Liberal democracies

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic told Slovenian PM Miro Cerar that his visit to Serbia had given a new dimension to the relations between their countries.

This concerns in particular in the economy, Tanjug reported him as saying late on Monday.

Slovenia's decision to erect metal panels and other barriers on its border with Croatia, to tackle a potential surge in refugees, will increase people-smuggling and could lead to violence, Croatian experts have said.

The prime ministers of Serbia and Slovenia, Aleksandar Vucic and Miro Cerar, have agreed on the next steps regarding the assets of the former Yugoslavia.

LJUBLJANA - Slovenian PM Miro Cerar will make an official visit to Serbia on Sunday and Monday for a third joint session of the two countries' governments, the STA agency reported Friday, quoting a press release from the Slovenian government press office.

The Serbian and Slovenian governments will hold a joint session on Monday in Belgrade and sign several agreements.

A formal reception for the Slovenian delegation will be held outside the Palace, after which the two prime ministers, Aleksandar Vucic and Miro Cerar, are scheduled to meet, Beta has reported.

Three out of four Greeks aged between 15 and 24 were still living at home in 2014, according to a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) made public this month.

The annual report, called "Society at a Glance," found that southern European countries hardest hit by the debt crisis had the highest rates of young people remaining with their parents.

LJUBLJANA - Slovenian PM Miro Cerar will make an official visit to Serbia on Sunday and Monday for a third joint session of the two countries' governments, the STA agency reported Friday, quoting a press release from the Slovenian government press office.

According to a report published in Deursch Welle, German holidaymakers stayed away from their traditional designations of Turkey, Egypt and north Africa due to terrorist attacks and political instability in the regions, opting for the safer countries of Greece and Spain, as well as Germany.

Tensions went up by a notch during elections in Montenegro Sunday when police said they had arrested 20 Serbian nationals, accusing them of intent to destabilize the country by terrorism.

"These persons are suspected... of acts to create a criminal enterprise and terrorism," DPA quotes national police director Slavko Stojanović says in a statement.

Austria will not send military personnel to Bulgaria and Serbia for the defence of their borders from migrants, stated Austrian Federal Minister of Defence Hans Peter Doskozil, cited by Die Presse.

According to him, assistance will not be provided because this is impossible at the moment due to the existing legal situation.