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Sat, 12/12/2015 - 08:45
Foes of NATO membership plan a rally in Podgorica on Saturday, which the former President of Montenegro and Yugoslav Prime Minister, Momir Bulatovic, is expected to address.
Fri, 11/12/2015 - 17:05
The group of suspected terrorists arrested near Pristina in July will go on trial charged with preparing terrorist acts - but not with attempting to poison the city's water supply.
Fri, 11/12/2015 - 16:39
Former Bosnian Serb soldier Gligor Begovic was sentenced to 13 years in prison for crimes including murder against civilians held at the Batkovic detention centre near Bijeljina in 1992.
Fri, 11/12/2015 - 11:41
The state court in Sarajevo acquitted former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Radoman Fundup of taking part in the killings of Bosniak civilians in Foca in 1992.
Fri, 11/12/2015 - 11:21
The B92 reporter at the centre of a row over sexist remarks involving the now shamed defence minister says she has received a stream of abuse on social networks for taking a stand.
Fri, 11/12/2015 - 11:17
Western diplomats have condemned the decision of Bosnia's Serbian-dominated entity to suspend cooperation with the state police and state court.
Fri, 11/12/2015 - 11:08
The advent of cold weather is making life tough for refugees at the transit camp near Gevgelija on Macedonia's southern border with Greece, which some 2,000 refugees cross daily.
Fri, 11/12/2015 - 09:58
Bulgaria’s authorities deny using aggressive practices towards asylum seekers in spite of numerous accusations by human rights groups.
Fri, 11/12/2015 - 09:03
As the Croatian government offers to guarantee another new bank loan for the indebted highways, economists and advocates of publicly run highways disagree on the way to go.
Fri, 11/12/2015 - 09:03
In its latest attempt to tackle corruption, the Romanian tax authorities are checking up on the assets of the richest people in the country.
Fri, 11/12/2015 - 09:02
The Podgorica government is relaxed about Russian warnings that it could terminate all joint projects if Montenegro joins the Atlantic alliance.
Fri, 11/12/2015 - 08:57
Two members of the Bosnian Presidency have started a two days visit to Turkey, marking the growing importance of Ankara as a partner for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Fri, 11/12/2015 - 08:57
New data show that the rate of gun-related deaths per head of the population is higher in Albania than in the US - although experts disagree on what makes Albanians trigger-happy.
Fri, 11/12/2015 - 08:57
MPs’ refusal to back legal changes to bar perpetrators of domestic violence from the family home highlights misogynistic attitudes in Serbian society, women’s rights activists claimed.
Thu, 10/12/2015 - 17:27
The international court in The Hague has rejected a request from former Bosnian Army general Naser Oric’s lawyers to order the Sarajevo judiciary to halt war crimes proceedings against him.
Thu, 10/12/2015 - 16:14
Former Bosnian Serb fighter Marko Brocilo was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for crimes against civilians in the Odzak area after being convicted of killing an elderly Bosnian Croat woman.
Thu, 10/12/2015 - 15:32
Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity has suspended all cooperation with the state-level police, court and prosecution in a dramatic escalation of the country’s political crisis.
Thu, 10/12/2015 - 14:23
Conflicts over the biggest development in the Serbian capital in decades are in the spotlight in the UK Guardian newspaper.
Thu, 10/12/2015 - 14:07
Kosovo is close to completing its part of the German-financed 400kV electricity transmission line to Albania - which will lower import costs and create a common 'Albanian' power market.
Thu, 10/12/2015 - 13:05
The chief prosecutor at the Hague Tribunal, Serge Brammertz, criticised Serbia for giving a hero's welcome to a former Yugoslav Army general released after serving a war crimes sentence.
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