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Macedonia Opposition Considers Forging United Front

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 20/09/2016 - 15:45
Smaller opposition parties expressed interest after the Social Democrats suggested forming a wider opposition bloc to take on embattled Nikola Gruevski's VMRO DPMNE party at December’s elections.
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Montenegro Rejects Calls for Jailed Reporter’s Release

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 20/09/2016 - 14:03
Montenegro’s government rejected calls to release the imprisoned crime reporter Jovo Martinovic, saying that it cannot interfere with the independent decisions of the judiciary.
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Bulgaria to Host New EU Border Agency Launch

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 20/09/2016 - 13:50
The new EU Border and Coast Guard agency will be launched on October 6 in Bulgaria as part of European states’ attempt to deal with the refugee crisis.
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Serb Paramilitary Captain Dragan: ‘I Defended Yugoslavia’

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 20/09/2016 - 12:38
Former Serbian paramilitary commander Dragan Vasiljkovic, known as ‘Captain Dragan’, pleaded not guilty to war crimes as his trial started in Croatia, claiming he was only defending his homeland Yugoslavia.
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The Last Coal Plant in the Western Balkans?

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 20/09/2016 - 10:44
The Stanari lignite power plant in Bosnia officially starts operations today. If we are to have any hope of tackling climate change, it had better be the last one in the region,
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Bosnian Mayoral Hopefuls Tainted by Crime Claims

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 20/09/2016 - 09:42
Nearly 50 candidates for the positions of mayor or municipality chief in next month’s Bosnian elections have been convicted of, charged with or investigated for organised crime, corruption or war crimes.
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Serb Paramilitary Captain Dragan’s Long Road to Court

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 20/09/2016 - 09:05
Former Serbian paramilitary commander Dragan Vasiljkovic was working as a golf instructor in Australia, but after a decade battling extradition, he has gone on trial for war crimes in Croatia.
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Bulgaria’s IT Boom Offers Syrian Refugee New Life

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 20/09/2016 - 06:39
When one 33-year-old Syrian reached Bulgaria, his only goal was to get to Western Europe – but Bulgaria’s ambitious software and outsourcing companies made him change his mind.
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Montenegro Albanians Unite in Elections, Seeking Power

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 20/09/2016 - 06:38
The three main Albanian parties in Montenegro have decided to run together in the October elections in a coalition - which experts say sets a pattern that Albanians in nearby Macedonia would do well to follow.
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Russia Lends Full Backing to Bosnian Serb Referendum

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 20/09/2016 - 06:37
The Bosnian Serbs' historic allies, Serbia and Russia, appear increasingly divided over the controversial referendum set to take place on Sunday, with Moscow openly backing the vote.
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Kosovo Students Protest Against Serbian Church

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 20/09/2016 - 06:37
Kosovo students have been protesting against a Serbian Orthodox Church that stands on the Pristina University campus, claiming that it is a symbol of Slobodan Milosevic’s repressive regime.
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US und Berliner Politik: Die Mafia als Staat, Nützliche Faschisten und „Faschistische Freiheitskämpfer“.

Balkanblog.org - Mon, 19/09/2016 - 20:07
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (Bamf), vollkommen von korrupten Kriminellen übernommen, beglaubigte Stapelweise gefälschte Pässe, obwohl sogar TV Sendungen dokumentierten, das man jede Art von gefälschten Paas in Athen, oder der Türkei kaufen kann. Teilweise sogar mit Gutachten, wo die Mafia auch die Gutachter Posten übernommen hat. Kein Kindergeld in China – Fluchtgrund in Deutschland! Behördenleitung Frank-Jürgen Weise, Bamf soll gefälschte Pässe von Flüchtlingen nicht erkannt haben Bayerns Innenminister Herrmann kritisiert die Flüchtlingsbehörde scharf. Der Generalstaatsanwalt von Brandenburg will Tausende Datensätze beschlagnahmen lassen, um sie erneut zu prüfen. mehr… Wie man Jihadisten fördert (II) 15.09.2016 BERLIN (Eigener Bericht) – Deutsche Innenpolitiker nutzen die ersten Anschläge und die zunehmenden Aktivitäten von […]
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Bulgarian Nationalists Accused of Stirring Anti-Refugee Tension

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 19/09/2016 - 12:09
Socialist MEP says Bulgarian nationalists are using anti-refugee protests to whip up support for their candidate in the presidential elections in November.
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The Balkans Today: 19th - 23rd September 2016

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 19/09/2016 - 09:51
Our team brings you live updates of the most important events and developments in the Balkans as they happen.
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Klaus Iohannis: The President Who Promised to Clean Up Politics

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 19/09/2016 - 06:38
Romania’s first ethnic-minority president was elected on an anti-corruption platform but critics say Iohannis is yet to deliver on his campaign pledges.  
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Croatia's Falling Turnout Sends Warning, Expert Says

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 19/09/2016 - 06:36
That a million fewer Croatian voters cast ballots in the latest elections than they did in 2000 shows that people increasingly feel ‘real power’ has moved out of politics, a political sciences professor told BIRN.
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Macedonia MPs Snub Plea to Improve Witness Protection

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 19/09/2016 - 06:33
Macedonia's parliament looks set to turn a deaf ear to renewed calls by the Special Prosecution, SJO, to change and improve the law on witness protection.
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von der SPD Mafia finanziert: Liste der Schläger und Berufs Demonstranten der AntiFA

Balkanblog.org - Sun, 18/09/2016 - 18:37
Anonymous-Leak: Daten von 25.000 ANTIFA-Mitgliedern im Netz Von Anonymous – 17. September 2016 1 396 Linksextreme und Antifanten sind bekanntlich stets um Transparenz bemüht, wenn es um Anschriften und E-Mail-Adressen von Oppositionellen geht. Umso wichtiger erscheint es uns, die persönlichen Daten derjenigen zu veröffentlichen, die mit größter Sorgfalt Andersdenkende denunzieren. Unter folgendem Link könnt ihr Namen, E-Mail-Adressen und Anschriften bekennender linksfaschisten und Antideutscher herunterladen und die subversiven, demokratiefeindlichen Elemente zur Räson bringen. Österreicher LIste                       Deutsche Liste Download Mirror 1                   Download Mirror 2 Wir sind Anonymous. Wir sind viele. Wir vergeben nicht. Wir vergessen nicht. Erwartet uns.
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LGBT Activists March with Politicians for Belgrade Pride

Balkaninsight.com - Sun, 18/09/2016 - 16:44
Serbian politicians joined several hundred LGBT rights supporters on a march through the Serbian capital on Sunday for the Pride Parade, which concluded without any incidents – although many criticised the organisation of the event.
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Kosovo Terroristen Nachschub der NATO

Balkanblog.org - Sun, 18/09/2016 - 13:08
lt. dem Gangster und Taxischein Besitzer: Joschka Fischer eine Art „THW“, gab für Waffen und Terroristen Handel Immunität und Freie Fahrt in Deutschland ab 2001 Amerikaner, Albaner, Tschetschen gemeinsam unterwegs beim Terror und Verbrechen auch mit der selben Ausrüstung. Nun wird das sogenannte „THW“, als Terroristen Gruppe augerüstet, nachdem die Amerikaner etliche der Verbrecher mit US Pass, wie Beg Rizaj, in Kumanova in 2015 verloren. Yes, we can! Noch mehr Hackfleisch! GIS Report: Die UCK Terror Camps der Bin Laden Leute in Nord Albanien # Bundesgesetzblatt Jahrgang 2004 Teil II Nr. 18 der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bekanntmachung der deutsch-amerikanischen Vereinbarung über die Gewährung von Befreiungen und Vergünstigungen an das Unternehmen „MPRI“ […]
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