News archive of March 2014

BELGRADE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague met to hear oral arguments in a dispute between Croatia and Serbia on mutual genocide suits at 10 a.m. Monday.

BELGRADE - The official talks between the outgoing Serbian govenrment and the Mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concerning a new three-year arrangement with the IMF and ongoing economic developments in the country will begin in Belgrade on Monday.

Experts urge action to help child beggars

Child beggars on the streets are a global phenomenon, but experts and NGOs in Southeast Europe are urging governments to take action.

Child beggars are a global phenomenon. [AFP]

Balkan countries take measures to help youth find jobs

Regional countries are subsidising temporary employment and paid internships to help young people find jobs.

Enterprising young people, such as this pair in Sarajevo (above), used billboards in the past to attract employers' attention. The sign reads: "I am looking for a job!" [AFP]

Montenegro company is the centre of EU concern

Russian investors and Montenegro officials are heading to arbitration over an aluminium plant.

Kombinat Aluminijuma Podgorica has been bankrupt since 2013. [Kombinat Aluminijuma Podgorica]

DUBAI/BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic attended the promotion of the Master Plan of 'City on Water' which was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

BELGRADE - Leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) Ivica Dacic stated on Sunday that the coalition headed by him will guarantee a safe continuation of the EU path in the early parliamentary elections, as well as reforms in a 'human form' and laws which serve the interests of employees and not tycoons.

BELGRADE - There is no genuine political will in Croatia to find a fair lasting solution to key issues of hundreds of thousands of banished Serbs and Serb returnees, the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia released on Sunday.

PODGORICA - The Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) celebrated in Podgorica nine centuries of the birth of Stefan Nemanja, the founder of the Nemanjic dynasty.

Stefan Nemanja is the founder of the powerful Serbian country in the middle ages and SPC celebrates him as Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming.

FRANKFURT - Kosovo Minister for Communities and Return Dalibor Jevtic stated that the problem of usurped property is one of the biggest obstacles for the return of Serbs, building trust and final reconciliation of Serbs and Albanians.