and Roma, Galip Beciri and Vitomir Mihajlovic, invited the members of their ethnic groups to register on the special electoral rolls and vote in the elections for members of the national minority councils in Serbia set for October 26.
Over 4,000 migrants seek asylum in Serbia
BELGRADE - Deputy Protector of Citizens Milos Jankovic has said that more than 4,000 migrants from Asian and African countries whose ultimate goal is reaching Western Europe countries expressed intention to seek asylum in Serbia in the first half of this year.
Pajtic: AER conference contributes to Serbia's EU prospects
NOVI SAD - Summer Academy of the Assembly of European Regions (AER), which gathered around 100 participants from 20 countries in Novi Sad on Monday, serves as an important recommendation for Serbia's EU accession, said Bojan Pajtic, Prime Minister of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina.
"More than 4,000 seek asylum in Serbia"
"More than 4,000 seek asylum in Serbia"
BELGRADE -- Deputy Citizens' Ombudsman Miloš Janković says there have been more than 4,000 migrants seeking asylum in Serbia in the first half of this year alone.
He pointed out that they are mostly citizens of Asian and African countries, and that their ultimate goal is to reach western Europe.