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Croatia Experts Fear Elections Will Slow Reforms

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 03/06/2016 - 07:49
No-confidence motion in Croatian Vice-Prime Minister has potential to provoke early elections, which will also delay key reforms dealing with the budget deficit, experts warn.
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FBI: Hillary Clinton’s Racketeering Mafia – CIA: The Corrupt and Ignorant Agency

Balkanblog.org - Thu, 02/06/2016 - 21:36
Commentary: The Clintons’ criminal enterprise ignored by FBI, DOJ, IRS  — Haiti Mafia mit Bill Clinton: John McCain’s Saudi Paymasters The Criminalization of Politics: Hillary Accused of Racketeering by the FBI, Will She be Dumped from the Presidential Race? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, May 30, 2016 FRANK COMEY Wayne MADSEN | 01.06.2016 CIA: The Corrupt and Ignorant Agency The American taxpayers have been fleeced for almost seventy years by a so-called «intelligence» agency that has systematically violated the US Constitution, broken practically every federal law on the books, and penetrated virtually every facet of American life. The Central Intelligence Agency’s creation was bemoaned by its creator, President Harry […]
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Kosovo PDK Chief Says Disputed Deals Will Take Effect

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 02/06/2016 - 16:32
Kadri Veseli, head of the ruling PDK, said Kosovo will implement controversial agreements with Montenegro and on creating an association of Serb-majority municipalities.
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Serbia, Albania PMs Jointly Hail Actor's Legacy

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 02/06/2016 - 14:07
Marking the 80th anniversary of the birth of the late actor Bekim Fehmiu, the Albanian and Serbian Prime Ministers have called for continued Serbo-Albanian reconciliation.
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Croatian General Glavas’s War Crimes Retrial Opens

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 02/06/2016 - 11:10
Croatian wartime general Branimir Glavas is being retried at the supreme court for war crimes against Serb civilians in Osijek in 1991, although his guilt will not be questioned.
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Democratic Party Takes Aim at Serbia’s ‘Autocracy’

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 02/06/2016 - 07:35
Democratic Party president Bojan Pajtic alleges that PM Aleksandar Vucic is an autocrat posing as a European democrat and says opposition parties should unite against his rule at the next round of elections.
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Croatia Encouraged to Supply More Goods to China

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 02/06/2016 - 07:34
Senior member of China's business delegation to Zagreb says trade could improve - and Croatia could meet some of China's demand for wine, pharmaceuticals and dairy and agricultural products.
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How ‘I Protest’ Took Flight in Macedonia

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 02/06/2016 - 07:34
One month after President Ivanov’s pardons sparked mass protests, BIRN looks at how the ‘Protestiram’ movement has organised and developed in Macedonia.
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Bosnia Keeps Details of IMF Deal Under Wraps

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 02/06/2016 - 07:33
Bosnian authorities have refused to reveal details of the recent agreement with the IMF, despite pressure from opposition parties to do so.
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Albania Starts Combing Officials' Crime Reports

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 02/06/2016 - 07:32
Albania is starting to verify around 30,000 questionnaires sent out to officials, concerning their possible criminal pasts. 
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Bulgaria MPs Reject Call to End Russia Sanctions

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 02/06/2016 - 07:31
Bulgaria's parliament on Wednesday rejected a proposed resolution encouraging dialogue between the EU and Russia and calling for an end to EU sanctions.
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Kosovo Claims Brezovica Project Can go Ahead

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 17:53
Kosovo officials claim French investors in the Brezovica ski resort have met a deadline to submit bank guarantees for the project - however, the future of the 410-million-euro scheme still looks unclear.
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Kosovo New Party Chief Welcomes Big Brother Star

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 17:06
New PDK leader Kadri Veseli put on a show at his party’s headquarters, welcoming a star from the Big Brother Albania TV show as the newest party member and urging others to follow his lead.
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Fugitive Bosnian Serb General’s Trial Delayed in Serbia

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 14:37
The Belgrade trial of Novak Djukic, already convicted in Sarajevo of ordering a deadly artillery strike on the town of Tuzla, was delayed until further notice because court transcripts haven’t arrived.
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Die US Mafia Victory Nuland, wollte mit dem Oligarchen Vladimir Plahotniuc, sich Moldawien kaufen.

Balkanblog.org - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 14:05
1,5 Milliarden € haben die US – KAS – CDU installierten Verbrecher Banden direkt aus Banken gestohlen. Nun wollte man mit Bestechungsgeld, identisch wie in Montenegro, mit der Mafia sich die NATO Mitglietschaft erkaufen, was mehr wie peinlich ist. Immer die Geistig behinderte Victory Nuland, die Berufs Kriminelle Hillary Clinton, wo das FBI inzwischen ermittelt, wegen Erpressung und Betrug und mit dem Oligarchen und Verbrecher:Vladimir Plahotniuc Noch ein Verbrecher Staat, ohne Gesetze, soll Mitglied werden: Neues NATO Mitglied Montenegro: 2015 MAN OF THE YEAR IN ORGANIZED CRIME: Award: Milo Djukanovic Victory Nuland, von krimineller Energie getrieben und vollkommen inkompetend, organisierten den hoch kriminellen Putsch in Kiew, inklusive Todesschwadronen und finanzierte […]
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Croatian Serb Rebel Leader’s Trial Starts in Zagreb

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 11:53
The trial of Milan Martic, the leader of rebel Croatian Serbs during wartime, and Milan Celeketic, his military chief-of-staff, started in their absence at a Zagreb court.
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Bosnia’s Elites Get the Cars They Desire

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 11:01
Officials in Bosnia have found a neat way to get round public procurement laws and get the exact official limos they want.
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Serbia's Islamic Communities Need Reconciliation, New Mufti Says

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 07:55
Abdullah Nu’man hopes to bridge the gap between the divided Muslim communities in Serbia.
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Romanian Medics Accused of Abusing Patients

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 07:40
In the latest scandal rocking the Romanian health system, Prosecutors say more than 50 psychiatrists and doctors illegally used their patients as experimental subjects for clinical trials without their consent.
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Swiss Scrap Work Limits on Bulgarians, Romanians

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 07:38
Workers from Bulgaria and Romania from Wednesday have equal access to Swiss jobs, like nationals from other EU member states, but Croatia remains under transitional restrictions. 
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