Youth Day

People gathered in the Serbian capital Belgrade and the Croatian village of Kumrovec to mark the Socialist-era 'Youth Day', when showpiece events used to be held all across the former Yugoslavia and its leader Josip Broz Tito's birthday was also celebrated.

Today is the International Youth Day. It has been marked in Bulgaria since 2007. Its idea is to draw public attention to various youth issues.

The city hosting this year's events in Bulgaria is Varna, 2017 European Youth Capital.

Online campaigns and events have been the go-to tools for raising the profile of International Youth Day, celebrated on Aug. 12, and spreading the discussion on youth civic engagement The engagement of youth in civil society will soon be a major discussion topic across the world, as Aug. 12 is International Youth Day, a day designated by the United Nations and celebrated since 2010.

Former Minister of Youth and Sport Monica Iacob Ridzi was handed down a final five-year prison sentence by the High Court of Cassation and Justice on Monday, in a case in which she was charged with abuse of position in relation to the organisation of the Youth Day in 2009.

Photo credit: (c) Mihai POZIUMSCHI / AGERPRES FLOW

NIS - Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic said Tuesday in Nis that the state is committed to reducing youth unemployment, pointing out that the issue requires action from a number of sectors.

BELGRADE - Hundreads of people from all over the former Yugoslavia marked the 35th anniversary of the death of former president of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito by visiting the House of Flowers in Belgrade on Sunday, where Tito and his wife Jovanka Broz are buried.