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Croatian officials celebrated the 23rd anniversary of 1995’s victorious military operation ‘Storm’ that defeated rebel Serbs, with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic saying that it brought long-lasting peace.

The operation resulted in more than 200,000 Krajina (ethnic) Serbs expelled from their homes in Croatia.

More than 2,000 people were killed or went missing, and the memory of a dozen kilometers long column of refugees who arrived in Serbia through Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) testifies to one of the most massive exoduses ever in this region.

They burst into the gas station at around 03:00 hours CET, robbed it, and demolished the shelves.

The Interior Ministry (MUP) said that the thieves took "a large quantity of beverages" from the gas station's store, "and left without paying."

The number of overnight stays was 5.3 per cent higher than in June 2017.

More than 91.3 per cent of these tourists were from the region, Western Europe and Scandinavia.

Visitors from Russia and Serbia still top the list, however, responsible for 17.7 and 13 per cent of the total number of foreign tourists.

A Ukrainian court on Tuesday sentenced an 84-year-old scientist to 12 years in prison for passing on military information to Russia, his lawyer and the prosecutor said.

It enables the connection and interaction of a large number of different devices and sensors.

Brnabic said that this was a big step forward in digitizing the country, adding that the system that was designed would enable the domestic company to sell its solutions worldwide, which would facilitate its breakthrough to foreign markets.

According to media reports, Milic will now receive "a new high-ranking position with the state organs."

The reasons for his dismissal are currently unknown, and this comes on the heels of previous media reports that said such moves were to be expected in the Interior Ministry (MUP).

Serbian police arrested Husein Mujanovic, a former soldier in the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for alleged war crimes against Serbs during the 1990s conflict.

Dragoslav Ognjanovic, a well-known Serbian lawyer, was killed on Saturday evening in front of his apartment building in the Novi Beograd neighbourhood. Police are still at the scene, while surrounding streets are blocked.

Salaries are rising in the Balkan tech hub and more developers seek opportunities near home

Kalin Radev was always clear that he wanted Software Group to be a global business, working with banking customers around the world. It was equally clear that he would keep the banking technology company's research and development centre in Bulgaria.