Geography of Europe

Albania's Foreign Ministry on Monday said it had summoned the Russian ambassador, Alexander Karpushin, demanding clarification about a Russian statement on the recently reported armed incident in Macedonia.

Macedonian police on 21 April said that gunmen speaking Albanian had stormed a remote border police post near Kosovo and taken four police officers hostage before releasing them.

Police and security agencies increased security levels after the attack on a police station in the eastern Bosnian town of Zvornik on Monday evening which left one policeman dead and two injured.

The attacker, who was identified as Nerdin Ibric, a Bosniak born in 1991, was also killed in the shootout with police officers.

PM: Serbia to help RS in wake of Zvornik attack

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic condemned the attack on a police station in Zvornik in which one officer was shot dead and two others were wounded,

He also announced that Serbia will help the Serb Republic (RS) based on the Dayton Agreement and not compromising anyone's integrity.

The feature film "Autoportretul unei fete cuminti" (Self-Portrait of Dutiful Daughter), directed by Ana Lungu, won the Best Fiction Film Award in the Crossing Europe Film Festival of Linz, Austria, informs a release of the producer remitted to AGERPRES on Tuesday.

Photo credit: (c) Vlad STAVRICA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

25 members of the staff of the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing point have been dismissed.

Six customs officers, who were at work on Monday, received letters of dismissal in person, while the others are to be given their letters on Tuesday, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio.

Everyone, from Greek Cypriot counterpart Nikos Anastasiades and party leaders to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu, and the diplomatic community stationed in Cyprus, including British and American ambassadors as well as executives of the United Nations Cyprus team, celebrated president-elect Mustafa Ak?nc?

By Stathis Kousounis

The number of international tourists visiting Athens will continue to grow in 2015 provided that stability and a sense of security in Greece can be maintained, Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis told a press conference marking the opening of the third annual Travel Trade Athens on Monday.

BELGRADE- Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met with Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) Vice-Governor Mikolaj Dowgielewicz in Belgrade Monday to discuss cooperation, focusing in particular on the implementation of a program for housing of refugees in a region funded by the bank.

BELGRADE- The Forum Creative Europe 2015, which was opened by Serbian Minister of Culture Ivan Tasovac at the Kolarac Endowment on Monday, is aimed at informing cultural workers about the possibilities and procedures of applying for the funds allocated from the EU chief cultural program -Creative Europe.

BELGRADE- Around 10,000 people from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries entered Serbia over the first four months of 2015, and the number is expected to exceed 30,000 by year-end, officials of the Belgrade Center for Human Rights told a press conference on Monday.