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Serbia adopts Remembrance Day for domestic violence victims By Associated Press 1-2 minutes _____ By Associated Press May 29 at 11:26 AM BELGRADE, Serbia β Serbia has introduced a Remembrance Day for women killed by their husbands or partners as part of efforts to curb domestic violence in the conservative Balkan country. The government decided on Monday that May 18th will be dedicated each year to the victims of violence against women. The date was chosen because seven women were killed in just three days in May 2015. Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic says βit will be a day when we will say out loud that violence against women must stop.β Mihajlovic says more than 330 women have been killed by husbands or partners in Serbia in the past decade. Domestic violence has surged since the Balkan wars in the 1990s. The country recently approved tougher measures against domestic violence, including removing an alleged attacker from the family home. Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "serbia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/serbia. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
