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Meron: Too much unnecessary attention is paid to Seselj
SARAJEVO - President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Theodor Meron said that too much unnecessary attention is being paid to the public outbursts of ICTY indictee Vojislav Seselj.
I think that the media focus on Seselj too much, giving him the publicity he does not deserve, Meron told the reporters during his visit to Sarajevo.
Ipsos: SNS would win over 50 percent of votes
BELGRADE - The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) would win slightly over 50 percent of votes of the citizens who would go to polls (around 66 percent of the population) if the elections were to be held now, the November survey conducted by Ipsos agency show, as quoted by the Belgrade-based daily Blic.
Analyst: Region is overreacting to Šešelj
Analyst: Region is overreacting to Šešelj
BELGRADE -- Foreign policy analyst Boško Jakšić says Vojislav Šešelj "does not deserve a European parliament resolution, nor a declaration of the Croatian parliament."
He told B92 on Thursday that "the Šešelj effect" was "almost ephemeral" on Serbia's political scene - but that he "gained in strength in the region."
Draft budget to be in parliament by December 10
Draft budget to be in parliament by December 10
BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić has stated that the 2015 draft budget will be presented to parliament by December 10 and that it will be of crucial importance for the reforms.
The budget will make room for considerable savings, but it will not include a reduction in social benefits, the prime minister stated.
Trips by Bulgarians Abroad Dip in October, Foreigners’ Visits Rise
The number of Bulgarians travelling abroad fell by 1.8% year-on-year in October, reaching 300,900, the statistics office said on Thursday.
While trips by Bulgarians to Serbia, Romania, Italy and Austria decreased last month compared to October 2013, trips to France, Germany, the UK, Greece and Turkey picked up, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a statement.
Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Invites Deputy to Resign
Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova has expressed hopes that her deputy, Branimir Botev, will step down.
Speaking Thursday in Plovdiv at the opening of the annual international meeting of tour operators, she suggested that Botev had been appointed Deputy Tourism Minister at the insistence of Valeri Simeonov from nationalist formation the Patriotic Front.
Joksimovic to conclude visit to Paris on Thursday
PARIS - Serbian Minister in charge of European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic will on Thursday conclude a three-day visit to Paris with a meeting with French President Francois Hollande's advisor for European Affairs and Secretary General of the government for European Affairs Philippe Leglise-Costa.