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The government has vowed to take action after a report revealed a massive increase in the number and sophistication of hacking attacks in Montenegro in 2016 on portals and websites of state institutions.

After a year of political turbulence, Croatia expects more stability in its politics, economy and foreign relations in 2017, although the local elections could pose a test.

Martin Shkreli, who once described himself as 'the most successful Albanian on earth' - and gained infamy for hiking the price of an AIDS drug - is back in hot water after being barred from Twitter for trolling a journalist.

New EU reports on Kosovo and Serbia list judicial issues, media freedom, corruption, organized crime and political polarization as the chief obstacles slowing their path to EU membership.

von der Leyen finanziert Terroristen, Massenmord inklusive Ausbilder für Mord und Terror in der Welt u.a. bei den Saudis! Rekorshalter in Krieg und Verbrechen: Angela Merkel, Obama, 8 Jahre Krieg und ohne Ende. Eine Rechtsgrundlage, das US Panzer Verbände nun ständig nach Polen rollen, gibt es nicht! Keine NATO Zustimmung, sondern private Verträge der Polen mit den USA liegen dem Aufmarsch zu Grunde, wo die Frage steht: Warum fahren die US Militär Schiffe nicht direkt nach Danzig? Die Geschichte wiederholt sich. Rückblick auf das Jahr 1941: Panzerverbände rollen in Richtung Ostfront Sonntag, 8. Januar 2017 Willy Wimmer Willy Wimmer Unfähig, gepaart mit Vorsatz Die Generäle als Nachfolger der Hitler Ost […]

Tradition Geschäfte des FBI, DEA, US Geheimdienst Agenten: man will ein Betrugs Büro in Tirana aufbauen   „Die Betrugs und US Mafiöse Organisation „ICITAP“, Schutzschirm für kriminelle Geschäfte aller Art in der Welt“ ist gesperrt Die Betrugs und US Mafiöse Organisation „ICITAP“, Schutzschirm für kriminelle Geschäfte aller Art in der Welt Mafia in Europa: USA “Code of Silence” Revisited: An Update on the Watts Investigation Jamie Kalven December 30 2016, 3:30 p.m. On October 6, The Intercept published “Code of Silence,” a four-part investigation of a far-reaching criminal enterprise within the Chicago Police Department. For more than a decade, a team of gang tactical officers led by Sgt. Ronald Watts were […]

Celebrations in the Bosnian Serb entity Republika Srpska saw a ratcheting up of independence rhetoric as well as high-level spats over the participation of members of the country’s armed forces.

SDSM outraged: Financial Police is investigating 22 Soros funded NGOs Thursday, 05 January 2017 The dispute over the role of the civil society sector in Macedonia continued to expand on Thursday, as SDSM party spokesman Petre Shilegov said that 22 non-Governmental organizations are under investigation by the Financial Investigation Bureau. VMRO-DPMNE party responded that this press conference only serves as further proof that SDSM coordinates its activities with the by far largest umbrella organization of the civil society sector – the George Soros funded Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonia (FOSIM). „According to information we have, on the initiative of the current director of the Security and Counter-Intelligence Bureau Vladimir Atanasovski, who was the former head of the FInancial Investigation Bureau, […]

Jovan Tintor, a wartime politician and former adviser to Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, went on trial for crimes against humanity against Bosniaks and Croats in the Vogosca area in 1992.

Former Croatian Defence Council fighters Mensur Djakic and Begzad Kajtazi were charged with committing crimes against Serb civilians in the village of Bukvik in the Brcko municipality in 1992.

VMRO DPMNE party leader Nikola Gruevski has 20 days starting Monday to try to form a new government after the country's President offered him a mandate.

Heavy snow has left many villages and roads snowed in across the Balkans, while schools are on a prolonged winter break as the authorities try to contain outbreaks of flu.

Following a series of verbal attacks on its neighbours by Belgrade, Serbia’s hopes of becoming a ‘factor of stability’ in the region are fast fading.

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Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska is staging a lavish celebration of its disputed ‘statehood’ holiday, defying a ban by the Constitutional Court.

A year of diverging narratives saw Bosnia’s communities pulling further apart - despite the submission of an application to joint the EU - while cultural life remained as vibrant as ever.

Would-be members queued up in Sofia to join former Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov's new party, 'Yes, Bulgaria!', which has vowed to take on Bulgaria's 'corrupt oligarchy'.

Most Balkan states will be slightly better off at the end of this year than they were at the beginning - despite the best efforts of the political class to keep tensions on the boil.

The choice of the next president could become a power struggle within the ruling coalition, which is also expected to name a candidate without seeking opposition backing.

In his verbal attacks on civil society groups in Macedonia, the leader of the ruling VMRO DPMNE party, Nikola Gruevski, has failed to mention that many of his closest associates and supporters were once affiliated to or senior members of the same NGOs, some media say.