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Macedonia, Serbia governments to hold joint meeting
SKOPJE - The governments of Macedonia and Serbia will hold a joint meeting in Skopje on Monday.
Before the meeting kicks off, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will have a tete-a-tete with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski, which will be followed by separate meetings between ministers of the two governments.
Balkans, US launch emergency prep drill
Balkans, US launch emergency prep drill
A military exercise led by the US aims to help Balkan states respond to natural and man-made disasters.
An Albanian Air Force helicopter rescues a man who was trapped on the roof of a building by floodwaters on February 1st. [Albanian Air Force]
European integration important for region
SKOPJE - Macedonian President Djordje Ivanov and Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic agreed on Friday that the two countries' relations are good and that there is substantial potential for development of cooperation, especially in economy, and they underscored the importance of European integration.
Gojkovic to confer with Macedonian president
SKOPJE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic will wrap up her two-day visit to Skopje by meeting with Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov on Friday.
On Thursday, Gojkovic talked with Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski, and met with members of the parliamentary group of friendship between Serbia and Macedonia.
Some Croats Fighting in Ukraine Army, Pusic says
Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic on Wednesday said a number of Croatian citizens had joined the conflict in eastern Ukraine on the side of the government and against pro-Russian rebels.
"They are not joining paramilitary units; they strictly fight for the Ukrainian side, in the regular Ukrainian army," Pusic noted.
Macedonia's Press Freedom Ranked Worst in Balkans
The new World Press Freedom Index, surveying the state of media freedom in 2014, has ranked Macedonia at the bottom of the Balkan pile in 117th position out of 180 listed countries.
This is a slight improvement from the previous year when Macedonia was ranked in 123rd place.
"Media freedom declines worldwide, including Serbia"
"Media freedom declines worldwide, including Serbia"
Serbia ranks as 67th out of 180 countries ranked according to the Press Freedom Index, according to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) annual report.
The organization stressed that media freedom suffered a "drastic decline" worldwide last year.
"Illegal migration to be tackled through joint efforts"
"Illegal migration to be tackled through joint efforts"
KELEBIJA -- The problem of illegal migration facing Serbia and Hungary is also affecting several EU member states, "so they should join forces to solve it."
That is what Serbian Police Director Milorad Veljovic told reporters on Wednesday.
Illegal migration to be tackled through joint efforts
KELEBIJA - The problem of illegal migration facing Serbia and Hungary is also affecting several EU member states, so they should join forces to solve it, Serbian Police Director Milorad Veljovic said on Wednesday.
Romanian Politician Linked to HSBC Scandal
Amid the continuing fall out over the HSBC scandal, a journalistic project in Romania has named a key figure in the ruling party as one of those who held secret accounts in the Swiss branch of the British bank.
Croatia Readies for New President's Inauguration
Croatia's newly elected President, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, is finalising preparations for her inauguration on Sunday.
The candidate of the opposition centre-right Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, she won the second round of the elections in January against the incumbent, Ivo Josipovic, by a smallest margin ever - just 32,509 votes.
Kotzias rebuffed in Berlin over WWII reparations
Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias repeated the new Greek government?s claim for war reparations from Germany Tuesday during a joint news conference with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin.
Macedonia Govt Lashes Out Over Wire-Tapping Claims
Macedonia's main ruling party, VMRO DPMNE, has dismissed opposition allegations of conducting widespread wiretapping as nonsensical and contradictory, calling the Social Democratic Party leader, Zoran Zaev, "a puppet of foreign services".
Greek FM to visit Berlin and Moscow
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will visit Berlin Tuesday and Moscow Wednesday to hold talks with his German and Russian counterparts at a time when European governments are concerned that the debt-wracked nation is cozying up to the Kremlin.
‘Coup-gate’, corruption claims and ‘foreign intel services’ bedevil fYRoM
The increasingly authoritarian government of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in the neighboring former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) fell back on an “antiquated line of defense” last week in a bid to neutralize a political rival, namely, to indirectly involve Greek secret services.