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Eight refugees from the Middle East are suing Macedonia in the European Court of Human Rights, saying it violated their human rights by forcing them back to Greece.

The Hague Tribunal refused to consider a motion filed by former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s defence asking for the trial to be stopped because the court was systematically biased.

As Macedonia’s Special Prosecution, SJO, prepares to submit its second half-yearly report on Thursday, experts expect the first indictments against senior officials to be raised very soon.

Judges at the UN court said that Belgrade is refusing to fulfil its obligations and transfer three members of Vojislav Seselj’s Serbian Radical Party for trial on witness intimidation charges.

After Croatia's Social Democratic Party, SDP, suffered an embarrassing defeat in the country's recent elections, a similar fate awaits Bosnia's civic parties in the upcoming local elections there.

The chief Nazi-hunter at the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, Efraim Zuroff, told BIRN that the next Croatian government must confront politicians who try to rehabilitate the country’s World War II fascist regime.

Rappers on both sides of the Kosovo-Albania border are involved in increasingly bitter feuds that some in the media are likening to the 'wars' between hip-hop fans in the US in the 1990s.

The ongoing privatisation of media organisations in Serbia has forced many local, independent outlets to close - or become the tools of political parties.

Despite the leader's claims to have moved the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, to the centre ground, a few far-right candidates have still entered the new parliament under its auspices.

Die Angst das die korrupte Banden ihre Jobs verlieren. Geld stehlen, für die Banken, Finanz Mafia und für Korruptions Projekte. Die EZB Mafia kaufte für über eine Billarde € faule Banken und Firmen Kredite, der grösste Bankraub aller Zeiten, neben dem FED Desaster des wertlosen Dollars. Investitionsfonds der EU Viel Geld, wenig Wirkung Über einen Mega-Fonds pumpt die EU 116 Milliarden Euro in die Wirtschaft, Kommissionschef Juncker will das Programm jetzt verlängern – und kräftig ausweiten. Den Beweis, dass das etwas bringt, bleibt er schuldig. Von Stefan Schultz Jean-Claude Juncker Mittwoch, 14.09.2016   18:52 Uhr Die Zahlen, die Jean-Claude Juncker am Mittwoch dem EU-Parlament präsentiert, erscheinen beeindruckend: In den vergangenen […]

Members of the ruling Progressive Party and the nationalist Serbian Radical Party teamed up to accuse Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic of using his position to advance his political ambitions in the parliamentary debate on his annual report.

  Albania To Get First Spar Hypermarkets and Supermarkets Published on Sep 13 2016 11:35 AM in Retail tagged: Spar / Albania Albania will soon get its first Spar supermarkets following a licensing deal with local private investment group Balfin (through its Almark unit). Work is currently underway to convert Carrefour branded stores to Spar, focusing first on the launch of two Interspar hypermarkets and thereafter on rolling out the conversion of supermarkets. By 2017, Balfin Group plans to open over 100 supermarkets and 10 hypermarkets, creating the largest retail network in Albania and investing over €50 million in the project. Almark has also invited all potential partners who have […]

The decision of the European Commission President not to mention EU enlargement in his annual speech has left Balkan observers feeling concerned and disappointed.

A proposal for Montenegro to join NATO is likely to sail through the US Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, after President Barack Obama backed it strongly. 

Hollande: I’ve discussed free movement of seconded staff; France will not tolerate abuses By Editor  /  13/09/2016  /  Politics, RO Politics, RO Social, Romania, Social  /  No Comments Bucharest, September 13, 2016/Independent Balkan News Agency France’s President Francois Hollande said Tuesday that in his conversations with Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis he approached the free movement of seconded workers and the European directive related to it, emphasising that France will not tolerate abuse. “The freedom of seconded workers was a matter I’ve discussed with […] Read More → EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Council, Joint press conference Bruxelles, 08/09/2016  Remarks/speeches Remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the joint press conference with […]

As the ground continues to shake in Skopje, after Sunday’s magnitude 5.3 earthquake, many residents remain frightened of sleeping at home while others are keeping their children out of school.

Dëshmia ku është plagosur Noizy, dhe arma e cila u përdor gjatë përleshjes (Foto+Video) Indeksonline ka siguruar foto-dëshmi të përljeshje së sotme ndërmjet reperëve nga Shqipëria, respektivisht Noizyt dhe Cozman. Pas kësaj përleshje, Noizy është dërguar në QKUK ku është trajtuar nga mjekët kujdestar. Sic shihet në foto të siguruar nga “Indeksonline”, atij i ka mbetur një plumb në pjesën e pasme të trupit. Ndërkaq arma e cila është përdorur në këtë përleshje, ishte e tipit 6.35 /Indeksonline   http://indeksonline.net/lajmet/deshmia-ku-eshte-plagosur-noizy-dhe-arma-e-cila-u-perdor-gjate-perleshjes-foto-video-16953/ Momenti i Arrestimit të Cosmanit dhe vëllait të… Kronika Kështu u arrestua Noizy në Prishtinë (VIDEO) Para pak minutave ka ndodhur një shkëmbim zjarri tek ‘Swis Diamond’, e që kanë […]

Croatian and Bosnian officials will meet to discuss the construction of a long-delayed new bridge linking the two countries which is important for the development of Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska.

Once a pro-West centrist, the president of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity is now a hard-line nationalist whose policy aims include splitting the country.

Stay tuned for all the latest developments, election results and reactions as Croatia goes to the polls to elect a new government.