Ethnic groups in Europe

Natural gas prices in Bulgaria will decrease by 3 to 15%, the country's energy watchod DKEVR announced Friday.

Boyan Boev, head of the State Commisison for Energy and Water Regulation (what DKEVR stands for), said he hoped the move would push more Bulgarians to use gas, the website Expert.bg reports.

The Belgrade appeals court reversed a ruling that the Yugoslav Army was responsible for the violation of the rights of Bosniaks attacked near the Serbian town of Priboj in 1993.

President starts official visit to Austria

VIENNA -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić on Thursday started his two-day official visit to Austria with a meeting with his Austrian counterpart, Heinz Fischer.

BELGRADE - President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations Miodrag Linta has noted that the Serbs in Croatia are in a difficult position, including the expelled ones, as they cannot exercise their basic human rights.

Greek Independence Day celebrated

BELGRADE -- Greek Ambassador Constantine Economides hosted a reception to celebrate Greek Independence Day in Belgrade on Tuesday, drawing a large number of guests.

BELGRADE - Greek Ambassador to Serbia Konstantinos Ikonomidis hosted a reception to celebrate Greek Independence Day in Belgrade late on Tuesday, drawing a large number of guests.

This is an important day for us, our national holiday by which we celebrate the creation of the modern Greek state, Ikonomidis told Tanjug.

Dorin Cioaba, the self-proclaimed King of the Gypsies in Romania, says he is ready to take on the controverial tradition of marriages in the low teens.

The 43-year-old graduate in law has said that Roma should not get married until they are at least 16.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Serbian veterans of the Kosovo war demanding reparations for unpaid allowances should pursue their cases in Belgrade rather than Strasbourg.

Serbs in Crimea send 'false message,' experts and citizens say

A group of extremists who have joined the Russian paramilitary forces in Crimea do not represent the state, experts tell SETimes.

A group of Serbs said they are supporting the Russian forces in Crimea. [AFP]

ZAGREB - The Serbian Democratic Forum (SDF) accused on Friday the Croatian government that its announcement that it would remove the refugee status from the people who fled Croatia during the 1990s war was intended to stop the return of Serb refugees and complete the ethnic cleansing.