News archive of September 2024

BELGRADE - On Saturday, August 31, Air Serbia reached the three million passenger milestone in 2024, two weeks earlier than in the previous, record-breaking year, the flagship carrier has announced.

"During the first eight months of 2024, the Serbian national airline has operated more than 31 thousand scheduled and charter flights," it said in a statement.

DOBOJ - Serbia will continue to support Republika Srpska as much as it can, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said at the ceremonial opening of a health centre in Stanari, near Doboj, Republika Srpska, on Monday.

The investor promoting the controversial construction of a large tourist accommodation "village" on the Aegean island of Astypalaia says that it will not go ahead if it is not embraced by the local community.

The European Union has issued a stern warning to the Macedonian government regarding the allocation of funds for Corridor 8, stressing that these funds must not be redirected to other projects or transport corridors.

The number of foreign tourists visiting Istanbul reached almost 10.5 million in the first seven months this year, marking a 7 percent increase from the same period last year.

The figure stood at 9.7 million in the first seven months of last year, while this year it increased by 690,678 million and reached 10.4, data from the provincial directorate of culture and tourism said.

President Vladimir Putin said Monday Kiev's incursion into Russia's Kursk region will not stop Moscow's advance in east Ukraine and vowed to deal with Ukrainian "bandits" there.

Ukraine's surprise August 6 incursion into Russia has displaced around 130,000 people and seen Kiev hold on to parts of the border Kursk region.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The so-called Kosovo Police, which raided and illegally closed the building of the Kosovska Mitrovica provisional municipal authority on Friday, denied entry to the building on Monday to Serb employees who attempted to go to their workplaces.

The employees gathered outside the building and police SUVs are deployed in the area, a Tanjug correspondent reports.

Thousands of animal rights activists gathered in Istanbul's Fatih district to protest the newly enacted legislation on stray dogs following the call to action disseminated via social media by various associations.

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev's party has won snap parliamentary elections, the poll commission announced Monday.

Aliyev had called Sunday's snap legislative election ahead of schedule to avoid the poll coinciding with the COP29 climate conference that Baku is to host on November 11-22.

After 16 months in an Albanian prison, Fredi Beleri has been granted early release. His request, which had been postponed three times, was approved on Monday.