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Nehammer thanks Serbia for amending its visa regime
VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Friday Austria, Serbia and Hungary had succeeded in curbing illegal migration, and thanked Serbia for amending its visa regime for Indian and Tunisian nationals, which he noted had resulted in a decline in the number of illegal migrants in Austria.
He was speaking after a Vienna summit of the three countries.
Serbian January-May budget deficit 84.3 bln dinars lower than planned
BELGRADE - Serbia registered a 34.8 bln dinar budget deficit between January and May 2023, which is 84.3 bln dinars better than the planned 119.1 bln, the Ministry of Finance has announced.
Revenues totalled 718.3 bln dinars, while expenditures amounted to 753.1 bln dinars, the ministry said.
A 0.8 bln dinar deficit was registered in May.
Serbian Civil Society Demands ‘Severe’ Sentence for Brutal Trans Teen Murder
Twenty-nine civil society organisations in Serbia on Friday demanded "the most severe punishment prescribed by the criminal code" for the killer of Noa Milivojev, 18, whose body was found in an apartment in the centre of Belgrade.
Ukraine's position on Kosovo unchanged - ambassador
BELGRADE - Ukraine's Ambassador to Belgrade Volodymyr Tolkach on Tuesday thanked Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic for a statement drawing attention to developments in Ukraine, as well as for humanitarian aid provided to Ukrainians and for exceptionally favourable conditions created for displaced persons from Ukraine who have found refuge in Serbia.
Descendants of Bosnian and Armenian Migrants Keep Ancient Ways Alive in Albania
Kapidani is cataloguing any documents that he can find about his ancestors. "We've collected documents and testimonies from the elders, aiming to reconstruct their trip by land and sea," Kapidani told BIRN.
Back in the 1870s, Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the most culturally diverse parts of the Balkans, was mired in a multisided conflict.
In Montenegro, Memories of Pain and Generosity on the Refugee Road
Dejan, then 20, had been nearing the end of his military service in Kosovo, then a southern province of Serbia, when NATO launched air strikes to halt a brutal Serbian counter-insurgency war. At the time, Serbia and Montenegro were all that was left of Yugoslavia, still joined together after the other four republics - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia - had seceded.
Brnabić to the opposition: You are everywhere, except in the Parliament
She said today in the Parliament that it is scandalous that the opposition is everywhere, in the media, on the street, but they are not in the Parliament of Serbia, where they work and what the citizens pay them for.
Construction, industry and business key sectors for economic growth - council
BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic on Friday chaired a session of a council tasked with coordinating activities and measures for promoting GDP growth.
The council said construction, industry and business were key sectors for economic growth.
Brnabic sees off Indian president
BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic on Friday saw off Indian President Draupadi Murmu following her two-day official visit to Serbia.
Murmu arrived in Belgrade on Wednesday and attended a Serbia-India business forum on Thursday.
Mali for TV Prva: 23 billion for new measures; "Strength of our finances" VIDEO/PHOTO
Mali further explained the measures presented last night for TV Prva.
"It is about a set of measures that are primarily aimed at raising the standard of living of the citizens of Serbia. And in conditions that I would say are the conditions of the biggest, most difficult economic crisis, global economic crisis ever," he said.
Belgrade School Shooting Has Online Ripple Effect in Balkans
False reports and videos in Serbia
The mass shooting by a teenager at the Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School in Belgrade on May 3, in which eight students and a teacher were killed, sent shockwaves through society and was followed by online violations such as the circulation of fake footage, the invasion of victims' relatives' privacy and the proliferation of misinformation.
Bulgaria: Police caught 10 Syrians on Trakia Highway - Two Women were Detained
Ten illegal migrants from Syria were caught on "Trakia" highway - near the village of Tsaratsovo, Plovdiv region, announced the prosecutor's office.
Detained and charged are two women, both aged 29. They are charged with helping refugees cross the country illegally.
Serbia registers 34 bln dinar budget deficit in January-April 2023
BELGRADE - Serbia registered a 34 bln dinar budget deficit between January and April 2023, which is 55.7 bln dinars better than the planned 89.7 bln dinars, the Ministry of Finance has announced.
Revenues totalled 562.4 bln dinars, while expenditures amounted to 596.4 bln dinars.
A 5.4 bln dinar deficit was registered in April, it said in a statement.
Brnabic meets with members of Bundestag committee
BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with members of the German Bundestag's Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations, reform processes in Serbia and the situation in Kosovo-Metohija.
Vucic: Serbia to demand urgent measures that would guarantee safety to Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija
BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said at a meeting with Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko on Tuesday that, despite a most brutal violation of all international agreements, Serbia would work on preserving peace and stability while demanding urgent adoption and implementation of measures that would guarantee safety to Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija, which he said w