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B92 targeted due to advocacy efforts
B92 targeted due to advocacy efforts
BELGRADE -- B92 - its media company has been targeted by pressure and attacks for years due to its advocacy of respect of diversity and human rights.
Serbia Reopens Batajnica Mass Grave Probe
Serbia reopened its investigation into the Batajnica police training centre, where hundreds of bodies of Kosovo Albanians were found buried, searching for another mass grave at the site.
Vucic to meet with Chepurin on Tuesday
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will meet with Russian Ambassador in Belgrade Alexander Chepurin on Tuesday.
After the meeting, Vucic and Chepurin will address the media, the Serbian government Office for cooperation with the media released.
Vucic said on Sunday that Belgrade is preparing for the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Commercial Property Investment in Bulgaria Up 60% Y/Y in Jan-Sept
Investment in commercial property in Bulgaria have increased by 60% on the year to EUR 98.7 M in the first nine months, according to data from real estate advisers Forton.
Investor.bg quoted Michaela Lashova, managing partner at Forton, as saying that capital inflow has been increasing during the period under review, pointing to accelerated market recovery.
Minimum labour cost to total RSD 121 per hour in 2015
BELGRADE - The Serbian government adopted a decision to set the minimum labour cost at RSD 121 per work hour in Serbia in 2015, free of taxes and contributions for mandatory social insurance.
Over CHF 1 million for social sciences
BELGRADE - Switzerland will invest more than CHF 1 million in social science projects in Serbia over the next two years, through the Regional Research Promotion Program (RRPP), which focuses on PhD candidates and recent PhD holders.
Pupovac:Campaign against Serbs, Cyrillic underway in Croatia
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - A campaign against the Cyrillic alphabet is underway in Croatia, and it is also a campaign against the Serbs, the leader of the Serb National Council in Croatia, Milorad Pupovac, said on Monday.
Bozovic expects Ivanovic trial to begin soon
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Ksenija Bozovic, vice-president of the Citizens' Initiative (GI) "Serbia, Democracy, Justice" (SDP), voiced the expectation on Monday that the trial of GI SDP leader Oliver Ivanovic would begin soon, so that he could prove his innocence.
Jankovic defeated in Beijing opener, Ivanovic moves on
BEIJING - Serbia's tennis player Jelena Jankovic did not make it to the second round of the WTA tournament in Beijing as she was bested by Alize Cornet of France 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 on Monday.
This was the first win of the French player in their head-to-heads (1-3).
Earlier on Monday, Serbia's Ana Ivanovic breezed past Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-2, 6-1 in only 72 minutes.
Balkan States to Cut Mobile Roaming Charges
The telecommunications ministers of Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Serbia signed an agreement in the Montenegrin town of Budva on Monday to limit sky-high roaming charges in the region by reducing the fees in phases over the next three years.
Commissioner Sabic presents award to OSCE Mission
BELGRADE - The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, Rodoljub Sabic, presented an award to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Monday on International Right to Know Day for its special contribution to affirming the right of access to information.
Jagland welcomes Belgrade's decision to stage Pride Parade
STRASBOURG - Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Thorbjorn Jagland welcomed the decision of Serbia to meet the conditions for staging the Pride Parade in Belgrade.
B92 says targeted due to advocacy efforts
BELGRADE - In the wake of Sunday's hooligan attack against B92 Television and police officers securing its New Belgrade building, the B92 said that its media company has been targeted by pressure and attacks for years due to its advocacy of respect of diversity and human rights, and that it is an everyday environment that they work and live in.
Foreign Office congratulates Government on successful Parade
Foreign Office congratulates Government on successful Parade
LONDON -- The British Foreign Office congratulated Serbia on hosting a successful Pride Parade in Belgrade....
Foreign Office congratulates gov't on successful Parade
LONDON - The British Foreign Office congratulated Serbia on hosting a successful Pride Parade in Belgrade on Sunday and the Serbian government on creating the right conditions for the first such event since 2010.