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Early Elections Pose Dilemma for Macedonia’s Main Parties

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 16/01/2019 - 13:50
The main ruling and opposition parties in Macedonia are both tempted by the prospect of early legislative elections – but for very different reasons.
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Hague Prosecution Grills Ex-KLA Commander as 'Suspect Witness'

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 16/01/2019 - 11:40
Former Kosovo Liberation Army commander Rrustem Mustafa said after being interviewed in The Hague that he had been asked 'very serious questions' after being invited as a 'suspect witness'.
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Bombs and Bullets: Fear and Loathing in North Kosovo

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 16/01/2019 - 09:00
A year after the murder of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic, a slew of gun and bomb attacks in Kosovo’s lawless north remain unsolved.
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Russia’s Ukraine Sanctions Put Moldova’s Socialists in a Bind

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 16/01/2019 - 06:33
A Russian trade embargo on Ukraine is hurting Moldovan exporters and undermining the pro-Russian Socialists’ platform for elections in February.
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WWII Massacres in Bosnia: How Violence Transforms Communities

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 16/01/2019 - 06:18
American historian Max Bergholz tells BIRN how the 1941 massacres in the Bosnian town of Kulen Vakuf show that upheavals caused by outbreaks of violence can transform ethnic identities and relations.
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Kosovo’s EU Visa Liberalisation Hopes Dwindle in 2019

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 16/01/2019 - 06:16
Kosovo's expectations that the EU will abolish visa requirements are fast fading – and a feeling betrayal is damaging the country’s confidence in its European perspective.
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Kremlin Critic: Putin Sees Opportunity in Serbia’s EU Ambition

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 16/01/2019 - 06:12
Exiled Kremlin critic Ilya Ponomarev says Serbia’s affinity for Russia plays well for Putin domestically, but its EU accession prospects are the real attraction.
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Kosovo Film Makes it to Prestigious Berlinale

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 15/01/2019 - 15:29
The short film In Between has been selected to appear at the Berlinale International Film Festival, a first for Kosovo cinematography.
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Montenegro Jails Crime Reporter for Drug Trafficking

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 15/01/2019 - 13:45
A court in Montenegro found investigative reporter Jovo Martinovic guilty on drug-smuggling charges.
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Vukovar Suffering from Media’s ‘War and Division’ Narrative

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 15/01/2019 - 13:31
Journalists and politicians need to take a fresh look at the town that fell in 1991, one that addresses the issues of today, not only the war of the past, according to a panel discussion.
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Kosovo Serb Politician Ivanovic’s Shooter ‘Still at Large’

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 18/12/2018 - 11:09
None of the suspects arrested over the murder of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic is believed to be the person who shot him, although they are thought to have aided the murder, claims a prosecution document seen by BIRN.
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Thaci and Vucic Spar at UN Over Kosovo Army

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 18/12/2018 - 10:47
At a UN Security Council session called by Belgrade, Kosovo’s president defended Pristina’s decision to transform its security force into an army, while his Serbian counterpart claimed it will jeopardise peace.
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Albania PM Accused of Planning Online Media Censorship

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 18/12/2018 - 10:11
Two proposals to ‘discipline’ online media in Albania were criticized on Monday as potentially anti-constitutional and as likely to have a chilling effect on freedom of expression.
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Belgrade's Neglected Landmark Hotel Awaits its Rebirth

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 18/12/2018 - 08:13
Once a glittering haunt for Yugoslavia’s pre-war elites, the Hotel Bristol has fallen on hard times, becoming home to displaced families who now face eviction – while mystery lingers over the building’s fate.
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Has the UN’s Kosovo Mission Become Obsolete?

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 18/12/2018 - 08:12
Washington has called for the shutdown of the downscaled United Nations peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, arguing that its work is done - but Serbia and its allies insist it must stay.
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Winter Brings Curse of Air Pollution to Balkans

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 18/12/2018 - 08:10
 ‘Winter is coming’, the famous phrase from the hit series ‘Game of Thrones’, causes trepidation across the Balkans – not because of ice zombies but because of the high pollution levels almost suffocating the region’s cities.
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Truth and Justice: Romania’s Wrongly Accused

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 18/12/2018 - 08:09
Romania has the worst record for unfair trials in the European Union. With the justice system mired in controversy, ordinary victims of judicial errors face an uphill struggle.
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Macedonian, Greek PMs to be Nominated for Nobel Prize

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 17/12/2018 - 16:19
The leaders of Macedonia and Greece, Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, are to be nominated for a Nobel peace prize for their efforts to achieve a historic agreement between their countries.
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Bosnian Serb Ex-Officer Goes on Trial in Croatia

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 17/12/2018 - 12:49
The trial of former Bosnian Serb Army officer Dane Lukajic, accused of involvement in violence against prisoners of war detained at the Manjaca camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, opened in Zagreb.
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Serbia’s Forgotten Role in the Roma Holocaust

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 17/12/2018 - 11:53
Thousands of Roma people were detained in camps and killed in Nazi-occupied Serbia during World War II alongside the country’s Jews, but little has been done to commemorate their suffering or preserve their memory.
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