Balkan News

Serbian trade ministry tells BIRN that while it has not been officially informed of the US decision to blacklist Slobodan Tesic, it will take all such relevant sanctions into account.

A new report commissioned by the country's central bank suggests a Moldovan banker and mayor, who is already on trial, was the possible mastermind behind the 2014 'billion dollar' theft that shook the country. 

Protesters have succeeded in persuading the Bulgarian authorities to send two recently rescued baby lion cubs to a rescue centre abroad, instead of to life behind bars in a Bulgarian zoo.

A new report shows that even small power plants funded by European banks are inflicting serious damage on the region’s precious natural habitats.

Defying Bosnia’s state authorities, the EU and US, the Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska is organising a lavish celebration of its disputed ‘statehood’ holiday, despite a ban by the Constitutional Court.

Balkan countries voted in different ways on the UN resolution that criticised the US decision to recognise Jerusalam as Israel's capital, reflecting conflicts between the US and EU standpoints on this issue. 

Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Milomir Davidovic was charged with taking part in the rape and sexual abuse of Bosniak women in Foca in the summer of 1992.

Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic visited convicted former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic in custody in The Hague and said that Serbia will probably request his temporary release for medical treatment.

In the year that Ratko Mladic was convicted of terrorising Sarajevo during the wartime siege, two mothers of young children who were killed by the shelling recall the horror they lived through, and explain how they survived.

BIRN research shows how the country’s public broadcaster was used to bring the former ruling party’s historical obsessions to the country’s TV screens.

Looking back on his 100 days in office, Kosovo’s new Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, admits he is far from solving the country's huge problems – but says at least he has 'scanned the situation' and knows what they are.

Only one candidate, seen as the favourite of the outgoing leader, Nikola Gruevski, is standing in the leadership election for Macedonia’s former ruling VMRO DPMNE party, fuelling complaints about a rigged process.

Schlimmer wie bei der Mafia, die EZB, verweigert Einsicht in angebliche Rechtsgutachten über Griechenland, was Alles über die „Transparenz“ der EZB und der korrupten EU sagt. Varoufakis klagt gegen EZB 21. Dezember 2017 / Aufrufe: 2 Yanis Varoufakis und Fabio De Masi erstatteten bei dem EuGH Anzeige gegen die EZB wegen der Banken Griechenlands. Yanis Varoufakis und der deutsche EU-Abgeordnete Fabio De Masi verlangen von dem Europäischen Gerichtshof (EuGH), die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) zu zwingen, die juristische Überlegung zu enthüllen, auf der die Entscheidung bezüglich der Einfrierung der Liquidität an die griechischen Banken basierte. Griechenlands ehemaliger Finanzminister Yanis Varoufakis und ein deutscher Europa-Parlamentarier erstatten Anzeige gegen die Europäische Zentralbank um […]

Police officers protest in Sarajevo By Mladen Dragojlovic / Published on: 18-12-2017, 18:23 A few thousands of police officers from several Federation BiH cantons gathered on Monday in front of the entity Government building to protest against the new draft Law on Pensions and insurance of persons with disabilities.They asked the agreement of the Government about police officers‘ retirement conditions, since the solution in the disputed Law is not suitable for a profession like the one of police staff. Police trade unions decided to call their members to the protest because there was no positive answer from the Government and due to the fact that both houses at the entity Parliament […]

  Bau Schrott, Kredit Betrug ohne Ende, ebenso mit Zement Werken, Einkaufs Centren, jeder Betrug wird finanziert auch das ehemalige Medien Monopol von Bodo Hombach und der WAZ, immer ist Betrug dabei, gefälschte und falsche Gutachten überall, was vor 20 Jahren auch schon bekannt war. Die KfW, Deutsche Bank, ist und war ebenso sehr aktiv in diesem Betrugs und Bestechungsgeschäften. Fraud System EU: European-financed small hydropower plants damaging pristine Balkan landscapes – study Eight hydropower projects in Albania, Croatia and Macedonia financed with European public money have damaged biodiversity and are in urgent need of increased monitoring and restoration measures. 20 December 2017 TwitterLinkedInFacebookWhatsApp The intake of the Tearce 97 […]

The US on Thursday listed Slobodan Tesic among a host of world figures blacklisted as human rights abusers and corrupt actors, calling him 'one of the biggest arms dealers in the Balkans'.

Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik asked the Serb member of the tripartite Bosnian presidency to oppose a UN General Assembly resolution criticising Trump for recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

At its closing event, UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres said the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia had shown the international community’s commitment to holding war criminals accountable.

Political splits, shadow rulers and endless struggles over the rule of law are all themes that we bring you from the Balkans this week, along with a remarkable discovery. 

The Bulgarian parliament made a U-turn on its own decision to halt public funding for innovative treatments for cancer and other rare diseases after it sparked public outrage.