Zoran Milanovic

Croatian FM to attend SE Europe-China summit in Belgrade

ZAGREB -- Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Vesna Pusic will next week take part in the summit of China and 16 countries of central and eastern Europe.

The summit will be held in Belgrade.

Pusic's ministry confirmed this on Wednesday with a message posted on its Twitter account.

BELGRADE - Head of the Coalition of Refugee Associations Miodrag Linta wants the Croatian authorities to publicly condemn the Ustasha graffiti painted of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) parish centre in Vinkovci and do everything in their power to arrest and punish the culprits of that and a number of other ani-Serb incidents.

BELGRADE - High-ranking officials of Serbia, China and 15 more countries will be brought together in Belgrade on December 16-17 for the third summit of leaders of Central and Eastern European countries and China.

An economic forum of the participating countries will be held on the sidelines of the summit, reads a statement on the Serbian government's website.

DUBROVNIK - Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said that he will not attend the summit of the prime ministers of and Central and Eastern European countries and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, adding that a visit to Belgrade would be ridiculous given the recent temporary release of indictee Vojislav Seselj from the detention unit of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslav

Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic canceled a visit to Serbia, following the release of former leader of the Serbian Radical Party Vojislav Seselj from the ICTY.

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VIENNA - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic said in Vienna on Monday that Serbia is a stable partner and wishes to have an even more active role in the future, especially in energy, infrastructure and transport interconnections.

Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Monday said the two countries needed finally to resolve a long-standing border dispute in the Adriatic Sea, as continued arguments could deter potential investors in oil and gas fields.

Croatia unveiled new tax policies on Thursday, which include a tax on bank savings, lower rates of income tax and new procedures for VAT collection.

The announced tax on bank savings of 12 per cent will affect about 400,000 citizens with money in savings accounts, about 50,000 of whom have 10 billion euro in savings, earning them 300 million euro from interest annually.

Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said he would not submit to ‘ultimatums’ from the former soldiers who have been protesting for 10 days, demanding the war veterans minister’s dismissal.

BELGRADE - Head of the Coalition of Refugee Associations Miodrag Linta sent an open letter to Croatia's Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic on friday asking that the government ban the clearance of the ruins of Serb-owned buildings without consent from their owners.