Yugoslavia in World War II

TV host Marko Juric is in hot water for telling people in Zagreb they should beware of the 'Chetniks' lurking in the city-centre Serbian Orthodox church.

Former commander of the Serbian Interior Ministry's Gendarmerie unit Gen. Bratislav Dikic has asked to retire due to illness, Vecernje Novosti daily writes.

The Italian government will donate EUR 800,000 for works on flood defense systems in Loznica, Krupanj, Osecina and Kladovo.

The agreements on the donation were signed by Italian Ambassador to Serbia Giuseppe Manco and representatives of the companies that won the tender Jugokop Podrinje, Vodoprivreda Pozarevac and Erozija Valjevo

Only a minority of high school seniors in Croatia consider the Croatian fascist puppet state in WW2, known as the Independent State of Croatia, or NDH, as truly fascist.

The findings come from the Zagreb Institute for Social Research, the NGO GONG and the civic GOOD Initiative.

An agreement was signed on Tuesday to build the Ljubovija-Bratunac bridge across the Drina River.

The document was signed by Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic and the representative of a consortium of local companies which will be engaged in the construction.

The Croatian ambassador to Serbia has declined to receive a protest note sent by the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it has been announced in Zagreb.

Serbia's protest note references fascist Croat WW2 entity

The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday sent a note to the Croatian embassy in Belgrade.

The note expresses "protest in the strongest terms" over "the measure of prohibition of entry to Croatia via border crossings for the holders of Serbian travel documents and vehicles with Serbian markings."

U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby says it should be determined who is responsible for withdrawal the police from the U.S., German and Croatian embassies.

He was referring to the incidents in 2008, when the U.S. embassy was set on fire, and said this should be determined in order for the cases to be finally closed.

Hungary's announcements it would start sending migrants back to Serbia and deploy soldiers on its southern border are "worrying," says Aleksandar Vulin.

High-ranked dignitaries of the Catholic Church in Croatia are among the signatories of a petition for the Croatian army to start using a fascist salute.

This has been reported by the Croatian website index.hr, which added that "persons of various profiles said it was an old Croatia salute, and don't mind at all that it was also the official salute used during the NDH."