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Tourist visits in Serbia up by 22.2 pct y-o-y in April
BELGRADE - Serbia registered 22.2 pct more tourist visits in April 2023 relative to the same month of last year and the number of overnight stays was up by 17.7 pct, according to figures released by the national statistical office.
Overnight stays generated by Serbian tourists were up by 9.5 pct y-o-y, while those generated by foreign tourists were up by 28.6 pct y-o-y.
A respected steady hand at the top of Greece’s diplomacy
The caretaker government is faced with and will have to manage a sensitive regional and international environment which includes, among others, the permanently difficult Greek-Turkish puzzle and a critical phase of the war in Ukraine.
Bulgaria’s President: For us both the Russian and the Ukrainian People are Equally Close
"As the president of Croatia also said - each EU member state has its own historical path. And this is the richness of the EU - that we have different historical roots, we have different national ideas, we have a different path until we reach the EU.
Democracy Digest: Slovakia Processes Shock Acquittal Again of Kocner in Kuciak Murder
Meanwhile, two off-duty US soldiers stationed in central Slovakia caused an incident in a grocery store last weekend, which needless to say is being exploited by pro-Russian elements in the country. Though nobody was hurt and the two soldiers did not damage anything, they were loud and under the influence of alcohol.
Brnabic, Osmani note significance of Open Balkan
BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and North Macedonia FM Bujar Osmani on Thursday.
Brnabic noted that the cooperation maintained by her government and all state institutions with the OSCE Mission to Serbia was very good.
The parties also noted the significance of the Open Balkan initiative and its benefits for all citizens.
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"We have one message for Putin... Sign the capitulation"
We are talking about the "partisans" who also published videos of their fighters in armored vehicles at the border crossing of Grayvoron, which separates Ukraine from Russia.
Fighting in Russia as Ukraine 'sabotage' group crosses border
Moscow said Monday that its troops were battling a Ukrainian "sabotage" group that infiltrated the southern Russian region of Belgorod as locals fled the latest bout of fighting in the troubled territory.
In a first since the start of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian authorities introduced an "anti-terror regime" in Belgorod.
Turkish Foreign Ministry: Greek claims about Pontic Genocide ‘provocative’
Turkey's Foreign Ministry has accused "certain politicians in Greece" of "distorting historical data" for making references to the Pontian Genocide.
In a statement, it said the claims of a genocide are based on "baseless claims … from some radical groups against Turkish history [that] fuel hostility towards Turkey."
The 30-year genocide: When Turkey destroyed its Christians
On May 19 we commemorate the genocide of the Greeks of Pontus, a chapter of a broader genocide perpetrated by the Turkish state in the early 20th century against its Christian inhabitants that resulted in the deaths of more than 2.5 million Armenians, Greeks, and Assyrians.
Dendias supports efforts to hold Russia accountable for Ukraine atrocities
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is "a fundamental challenge" for European security and a system based on international law and territorial sovereignty, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has said.