State media

The Ukrainian security service SBU has decided to impose sanctions on Serbian politicians who have paid a three-day visit to Crimea.

SBU spokesperson Elena Gitlyanska announced this on Facebook, Tanjug reported late on Monday, quoting Sputnik.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says he will speak about the undesirability of a new cold war when he visits Russia at the end of this month.

He also told reporters in Brussels on Monday he would "call on Russian authorities to stop destabilizing the Balkans."

Boyko Borisov and Korneliya Ninova, who head the two biggest parties in the previous Parliament, have agreed to hold their first debate on Wednesday.

The clash will be aired live by the three biggest broadcasters - the BNT, bTV and NOVA - with each of the stations represented by one journalist who will ask questions. 

Accusations pointing to Russia's alleged involvement in a 2016 Montenegro coup attempt are "baseless."

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said this on Wednesday, Sputnik reported.

President Nikolic will be a candidate in the presidential elections, broadcasters Sputnik and N1 are reporting on Thursday.

B92 has also unofficially received confirmation of this news from Nikolic's cabinet.

RATEM, a civil sector organization bringing together Turkish media outlets, has praised the role of the media in defeating the July 15, 2016, coup attempt at a Media and Democracy Awards ceremony in parliament on Feb. 14. 

Milos Marovic, the son of former high-ranking official Svetozar Marovic, became a Serbian citizen in January.

Montenegro state broadcaster RTCG reported this, and added that Milos Marovic is asking to serve his one-year prison sentence in Serbia.

State-run TRT has demanded royalties from a main opposition lawmaker for footage of a speech that was purchased by the MP from TRT and then broadcast on his own private YouTube channel. 

As Turkey inches its way toward a constitutional referendum, my İzmir circle of high school friends, university-educated, middle-class and mostly professional women in their 40s, have slowly but surely built themselves into a task force for the "no" campaign. The Whatsapp group of high school chums, always a hectic platform particularly around midnight, became busier.

BELGRADE - The outgoing U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has accused Russia of engaging in aggressive and destabilizing actions that she says are threatening the rules-based international order.

Samantha Power made the remarks on January 17 at the Washington-based Atlantic Council in her last major speech as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.