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Western Balkans continue co-operation against terrorism, extremism

Experts point to the importance of regional and international co-operation among prosecutors in the fight against terrorism and extremism.

Co-operation between law enforcement officials in the region is a necessary part of fighting organised crime and terrorism, experts said. [AFP]

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is in a hurry and wants it passed and implemented as soon as possible. Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu insists everything is in order and according to EU criteria. But it looks like the angry debate on the new Internal Security Law the government has drafted and submitted to parliament will not subside any time soon.

BELGRADE - Japan will provide a USD 3.64 million grant this year to step up disaster prevention in municipalities across Serbia.

Various activities within the project are aimed at improving safety at a local level, the Embassy of Japan said in a release on Wednesday.

SVILAJNAC - European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur on Serbia David McAllister said on Wednesday that the EU is ready for new members, but it will take time for Serbia to be ready for EU entry.

The European Commission on Wednesday said it held a first orientation debate on possible key actions to ensure a fairer and more transparent approach to taxation in the EU.

The President of the European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, has made the fight against tax evasion and avoidance a top political priority of his Commission.

Alternate Citizens Protection Minister Yiannis Panousis complained on Wednesday that the European Union?s immigration policy has imposed a disproportionately heavy burden on Greece, indicating that Greece?s European peers might feel differently if the country opened its borders and allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants to continue their journeys to other EU member states.

Brinkmanship is apparently giving way to semantics on Wednesday as Athens and its eurozone creditors scramble to find the right language to seal a crucial deal between the two sides.

On his first visit to Macedonia, the EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood policy and Enlargement negotiations, Johannes Hahn said opposition claims about government surveillance of thousands of citizens need investigating.  

The European Commission has launched a project to unlock funding for Europe's businesses and to boost growth in the EU with the creation of a true single market for capital.

BELGRADE - The agreements between Belgrade and Pristina are aimed at ensuring better everyday living conditions for people in Kosovo-Metohija and normalisation of relations between republic and provincial institutions and they will not lead to independence of Kosovo, the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija released on Wednesday.