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Volleyball-Serbia in same pool as Russia,Finland,Slovakia

SOFIA - Serbia will be in the same pool of the 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship preliminary round with Russia, Slovakia and Finland, a draw in Sofia has decided.

Gasic, Jolevski: Defense cooperation should be stepped up

BELGRADE - The defense ministers of Serbia and Macedonia, Bratislav Gasic and Zoran Jolevski, respectively, have observed that defense cooperation between the two countries is well-developed and that, given the potentials and interests, efforts should be made to improve it even more.

"Ustasha snake doesn't sleep" - Croatia's ex-president

ZAGREB -- Croatia's now former president has spoken about the results of his term in office and the situation in Croatia, saying that "the Ustasha snake does not sleep."

The Ustashas were in power in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) - a WW2-era Nazi-allied entity responsible for running death camps.

Dacic calls for restraint on all sides

BELGRADE - The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Serbia's foreign minister Ivica Dacic, has strongly urged all sides to refrain from any action that might endanger the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine that came into effect on February 15, 2015.

Mother and her 2-year-old die in car crash

BELGRADE -- A woman and her 2-year-old child lost their lives in the early hours of Tuesday in a traffic accident on the Sabac-Loznica road, in western Serbia.

The accident happened at around 02:00 CET, leaving the woman instantly dead, while the child succumbed to injuries later in a Belgrade hospital, RTS is reporting.

Russia "doing everything to prevent European war"

BELGRADE -- Russia is "doing everything to prevent a European war," Russian Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Konstantin Kosachev has said.

Seven years since Kosovo's unilateral declaration

PRISTINA -- The central celebration will be held in the assembly in Pristina on Tuesday to mark seven years since the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo.

Montenegro, Serbia strengthen military ties

Serbia, Macedonia sign seven cooperation agreements

SKOPJE - The governments of Macedonia and Serbia held a joint meeting in Skopje on Monday, discussing ways to improve cooperation between the two countries, focusing primarily on the economy, after which they signed seven bilateral agreements on cooperation.