Wednesday, June 19, 2013


News and Features on the Balkans

UN Praises, Chides Serbia On Rights

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has welcomed Serbia's progress on human rights issues but also outlined areas where more needed to be done.
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Video Serbia, Kosovo Clear Diplomatic Hurdle

Serbia and Kosovo have exchanged official representatives for the first time since the 1998-99 war in Kosovo and the region's subsequent declaration of independence from Serbia.
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Video Vigil Held For Bosnian Baby

Hundreds of people have kept vigil in front of the Bosnian parliament to commemorate Berina Hamidovic, a three-month-old baby who died after failing to get timely surgery due to the lack of a passport.
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Land Mine Kills Child In Bosnia

A ten-year-old boy has been killed and four other children seriously injured after they accidentally set off a land mine while playing in Bosnia.
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Video Serbia Braces Itself For Floods

Serbian authorities and residents of Serbian areas along the Danube River are taking measures to prevent flood damage as the river's water approaches record levels.
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Photogallery Bosnian 'Baby-lution' Gains Force As Protesters Unite Across Ethnic Lines

Thousands of Bosnians are gathering in Sarajevo for another day of protests against the government's failure to set aside ethnic divisions and pass a law providing basic identification documents for infants. The so-called "baby-lution" has seen a rare show of ethnic unity among Bosnian Serbs, Croats, and Bosniaks, and has won support throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina and even Serbia.
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'Baby-lution' Protest Continues In Sarajevo

Thousands of people have protested in Sarajevo against the failure of authorities to pass legislation that would allow newborns to get access to medical care and to receive passports.
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Biden Backs Kosovo-Serbia Deal

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Biden cited the "importance of implementing the agreement fully and expeditiously."
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Bosnia Parliament Protests Continue

Antigovernment protests in Bosnia-Herzegovina have stretched into a second week, with hundreds of people marching through the streets of Sarajevo to rally outside the parliament.
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Balkan Militants Join Syria’s Rebel Cause

Reports say Muslims from the Balkans are traveling to Syria to help rebels fight President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
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Bosnian Police Evacuate Parliament

Police in Sarajevo have evacuated hundreds of lawmakers, civil servants, and foreign guests who were trapped overnight inside Bosnia's parliament by protesters.
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Thousands Attend Funeral Of Zvornik War Victims In Bosnia

Bosnian state television has reported that about 2,000 people attended a joint funeral for 11 Muslim civilians who were killed by Bosnian Serbs during the country’s 1992-1995 war.
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OSCE Calls Detention Of Macedonian Journalist 'Excessive'

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is criticizing the detention of a Macedonian journalist over an article he wrote in 2008.
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Iran Backing Of Terrorism 'Surges'

Washington says Iran is increasing its support for global terrorism to a level not seen for two decades.
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Hague Tribunal Acquits Serbian Intel Chief, Deputy

The UN war crimes tribunal has acquitted former Serbian intelligence chief Jovica Stanisic and his deputy on war-crimes charges in Bosnia and Croatia during the 1990s, prompting
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Kosovo Row Dooms Balkan Summit

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov has canceled a summit of the South-East Europe Cooperation Process after Albania and Croatia announced they would not attend to protest Kosovo's exclusion.
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UN Tribunal Convicts Six Bosnian Croats

A United Nations court has convicted six Bosnian Croat political and military leaders for war crimes committed during the Bosnian War in the 1990s.
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Thousands Protest Arrest Of Former KLA Rebels

More than 5,000 Kosovar Albanians have protested in Pristina against the arrests of seven former fighters from the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) on suspicion of committing war crimes during Kosovo’s 1998-99 war.
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EU Welcomes Serbia, Kosovo Approvals

The European Union has welcomed the consent of Serbia and Kosovo to adopt a plan implementing a normalization agreement signed last month.
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Last Yugoslav King Reburied

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Prime Minister Ivica Dacic were among leading officials who attended the ceremony on May 26.
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