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A total of 236 Turkish citizens have sought asylum in Greece since the July 2016 failed coup attempt, marking a rising trend in the number of requests compared to previous years.

As usual, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was as blunt as possible in his statements on the prospect of Turkey's relationship with the European Union, vowing some "surprises" after the April 16 referendum.

Most Serbians would not accept a NATO apology for the 1999 bombing campaign and are against the country's membership in the alliance.

This is the case even though they chiefly blame the intervention on Slobodan Milosevic's policy, Tanjug is reporting, citing a survey conducted by the Institute for European Affairs NGO on Friday.

As part of the activities marking Remembrance Day for the victims of NATO's 1999 aggression, an S-125 Neva missile system was installed in Belgrade.

This surface-to-air system was used to shoot down a US "stealth" bomber F-117 over Serbia 18 years ago.

Today marks 18 years since the start of NATO's aerial attacks on the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ), consisting of Serbia and Montenegro.

The attacks started on March 24, 1999, lasted 11 weeks, and according to various sources, resulted in the deaths of between 1,200 and 2,500 people.

It is unacceptable that Germany, an ally of Turkey, has passed a veto on arms exports to Turkey, the defense minister said March 23. 

Most Serbians would not accept a NATO apology for the 1999 bombing campaign and are against the country's membership in the alliance.

Russia on March 24 denied allegations by the commander of NATO that Moscow may be assisting the Taliban as the insurgents fight U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

A state ceremony to mark the 18th anniversary of the start of NATO's bombing campaign against Serbia was held on Friday at a memorial in the Grdelica Gorge.

Serbia marked the 18th anniversary of NATO bombing of Yugoslavia with a ceremony in Grdelica, where a passenger train was hit - but Kosovo officials gave thanks for the Western military intervention.