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Croatia and Serbia will look to the future, officials say

BELGRADE – Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that Serbia has more serious and stronger legal arguments than Croatia in the current genocide case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), but pointed out that Serbia does not want to damage relations with anybody.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic said on Friday he hoped the coming snap parliamentary poll would be conducted better than the last one, because irregularities with the electoral roll had been cleared.

RUSE - Mutual understanding and joint action by Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria towards European decision-makers are important for all citizens of these countries, Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said on Friday at the three nations' trilateral meeting in Ruse, Bulgaria.

The Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Romania, Plamen Oresharski and Victor Ponta, have agreed to back Serbia's EU bid at a meeting in the Danube city of Ruse.

Bulgaria launches in Germany a new advertising campaign under the slogan “Bulgaria – discover and share”.

BELGRADE - National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic said Friday that it is vital for the one-billion-dollar loan from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to be channeled into areas where it can be controlled and used most effectively.

Ukraine's wheat production, which is the 11th largest in the world, may suffer due to the EUR 11 B aid from the EU.

The reason is that the money will come with strings attached, such as drastically raising electricity and fuel prices in the country, as Bulgarian website Expert.bg has warned.

Romania has become Bulgaria's third largest trading partner after Germany and Italy, partly as a result of the New Europe Bridge, which opened last year, officials say.

Bulgaria, Serbia improving military co-operation

Joint training operations and preparation for multi-national exercises are the focal points of military co-operation between Bulgaria and Serbia.

Bulgaria soldiers are working with troops from Serbia on joint exercises and co-operation. [AFP]