Slavic countries

BELGRADE - The production company behind See You in Montevideo, Serbia's nominee for the 2014 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, has started shooting another sports film based on a true story - this time about basketball.

Bulgaria is still at the forefront of preferred destinations for Russian-speaking real estate buyers, an investment company says.

Data from Green Life, an entity building and selling holiday properties in the country, shows the market has not yet been affected by the turmoil in Ukraine's east or by the tensions over the breakaway of Crimea.

Zagreb said it could obstruct Serbia and other Balkan countries’ paths to EU membership if they do not provide more information about Croats who went missing during the 1991-95 war.

The presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia signed a landmark declaration aimed at speeding up the search for people still missing from the 1990s conflicts.

President Vladimir Putin insisted Aug. 29 that Kiev must enter substantial talks with pro-Russian rebels amid a dramatic escalation of the fighting in Ukraine.

"It is necessary to make the Ukrainian authorities start substantial talks," he told youths at a pro-Kremlin summer camp in central Russia.

Following the summit of Western Balkan leaders in Berlin, Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, said that all the countries of the region have a future in the EU and are striving towards EU membership.

BERLIN - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met in Berlin Thursday with Chairman of the Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Council of Ministers Vjekoslav Bevanda to discuss further cooperation between the two countries in all fields and their European perspective.

EU's Creative Europe programme promotes Balkan culture

The Union allocated 1.5 billion euros for cultural and media projects.

The European Union’s Creative Europe programme is making 1.5 billion euros available to support regional cultural organisations, including cinema, and for translating books into regional languages.

Serbia "committed to missing persons' issue"

BELGRADE -- Serbia is absolutely committed to finding a solution to the missing persons' issue and not a single body or individual has ever done anything to prevent it.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Labour Minister Aleksandar Vulin met with Macedonian Ambassador Vera Jovenska Tipko on Omnday to discuss improvements to the cooperation between the two countries, especially in social security and employment.

The two also discussed Serbia's activities regarding the anniversary of the start of World War One, the Labour Ministy stated.