An agreement was signed on Friday between Turkey's Yunus Emre Institute (YEE) and Zagreb police academy to provide Turkish language education to police candidates.

The Turkish culture center in the Croatian capital Zagreb will provide professional language training programs to officers in the academy.
Director Fuat Korkmaz told the signing ceremony that the institute aims to strengthen the deep-rooted and historical friendship between Turkey and Croatia.
Police academy President Davorka Martinjak said they have established good relations with Turkey, and cooperation with the cultural center has great importance.
Turkish education will start in the first week of November. Successful candidates in the initial course will proceed to the next level and receive a certificate.
Besides the Turkish language, the police officers will take courses in fields including immigration, counter-terrorism, and communication from experts of the Turkish Interior Ministry in line with a bilateral agreement.
Named after the 13th-century poet Yunus Emre, the YEE's cultural centers, from Asia to Africa, teach Turkish to everyone from young students to adults. Most recently, new centers were opened in Rwanda and Nigeria.

Agreement signed between Turkey's Yunus Emre Institute, Zagreb police academy

The Turkish culture center in the Croatian capital Zagreb will provide professional language training programs to officers in the academy

Croatian police to learn Turkish language

The house of the family of the injured young man Dženan Memić was shot at from a moving car today, Muriz Memić confirmed for the "Avaz" portal.
In the house, he told us, was Arijana all alone, who was not injured but was left in shock by everything that had happened. Meanwhile, a jeep and a man who shot from it were found.
- The police said that someone fired six bullets. They found him, his father called him, they told him to go to the station, as they found him. Arijana was scared. It was around 1:30 and 2 PM. I was at the mosque. I just came out when a neighbor called me and asked, "Are you home?", I answered "No" and then he says to me "someone is shooting there". Then Arijana called me and said "someone shot the house", she was scared. It was a jeep. I don't know who it could be, I'm waiting for them to let me know. Arijana calmed down a bit, she was scared I swear- Memić said for "Avaz".

Police said that someone fired six bullets, says Muriz Memić

Muriz Memić: I was at the mosque when it happened

Muriz Memić about the shooting at his house: Arijana was alone, she was very scared

Muriz Memić's house was shot at.
The family is in shock, and members of the SC Ministry of the Interior are conducting an investigation. As it was reported, someone shot from a moving jeep, and the vehicle drove away in an unknown direction.
As confirmed to us by Ifet Feraget, the lawyer of the Memić family, his vacation home was also shot at a few days ago, but he did not report it.
As we find out, a moving vehicle shot at a house where only Arijana Memić, the sister of the late Dženan Memić, was at the time, while Feraget's vacation home in Dobroševići was shot at on the day the indictment against Alisa Mutap, Dženan's ex-girlfriend, her father Zijad, police officers Hasan Dupovac and Josip Barić and Muamer Ožegović, an employee of the "Crystal" hotel in Ilidža, was confirmed.

The Prosecutor's Office of B&amp;H charges the five with organized crime and preventing the discovery and proving the suffering of Dženan Memić, a young man who died on February 15, 2016, after severe injuries. 
It is suspected that they joined a criminal group organized to conceal evidence of the manner in which Memić received life-threatening injuries in Great Alley in Ilidža on February 8 of the same year. 
The indictment alleges that Ramić, Mutap, Dupovac, Barić and Ožegović concealed and faked evidence, and the accused Mutap allegedly had contacts with several persons, including the accused, and committed illegal acts with them personally and in agreement, ie together they committed illegal acts.

As we find out, a house in which only Arijana Memić was at that time was shot at from a moving vehicle

Police are conducting an investigation at Muriz Memić's house

The house of Muriz Memić and the vacation home of lawyer Ifet Feraget were shot at, the police are on the scene

The new High Representative in B&amp;H, Christian Schmidt, has arrived in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the "Avaz" portal has learned.
Schmidt was taken over by members of the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of B&amp;H (DKPT B&amp;H) a few minutes ago at the Ivanica border crossing between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia.
He is scheduled to arrive in Sarajevo in the evening. He arrived in B&amp;H from Dubrovnik in a private vehicle, after which the DKPT B&amp;H took him over. He will travel to Mostar first.
Schmidt formally takes office on Monday, August 2nd. Officially, he will take up the position on August 1st. We learn that the handover will be held on August 2nd in Sarajevo.
- If we want to lead BiH into the EU and transform it into a democratic country, we must not have a purely ethnic orientation, he said in an interview with DW before coming to B&amp;H.

Schmidt was taken over by members of the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of B&H (DKPT B&H) a few minutes ago at the Ivanica border crossing

The new High Representative, Christian Schmidt, has arrived in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The UK’s decision to keep quarantine measures for travelers from France and not for those coming from other EU countries is “incomprehensible,” a French official said on Thursday, calling for a review of the “discriminatory” move.

On Wednesday, the UK announced new health measures permitting exemption of quarantine upon arrival for vaccinated EU citizens and US nationals. However, passengers arriving from France will still have to quarantine for 10 days.
The UK has placed France on the Amber list due to the “persistent presence of cases of Beta variant’’ found on the French overseas territory of Reunion located in the Indian Ocean region.
Speaking to the LCI TV, Clement Beaune, the secretary of state for European Affairs, said the measures with regard to France “is excessive and incomprehensible” considering the quarantine exemption was granted for the rest of European countries and even the US.
Beaune said the UK’s decision was “scientifically unfounded” as it was taken with a view of Beta variant which originated in South Africa and "represents less than 5% of cases in France and is mainly in overseas territories."
He added that France did not want to enter a “health war” or retaliate for now and hoped the decision would be reviewed in a week.
France’s new updated travel guidelines have placed the UK on the orange list and vaccinated travelers have no restrictions to enter whereas unvaccinated travelers can only travel for compelling reasons after providing proof of a negative PCR or antigen test taken less than 24 hours before arrival.​​​​​​​

UK’s decision to keep quarantine measures for travelers from France is ‘incomprehensible’, says French official

On Wednesday, the UK announced new health measures permitting exemption of quarantine upon arrival for vaccinated EU citizens and US nationals

France denounces UK quarantine rules as ‘discriminatory’

Human bones recovered in the French Pyrenees belong to a British hiker who went missing last November, the woman's family said on Friday following a DNA test.

Esther Dingley, 37, had been walking on her own in the mountain range, which straddles the border of France and Spain, but had not been heard from since sending a WhatsApp message on November 22. 
She had driven to Spain from France at the end of October, leaving her partner Daniel Colegate behind. He later raised the alarm over her whereabouts, prompting a major search and rescue effort on both sides of the border.
On Wednesday, a source close to the investigation in France said remains had been found near Bagnères-de-Luchon, in the south of the country and sent for DNA analysis at a forensic laboratory in Toulouse.
-We are distraught to report that we have received DNA confirmation that one of the bones found last week belongs to Esther- Colegate and Dingley's mother Ria Bryant said in a statement released by the charity LBT Global.
They said while they knew the prospect of her survival had been "tiny" that "with this confirmation that small hope has now faded". The family added the news had been "devastating beyond words".
Only a single bone belonging to Dingley had been recovered and there had been no sign of equipment or clothing in the immediate area despite a meticulous search, the statement from the overseas support organisation said.
Rescue teams will continue their search on foot and with drones to find signs of her equipment and understand the circumstances of her disappearance, which remain unknown, it added.
Dingley had planned to make a loop around the Salvaguardia peak, which stands at 2,738 metres (8,982 feet) above sea level, between Spain and where her vehicle was parked, according to investigators.
The BBC reported she and Colegate, who were partners for 20 years, had travelled around Europe in a camper van after leaving northeast England in 2014.
Colegate was house-sitting at Gascony vineyard while his girlfriend took their motor home on the journey to Spain.

Esther Dingley, 37, went missing last November

Bones found in French Pyrenees belong to UK hiker

Turkish firefighters made progress Friday containing deadly wildfires that forced the evacuation of entire villages and Mediterranean coast hotels already reeling from the shock of the coronavirus pandemic.

Blazes that erupted Wednesday to the east of the tourist hotspot Antalya on Turkey's scenic southern coast have officially killed four people and injured nearly 200.
But they have also threatened to scare off tourists who had only just started to return to Turkey in what President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had hoped would be a boon for the developing country's fragile economy.
The soaring flames turned summer skies dark orange over five-star hotels and villages dotting rolling hills that have been parched by another dry summer.
They had spread by Thursday evening to the Aegean Sea on Turkey's western coast and spanned a region stretching 300 kilometres (185 miles) and covering most of the country's top resorts.
Local resident Gulen Dede Tekin came with his family to a five-star hotel in the Mediterranean coast city of Manavgat on Thursday morning and at first thought nothing of the fires raging beyond the hills.
-In the evening, we realised how serious things were when they cut off the electricity and the ventilation at the hotel- Tekin told AFP.
-This morning, we woke up to a rain of ash.-

The government said 57 of the 71 fires had been contained or entirely put out by Friday morning.

-The situation is improving in all active fires- Agriculture Minister Bekir Pakdemirli told reporters during a visit to the affected region.
But he also confirmed that Turkey no longer had a firefighting plane in its inventory and was only in the process acquiring one under orders from Erdogan.
Russia has sent three giant aircraft and Turkey's historic rival Greece -- at odds with its neighbour on a wide range of regional disputes -- said it was "read to help".
The blow the fires threaten to deal to Turkey's tourism-dependent economy and the admission that the country had no firefighting planes has put Erdogan's government under pressure.
His office has officially blamed the fires on arson and unspecified "attacks".
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced the arrest of five people on suspicions of starting one of the blazes in the southern city of Osmaniye.
-Who started these fires- he asked in televised comments. -We, as well as our citizens, have our suspicions.-The private DHA news agency said two children -- one eight and the other 10 years old -- admitted under questioning in the presence of their teacher that they accidentally started one of the fires by burning their books.

Blazes that erupted Wednesday to the east of the tourist hotspot Antalya on Turkey's scenic southern coast have officially killed four people and injured nearly 200

The soaring flames turned summer skies dark orange over five-star hotels and villages dotting rolling hills that have been parched by another dry summer

Deadly wildfires deal new blow to Turkish tourism

Anyone entering Germany from abroad will have to take a Covid-19 test from Sunday unless they are fully vaccinated or have recovered from the disease, Health Minister Jens Spahn said Friday.

-All unvaccinated people entering Germany will have to be tested in future -- regardless of whether they come by plane, car or train- Spahn said in a statement.
The new rules, to be signed off by the cabinet on Friday, will apply to all travellers over 12 years old with the exception of cross-border commuters and those passing through in transit, according to a draft seen by AFP.
They will apply to travellers "regardless of where they have come from and the means of transport they use," Finance Minister Olaf Scholz told the Funke media group. 
Under current German rules, any unvaccinated person entering the country by plane must get tested, but those entering by road or rail must not unless they are coming from an area deemed high risk.
Those entering from so-called virus variant countries, such as Brazil and South Africa, must get tested even if they are vaccinated -- a rule set to remain unchanged according to the draft.
Police have said the rules will not be enforced through systematic border controls, but through random checks.
Regional leaders in Germany's border regions, especially Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate, had been calling in recent days for tighter travel measures.
Germany has seen low infection numbers over the summer compared to many of its European neighbours, but cases have been creeping up over the past few weeks, largely fuelled by the Delta variant.
The country recorded 2,454 new cases in the past 24 hours on Friday, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) health agency, and an incidence rate of 17 new cases per 100,000 people over the past seven days -- up from a low of 4.6 in early July.
With the country's vaccination campaign running out of steam, the debate has been heating up around possible restrictions for the unvaccinated, though compulsory vaccination for parts of the population has so far been ruled out.&nbsp;

The new rules, to be signed off by the cabinet on Friday, will apply to all travellers over 12 years old with the exception of cross-border commuters and those passing through in transit

All unvaccinated people entering Germany will have to be tested in future, regardless of whether they come by plane, car or train

Germany to require tests for all unvaccinated travellers

The Czech government on Friday approved a proposal to give civil servants who get Covid-19 vaccines an extra two days of holiday.

-I have not found other ways of motivating people to get vaccinated. Some people might criticise this as being unfair but I think it's fair- said Prime Minister Andrej Babis.
The billionaire politician, whose Agrofert food, chemicals and media holding employs thousands of people, also called on private businesses to follow the government's example.
-Every good employer and business owner knows they have to protect their employees, otherwise sick employees end up in quarantine and this will have a negative effect on the company- he said.
Some 4.7 million Czechs have been fully vaccinated -- out of a total population of 10.6 million people.
The Czech Republic has a strong movement against vaccines and other anti-Covid measures, which includes former president Vaclav Klaus in its ranks.

Some 4.7 million Czechs have been fully vaccinated, out of a total population of 10.6 million people

The Czech Republic has a strong movement against vaccines and other anti-Covid measures

Czechs give extra holiday to vaccinated civil servants

High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentin Inzko, in his farewell message, emphasizes that he is leaving Bosnia and Herzegovina not completely happy, but grateful to many people of this country who have preserved humanity.

-I am leaving aware of my shortcomings and limitations, both my own and the institutions I represented, but sincerely grateful to so many people of this country, from politicians to ordinary people, who have kept humaneness alive. I am sorry that I will not leave behind an even stronger trace of an anti-warrior and an even stronger trace of a peacemaker. I tried to live, as they taught me, without hatred and with respect even for those who spare no fire and no judgement from their arsenals- he pointed out.
As he said, he came to B&amp;H a little over 12 years ago and was supposed to close down the OHR. In the first part of the message, he pointed out 'that no one can please everyone'. Proverbs, he says, are so popular because they hold eternal truth, even after many years.
-In the meantime, I have learned many other of your wisdoms, including the one that 'when children are well behaved, there is enough room for everyone, even in the smallest house'. Our common house is called Bosnia and Herzegovina and it really is not too small, and should not be small. There is room for everyone, if the children are well behaved. This common house must be founded on the sound foundations, genuine trust, good neighborly relations, solidarity and mutual respect- he said.
He emphasized many virtues that adorn the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina with humanity, generosity and bigheartedness, as rarely anywhere. With words of gratitude to Bosnians and Herzegovinians, Inzko promised 'that he too will keep returning'.
-People here are both physically beautiful, but also mentally very capable. So many have had difficult time succeeding here, and much easier outside of the country. I will also take with me one strange feeling of longing that many people here have, a deep longing for happiness and at the same time exceptional gratitude for small favors, for small steps forward in achieving wellbeing- said Inzko in his farewell speech, before leaving the post of High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

I am leaving aware of my shortcomings and limitations, both my own and the institutions I represented, he added

Inzko: There is enough room for everyone in Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the middle of next week, a hearing is scheduled in the Court of B&amp;H on the proposal of the Prosecutor's Office of B&amp;H to extend the custody of the accused in the "Dženan Memić" case, Alisa and Zijad Mutap, police officers Hasan Dupovac and Josip Barić and Muamer Ožegović, an employee of the Crystal Hotel in Ilidža.
It is a motion of the Prosecutor's Office of B&amp;H that was sent with the indictment.

<h2>The accused are charged with organized crime</h2>

The five were indicted three weeks ago, but the Court confirmed the indictment a few days ago, which is why the hearing was scheduled. The original hearing was scheduled for July 26, but was postponed. The new deadline for considering the Prosecution's proposal is August 5.
The accused are charged with organized crime in connection with the criminal offenses of unlawful mediation, aiding the perpetrator after the commission of a criminal offense, preventing evidence and giving false testimony.
In the meantime, they were all released to defend themselves from freedom, and yesterday the Court rejected a motion to extend their detention. It was a motion filed separately, before the indictment was confirmed.
According to the motion attached to the indictment, the custody of the accused may last up to two years, and for the organizer, Zijad Mutap, up to three years.

The Prosecutor's Office of B&amp;H charges the five with organized crime and preventing the discovery and proving the death of Dženan Memić, a young man who died on February 15, 2016, after severe injuries. It is suspected that they joined a criminal group organized to cover up evidence of the manner in which Memić received life-threatening injuries in Great Alley on Ildža, on February 8 of the same year.
The Indictment alleges that Ramić, Mutap, Dupovac, Barić and Ožegović concealed and faked evidence, and that the accused Mutap allegedly had contacts with several persons, including the accused, and committed illegal acts with them personally and in agreement, ie they together have committed illegal acts.
It is about unauthorized and without an order of the competent court seizure of evidence in the form of video surveillance footage, planting evidence, establishing acts that do not correspond to the facts, submitting fake evidence for expertise and obstructing and directing the investigation in the wrong direction.

According to the motion attached to the indictment, the custody of the accused may last up to two years, and for the organizer, Zijad Mutap, up to three years

"Memić" case: Next week, Alisa Mutap and the others will be in the courtroom again, here is why

It is clear from the forensic - psychiatric findings of 3 March 2016, the reasoned findings of the KCUS doctor of 19 July 2016 and other medical documentation that Alisa Mutap, Dženan Memić's ex-girlfriend, was on the fateful day in Great Alley in Ilidža, when Dženan suffered injuries from which he died a day later, was conscious, oriented and communicative.

This is stated in the indictment of the Prosecutor's Office of B&amp;H in the case "Zijad Mutap and others", which was confirmed by the State Court last week.
This means that Alisa Mutap did not have amnesia, as the SC Prosecutor's Office claimed for almost five and a half years, and that she had to remember all the details on the fateful day.
The indictment, which was submitted to "Avaz" from sources close to the Court, clearly shows that Alisa Mutap refused to state all "facts that were very familiar to her as an eyewitness."

- Although based on the provisions of Article 100 of the FB&amp;H Criminal Procedure Code, she was obliged to state all the facts and circumstances that were known to her, she knowingly concealed them, as well as facts that are crucial for determining the death of Dženan Memić and perpetrators - it is stated in the indictment, which, apart from Alisa Mutap, charges her father Zijad Mutap, police officers Hasan Dupovac and Josip Barić and Muamer Ožegović, an employee of the Crystal Hotel in Ilidža, with concealing evidence and perpetrators by faking evidence and concealing facts known to them.

The indictment alleges that Alisa Mutap refused to do so, creating the illusion that she did not remember the specific event and that she had lost consciousness.
The opposite, however, follows from the medical records, where it is stated that she was conscious and communicative during the examination on the night of 8/9. February 2016 and the specialist finding of the KCUS from February 9, which are decisive facts for determining the manner and place of Dženan Memić's suffering - the indictment alleges.

<h2>What does the doctor's report say?</h2>

The evidence in the indictment, more precisely the doctor's finding from February 9, 2016, states that Alisa Mutap adequately answers the questions, which, according to the expert, excludes the possibility that the registered injury she had on her head could have caused amnesia.

The indictment alleges that these five, led by Zijad Mutap, without authorization and without an order from the competent court, seized evidence in the form of video surveillance footage, faked and planted evidence.
- They led the officials of the SC Ministry of the Interior to pass and sign acts that do not correspond to the established facts, submitted fake evidence to the experts, presenting them as real, and thus obstructed and directed the investigation in the wrong direction - it is stated.

The indictment, which was submitted to "Avaz" from sources close to the Court, clearly shows that Alisa Mutap refused to state all "facts that were very well known to her as an eyewitness"

Alisa Mutap: The doctors' findings say the opposite

"Avaz" reveals details of indictment in "Memić" case: What is written in doctor's finding about Alisa Mutap

The first phase of the project "Creating a more favorable environment for civil society - EMBRACE", within which 23 civil society organizations have implemented projects of great importance for 13 local communities in B&amp;H, ended today in Sarajevo.

The EMBRACE project was funded by the Government of the Kingdom of Norway in the amount of 1,000,000 KM, and was implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
Despite the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, all projects have been successfully implemented. It has contributed to civil society in areas such as social inclusion, support in providing services to vulnerable groups in society, youth work, activism and volunteerism, gender equality, and environmental and human rights protection. 
The project has taken significant steps to improve the regulatory framework for the financing of civil society organizations in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and work will continue through the second phase.
All organizations that participated in the project were awarded equipment in the total value of approximately 50,000 KM, which should help the smooth continuation of work with users of their services in local communities.

The EMBRACE project was funded in the amount of 1,000,000 KM

All organizations that participated in the project were awarded equipment in the total value of approximately 50,000 KM

UNDP and Norwegian Embassy donate equipment to 23 civil society organizations

The temperature maximum measured for July at the Meteorological Station Sarajevo – Bjelave was exceeded on Wednesday, July 28.

The maximum air temperature was 38.5 degrees Celsius.
The previous absolute maximum is from twenty days ago, when the maximum temperature was 38.4 degrees.
Until this year, the highest temperature ever measured in July was 38.2 in 2000, announced the FB&amp;H Hydrometeorological Institute of B&amp;H.
Due to extremely high air temperatures throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, an orange meteorological alarm is on, which warns of extraordinary and dangerous weather conditions.

Until this year, the highest temperature ever measured in July was 38.2 in 2000

The previous absolute maximum is from twenty days ago, when the maximum temperature was 38.4 degrees

Temperature maximum for July exceeded in Sarajevo

The Appellate Chamber of the Court of B&amp;H has rejected the appeal of the Prosecutor's Office of B&amp;H to extend the custody of the accused in the "Zijad Mutap" case, the "Avaz" portal has learned.
We remind you that the Court of B&amp;H released the accused to defend from freedom two weeks ago, but the Prosecutor's Office of B&amp;H appealed against this decision.

<h2> The lawyer's appeal was also rejected</h2>

We find out that the appeal of the lawyers, who demanded that prohibitive measures for Alisa Mutap, her father Zijad, police officers Hasan Dupovac and Josip Barić, and Muamer Ožegović, an employee of the Crystal Hotel, be lifted, was also rejected.
Zijad Mutap and Hasan Dupovac will remain under house arrest, while the others are obliged to report to the police. By the decision of the Court, they were forbidden to meet with certain persons and witnesses, as well as to communicate with each other.
The accused are charged with joining an organized crime group formed by Zijad Mutap and others on February 8, 2016, which was organized to conceal evidence of the manner in which young man Dženan Memić suffered serious bodily injuries dangerous to life on February 8, 2016 in Ilidža's Great Alley, as a result of which he died on February 15 at the Clinical Center of the University of Sarajevo.

The five, led by Zijad Mutap, are accused of unauthorizedly and without an order from the competent court, for seizing evidence in the form of video surveillance footage, faking and planting evidence that is not real.
- They led the officials of the SC Ministry of the Interior to pass and sign acts that do not correspond to the established facts, submitted fake evidence to the experts, presenting them as real, and thus obstructed and directed the investigation in the wrong direction - it is stated.

Zijad Mutap and Hasan Dupovac will remain under house arrest, while others are required to report to the police and are banned from communicating with witnesses

"Memić" case: Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina rejects Prosecution's appeal, Alisa Mutap, her father Zijad and others will defend from freedom

The Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, on the eve of today's economic forum in Skopje, spoke exclusively for "Avaz". He says that this is an initiative that is of exceptional importance for the region of the Western Balkans.

- Representatives of more than 300 companies, as well as international institutions, who have expressed great interest, will be present in Skopje. The new name of the initiative, which we launched together with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, and the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, and which has so far been informally called "Mini Schengen", will be promoted at this event. A memorandum of understanding and an interstate agreement will be signed at the forum, which will greatly facilitate the lives of the citizens of the region and the business community - Zaev pointed out.
When asked about Bosnia and Herzegovina's participation in this regional initiative, Zaev said that North Macedonia, Serbia and Albania were open to all other countries in the Western Balkans from the very beginning.

- We will point this out once again on this forum. This means that the call is open to everyone, including B&amp;H. I emphasized this at the last meeting with the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of B&amp;H, Zoran Tegeltija. However, each state decides for itself whether it will join this initiative, which, and I am deeply convinced of that, brings the most benefits to the citizens - Zaev concluded.
For example, as Zaev stated, one of the documents that will be signed today contains provisions for simpler import, export and movement/transit of goods.
- There is also the cooperation of customs and other competent authorities, as well as special provisions on food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary issues and free movement of industrial non-food products. The second memorandum is important for the movement on the labor market in the region. It obliges the parties to ensure easier and freer access to the labor market, all with the aim of revoking work permits or simplifying the procedures related to obtaining temporary work permits - Zaev told us.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has already arrived in Skopje and held meetings with colleagues Edi Rama and Zoran Zaev.
Vučić also announced that the name of the "Mini Schengen" initiative will be changed at today's regional economic forum in Skopje and that three agreements will be signed, as well as that "fast lanes" for faster passage will be made at the border crossings in the coming period for people from the region, as there are special lanes for people from the European Union at the entrance to European countries.
- We worked on three documents and I believe that we will sign them in Skopje, they are important documents on trade, work permits and mutual support in case of fires, floods and other disasters, which is in the interest of our peoples - Vučić explained.

<h2>The B&H government has not expressed a specific intention</h2>

Joining the initiative is also open to other economies in the Western Balkans, however, as "Avaz" finds out, Bosnia and Herzegovina did not receive an invitation to participate in the summit or join the announced agreements, all due to the fact that so far B&amp;H the government did not express a specific intention to become part of this story.

North Macedonia, Serbia and Albania have been open to all other Western Balkan countries from the very beginning, Zaev said

Zaev: Each state decides for itself whether to join this initiative

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The house of Muriz Memić and the vacation home of lawyer Ifet Feraget were shot at, the police are on the scene

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UNDP and Norwegian Embassy donate equipment to 23 civil society organizations

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The house of Muriz Memić and the vacation home of lawyer Ifet Feraget were shot at, the police are on the scene

The new High Representative, Christian Schmidt, has arrived in Bosnia and Herzegovina

France denounces UK quarantine rules as ‘discriminatory’

Bones found in French Pyrenees belong to UK hiker

Deadly wildfires deal new blow to Turkish tourism

Germany to require tests for all unvaccinated travellers

Czechs give extra holiday to vaccinated civil servants

Inzko: There is enough room for everyone in Bosnia and Herzegovina

"Memić" case: Next week, Alisa Mutap and the others will be in the courtroom again, here is why

"Avaz" reveals details of indictment in "Memić" case: What is written in doctor's finding about Alisa Mutap

UNDP and Norwegian Embassy donate equipment to 23 civil society organizations

Temperature maximum for July exceeded in Sarajevo

"Memić" case: Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina rejects Prosecution's appeal, Alisa Mutap, her father Zijad and others will defend from freedom

North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for "Avaz": Doors of "Mini Schengen" are open for B&H