Croats of Serbia

ZAGREB - The president of Croatia's Serb National Council, Milorad Pupovac, who is also the leader of the Independent Democratic Serb Party, signed with Serbian Human Rights Minister Tomislav Zigmanov, who is also the leader of the Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina, a declaration on cooperation between Serbs in Croatia and Croats in Serbia.

The act, that was issued in the form of an order, states that all members of the Bunjevci ethnic minority in Serbia - regardless of how they declare themselves - are to be considered Croats.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Tuesday with a delegation of the National Council of the Croat national minority in Serbia, headed by Council President Tomislav Zigmanov, to discuss concrete measures to improve the ethnic Croats' life in Serbia and establish more intensive cooperation.

Grabar-Kitarovic addressed the media and the public in Croatia over the increasingly tense relations between Serbia and Croatia, created by mutual accusations over an exhibition about Jasenovac at the UN headquarters, opened by Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.

BELGRADE - President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta most fiercely condemned on Friday the pro-ustasha statement of Croatian MP in the European Parliament Ruza Tomasic who said that the status of national minorities in Croatia should be called off and that all members of national minorities are 'political Croats.'

BELGRADE - President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations Miodrag Linta condemned on Friday in the strongest terms the "provocative and chauvinistic" statement by the newly-elected President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic that she considers all citizens of Croatia to be Croats.

SUBOTICA - The list of the Alliance of Backi Bunjevci (SBB), headed by Mirko Bajic, is the first electoral list to be announced for the upcoming republic level elections for national minority councils taking place in Serbia on October 26, the SBB has said in a release.

NOVI SAD - The deputy group of the New Democratic Party (NDS), founded by the former honorary president of the Democratic Party (DS) Boris Tadic ahead of the snap elections on March 16, was formed today in the Vojvodina parliament.