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Personality Politics Wins as Serbia’s Bosniaks Choose Leaders

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 02/11/2018 - 08:37
Upcoming elections for the Bosniak national minority council, whose chief can paint himself as the ‘president of Serbia’s Bosniaks’, have been dominated by personality politics, sparking tensions in the country’s Sandzak region.
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Cat and Mouse Games

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 01/11/2018 - 17:42
Yet again, the region’s news is filled with stories of political and diplomatic manoeuvres and machinations – domestic or international – all of which have the air of well-rehearsed cat and mouse games. 
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Dodik Proposes Viskovic to Form Bosnian Serb Govt

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 01/11/2018 - 17:18
The president of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, said that he will propose his party colleague Radovan Viskovic to form a new government.
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Vucic Slams Montenegro for Barring Serbian Public Figures

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 01/11/2018 - 16:34
Serbia's president criticised the Montenegrin authorities for stopping four Serbian public figures entering the country to attend a controversial event commemorating the unification of the two countries in 1918.
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Court Freezes Macedonian Opposition’s Property Assets

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 01/11/2018 - 13:29
A Macedonian court has temporarily frozen 69 real-estate assets owned by the main opposition VMRO DPMNE party, including its lavish HQ in Skopje, as part of a major money-laundering investigation.
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Putin Overestimates Moldovan Exports to Russia

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 01/11/2018 - 12:42
At a meeting with Moldova's pro-Russian President Igor Dodon, who was seeking his backing before elections, Vladimir Putin overestimated the amount of Moldovan exports to Russia.
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Bulgarian Newspapers 'Losing Trust, Money and Readers'

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 01/11/2018 - 11:30
Dwindling print advertising, scandal-mongering headlines and hidden ownership are tarnishing popular trust in the country's leading political newspapers, says a new market analysis of Bulgarian media.
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Tirana Urges Athens to Condemn Anti-Albanian Incidents

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 01/11/2018 - 10:49
The Albanian Foreign Ministry summoned the Greek ambassador for a second time in three days, demanding clear condemnation of anti-Albanian incidents in Greece sparked by the shooting of a Greek-Albanian.
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Violent Treatment During Childbirth: Croatian Women Speak Out

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 01/11/2018 - 08:30
After years of silence, hundreds of Croatian women have been speaking publicly about the traumatic experiences they suffered during childbirth in the country’s hospitals, putting obstetric violence on the political agenda.
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Party Officials' Resignations Rock Macedonian Opposition

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 01/11/2018 - 08:29
A slew of resignations by prominent party officials who disagree with their leadership’s anti-Western path have rocked Macedonia’s opposition right-wing VMRO DPMNE.
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Serbia’s ‘Non-Transparent’ Critical Infrastructure Bill Criticised

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 01/11/2018 - 08:29
Activists warned that Serbia is adopting its first legislation to protect critical infrastructure such as power, water, telecommunications and healthcare facilities without any public discussion or proper explanation.
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Bulgarian Citizenship Scam Profited from Fraudulent Applicants

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 31/10/2018 - 17:10
Ineligible candidates for Bulgarian citizenship paid thousands of euros to illegally acquire ‘heritage certificates’ in a corrupt scam run by a state agency, prosecutors said.
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Sarajevo to Honour Iron Maiden Frontman

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 31/10/2018 - 16:01
Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of British heavy metal heroes Iron Maiden, will be bestowed the title of honorary citizen of Bosnia's capital, Sarajevo. 
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Russian Patriarch Awards Honour to Moldovan President

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 31/10/2018 - 13:13
Patriarch Kirill gave Moldova's pro-Russian President Igor Dodon an honour for his support for his country's Orthodox Church, which remains loyal to Moscow.
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Kosovo ‘Sceptical’ About New Hague Court, Says PM

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 31/10/2018 - 12:23
As the prosecutor at the Hague-based Specialist Chambers visited Kosovo for the first time, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said there is a sense of scepticism about the new court that will try suspects for wartime crimes.
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Romanians Mark Third Anniversary of Rock Club Fire

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 31/10/2018 - 12:21
Over 2,000 people marched through the Romanian capital on Tuesday night to commemorate the third anniversary of a fire that killed 64 and wounded 147 at a rock concert in Bucharest in 2015.
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Serbia Embraces War Criminals and Convicts Their Critics

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 31/10/2018 - 12:04
When activists protested against an event organised by the ruling party promoting a convicted war criminal, we were fined - showing again how Serbian officials still reject the truth about the 1990s conflicts.
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‘Vlach Magic’ of Eastern Serbia

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 31/10/2018 - 08:46
Famed and feared for elaborate Vlach death rituals, Serbia’s east is also home to Roman palaces, historical vineyards, medieval monasteries and more.
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New Serbia-Russia Gas Deal Remains Opaque

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 31/10/2018 - 08:45
Belgrade and Moscow authorities have not revealed specific details of an amended agreement which will enable Serbia to re-export some of the Russian gas being pumped into the country.
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In Croatia, Classroom Catholicism is Hard to Avoid

Balkaninsight.com - Wed, 31/10/2018 - 08:43
Some Croatian parents are worried about the creeping influence of the Catholic Church in schools.
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