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Kosovo Parliament Slams KLA Convictions in Serbia

Fri, 19/02/2016 - 14:40
Kosovo parliament approved a resolution condemning a Serbian court’s decision to convict eight former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters of killing Yugoslav Army troops in September 1998.
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Candlelight Surgery: How Hospitals Survived Sarajevo’s Siege

Fri, 19/02/2016 - 14:18
Sarajevo hospital doctors and medical staff remember how they saved more than 50,000 people during the longest siege in modern history, despite shortages of power and medical supplies.
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Abu Hamza May Sue Bosnia Over Years in Detention

Fri, 19/02/2016 - 12:38
In an interview following his release from detention, Imad al-Husin said he may file a lawsuit against Bosnia for holding him for years without a trial or evidence that he represented a threat.
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Bosnia Bites the Bullet on Pension Reform

Fri, 19/02/2016 - 11:18
Faced with the systematic collapse of their old pension systems, Bosnia's two entities are transferring the obligations to their over-burdened budgets.
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“Humidity” to Open 44th Annual FEST

Fri, 19/02/2016 - 10:36
Belgrade filmmaker Nikola Ljuca’s debut feature film opens the International Film Festival, for which this year's theme examines the relationship between art and borders.
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Bulgarian Army to Help Guard Border Against Migrants

Fri, 19/02/2016 - 07:18
Parliament on Thursday backed legal amendments that will authorise troops to help the police patrol the country’s borders and stop illegal migrants.
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Kosovo Serbs Back Appeal for Church Fund

Fri, 19/02/2016 - 07:15
Kosovo Serb NGOs have backed an appeal for Kosovo Serbs to set aside part of their income to support the work of the Serbian Orthodox Church there.
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Bosniak Parties Weigh Impact of Radoncic Arrest

Fri, 19/02/2016 - 07:14
Radoncic's arrest may not have destablised the current coalition between the two Bosniak parties in Bosnia - but a guilty verdict will have real impact, experts predict.
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Balkan States Agree to Transport Migrants to Austria

Fri, 19/02/2016 - 07:12
Police chiefs of Austria, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia have agreed to transport migrants directly from the Greece-Macedonia border to Austria.
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Montenegro Parties Haggle Over Public Broadcaster

Fri, 19/02/2016 - 07:10
Political crisis talks in Montenegro have become stuck over opposition demands to have more control over the public broadcaster RTCG and the intelligence service.
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Romania’s Healthcare Under Fire After Children Die

Fri, 19/02/2016 - 07:08
After a severe infection killed three babies and affected many others, parents and relatives of the victims plan to sue the Romanian authorities.
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Kosovo, Bosnian Activists Demand End to Visas

Fri, 05/02/2016 - 18:02
Activists from Kosovo and Bosnia, meeting on Friday in Pristina, called on their respective governments to end their pointless and destructive feud.
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Bulgaria's Growth to Fall in 2016, EU Says

Fri, 05/02/2016 - 14:45
Economic growth will fall to 1.5 per cent in 2016 due to a slowdown in EU funds absorption but will pick up in 2017, the European Commission has said in its latest forecast. 
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Sarajevo Commemorates Deadly Market Attack

Fri, 05/02/2016 - 13:42
Mourners gathered to mark the 22nd anniversary of the shelling of Sarajevo’s Markale marketplace and to remember the 68 people who were killed in the blast in 1994.
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Euro MPs Criticise Serbia’s Welcome for War Criminal

Fri, 05/02/2016 - 12:12
A European Parliament resolution criticised Serbia for staging an official welcomes for a released war criminals and urged Belgrade to do more to find missing persons from the 1990s conflicts.
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Croatia Parliament Backs Controversial WWII Commemoration

Fri, 05/02/2016 - 10:35
The parliamentary presidency voted to reintroduce sponsorship of an event in Bleiburg in Austria commemorating the deaths of tens of thousands of Nazi-allied Croatian troops and civilians.
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Hopes Fade For New Montenegro Crisis Talks

Fri, 05/02/2016 - 10:24
A new round of crisis talks between Montenegrin leaders started on Friday - but none of the offers on the table appears fully acceptable to the opposition parties.
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Croatia Vows to Stop Parties Running State Firms

Fri, 05/02/2016 - 07:47
The two main parties in Croatia's new government have pledged to select the managers of state companies through public tenders in future - but not everyone is persuaded.
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June Date Set for Release of Bosnian Census

Fri, 05/02/2016 - 07:45
Members of the EU statistics body Eurostat met the three main statistical agencies of Bosnia, setting a roadmap that should result in publication of the long-awaited census in June.
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Macedonia Opposition Unlikely to Bridge Ethnic Gap

Fri, 05/02/2016 - 07:44
A unified inter-ethnic opposition front that would confront Macedonian strongman Nikola Gruevski in the general election is needed - but unlikely to happen, observers caution.
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