Serbs of Croatia

VUKOVAR - Stickers with the image of people hanging from a tree and inscription in English "Serbian family tree" have appeared on Trpinja road and bus stops. Later they appeared on several other locations in Vukovar, reported Serbian daily "Vecernje Novosti".

The police immediately gave the order to remove the stickers and began an investigation.

Some far-right media outlets in Croatia have been condemned for publishing a press release from an alleged initiative of academics called "Let's Save Rijeka" claiming that Serbian groups with the help of some political parties are trying to take control of the university in the Croatian city of Rijeka.

Milorad Pupovac rejected allegations made by a conservative Christian campaign group that his roles as a member of Croatian state Council for National Minorities and the leader of the Serbian National Council, which was funded by the Council for National Minorities, represented a conflict of interest.

The ruling Serbian Progressive Party has been hosting Veselin Sljivancanin, who was convicted by the Hague Tribunal of responsibility for the 1991 Vukovar massacre, as a speaker at party events.

Miladin Suvajdzic, a former member of the so-called Zemun Clan, testified in court that that one of the crime gang’s leaders “confessed” to killing Serbian opposition journalist Slavko Curuvija in 1999.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic met in Belgrade on Friday with Milorad Pupovac, president of Croatia's Serb National Council, reiterating Serbia's commitment to good-neighbourly relations with Croatia.

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BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic met in Belgrade on Friday with Milorad Pupovac, president of Croatia's Serb National Council, reiterating Serbia's commitment to good-neighbourly relations with Croatia.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Friday with President of the Serb National Council in Croatia Milorad Pupovac.

According to the Serbian government, they discussed "the current situation of Serbs in Croatia."

Croatian investigative journalist Domagoj Margetic said the "atmosphere of hate" in society was one possible reason for the assault on him on Tuesday in a square in Zagreb.

An unidentified man holding a bottle first insulted Margetic and then started to hit him on the head and body. Margetic later received medical treatment.

BELGRADE - Russian FM Sergey Lavrov arrived in Belgrade Monday to meet with Serbian top officials and attend a meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) on Tuesday.