Politics

BELGRADE - President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman has opened an exhibition titled "The History of Czech-Serbian military cooperation" at the Gallery of the Military Museum in Belgrade.

Leader of radical right-wing party to run in elections

KIEV -- Ukraine’s Central Election Commission has officially registered leader of the radical right-wing group Right Sector Dmitry Yarosh as a presidential candidate.

Ukraine will hold presidential elections on May 25.

Bulgarian doctors will stage a protest on May 15 against financial problems in the system, as part of the Action Day of European Doctors initiative.

The decision to go out on protest was made at the National Council of the Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA) Tuesday, Trud Daily announced.

Government to hold EU integration-themed sessions

BELGRADE -- The next government of Serbia will every two weeks hold sessions on the country's path towards the EU, chief negotiator Tanja Miščević has announced.

The goal of this is "to speed up the integration process and achieve the objective of opening the first negotiation chapters by the end of June."

European Parliament President Martin Schulz and Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev discussed the upcoming EP elections at a meeting in Brussels.

As election races hot up in Macedonia, the ruling VMRO DPMNE party has accused the opposition of holding standpoints on the sensitive issue of the country's name issue that betray national interests.

The opposition has meanwhile accused the ruling parties of taking too hard a line on the name issue, and of excluding them from any discussion about it.

"New resolution reasonable proposal"

BELGRADE -- Parliament should approve the actions of its government, says Tomislav Nikolić, suggesting that MPs should declare themselves also on continued Kosovo dialogue.

EU calls for Serbian media sector to be better regulated

BRUSSELS -- Poor condition of the media sector in Serbia is caused by a lack of regulation and clear market rules, said participants of a panel on freedom of the media.

“Speak Up, Serbia” was held on Tuesday at the European Parliament (EP).

Balkan countries train together for ISAF

Joint preparation contributes to regional co-operation and Euro-Atlantic integration.

Croatia and Montenegro troops work together in a training exercise. [NATO]

Soldiers from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Croatia and Montenegro are working together to join the NATO mission in Afghanistan (ISAF).

BRUSSELS- Poor condition of the media sector in Serbia is caused by the lack of regulation and clear market rules, participants of the panel discussion on freedom of the media “Speak Up, Serbia” agreed on Tuesday at the European Parliament (EP).