Balkan News

After hooligans assaulted a minor in Podgorica whose family publicly supports LGBT rights, activists demand the maximum legal penalties for the crime to prevent similar violence in future.

The popularity of Bosnia's two biggest parties has fallen slightly in the run-up to Sunday's local elections, a poll shows - which also highlighted the large number of undecided voters.

Milos and Aleksandar Simovic, who were jailed for involvement in the murder of Serbian PM Zoran Djindjic, refused to testify in the trial of four state security officers for an opposition journalist’s killing.

British historian Rory Yeomans, who has researched the Croatian fascist Ustasa movement, says he is worried by attempts by politicians and academics to play down the crimes it committed in World War II.

After missing a deadline to ‘unbundle’ Srbijagas, Serbia faces sanctions in October that may impede its EU accession negotiations.

Over one in ten Bulgarians suffered from domestic or gender-based violence last year, with levels significantly higher among the country’s Roma population, a new study said.

As Albanian emigrants build new lives abroad, experts foresee that the money they send home to their relatives is going to shrink further, but without damaging the country’s economy.

On their way through Hungary, refugees and migrants face illegal detentions, beatings and have even been chased by dogs, Amnesty’s latest report says.

Die Amerikaner brachen die vereinbarte Waffenruhe in Syrien, entschuldigten sich. Andrew Kelly Russlands UN-Botschafter: „Syrien bombardieren alle, denen es gerade gefällt“ Von seiner gut bekannten kriminellen Energie getrieben, verdreht erneut der gekaufte Journalist Stefan Kornelius, Alle Fakten. Schweigt wer die Kopf Abscheider organisiert, finanziert. Auch noch die Kopf Abschneider Terroristen Organisation White Helms, als NGO verkaufen. Trotz vereinbarter Waffen Ruhe, bombardierten die Amerikaner Syrische Truppen und koordinierten en folgenden Angriff der Al-Nusra Terroristen. Die US Militärs, Pentagon, nehmen keine Befehle des Weissen Hauses entgegen. er volle Text des russisch-amerikanischen Syrien-Abkommens ist auf der offiziellen Seite des russischen Außenministeriums verfügbar. USA bedauern Luftangriff auf syrische Truppen Stand: 19.09.2016 | Lesedauer: 3 […]

Macedonia’s junior ruling party demanded an investigation into a leak of wiretapped conversations between its senior members, which some claim may be intended to blackmail the party ahead of December's polls.

Milorad Dodik, the president of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska, said his security has been jeopardised by a Bosniak political leader who compared him to slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Moscow has been criticised for donating 100 euros to help Bucharest buy back a sculpture by Romanian artist Constantin Brancusi while not returning gold that has been held in Russia since WWII.

Popular Balkan singer Zdravko Colic angered many Montenegrins after he publicly supported the party of veteran PM Milo Djukanovic for the upcoming elections in the country.

Head of Romania’s Foreign Intelligence Service resigns Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, the head of Romania’s Foreign Intelligence Office (SIE), has resigned from this position, Presidency spokesperson Mădălina Dobrovolschi announced on Monday. President Klaus Iohannis said that Ungureanu invoked personal reasons for his resignation. He added that he would name a new director at SIE after the parliamentary elections in December. SIE deputy director Silviu Predoiu will take over … Read more. The Soros reign: a Romanian example Geopolitics Europe 26.08.2016 Romania Romania is one of the European countries which is most oriented towards the Atlanticist geopolitical project. Despite its Orthodox Christian people, its elites always follow a strict pro-EU and pro-American […]

Milorad Dodik, the president of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska, shrugged off the possibility of arrest after state prosecutors called him for questioning over a banned ‘statehood day’ referendum.

Kosovo’s Special Prosecution has admitted that it is not investigating the killings and disappearances of Albanians and Serbs in the village of Mushtisht/Mustiste during and after the war in 1999.

Milorad Ulemek, alias Legija, the former special police commander convicted of PM Zoran Djindjic’s assassination, made his first appearance as a witness in the trial of four state security officers for an opposition journalist’s murder.

Krimineller Schwachsinn, das die EIB, EBRD Bank, ein weiteres Anwachsen von Istanbul finanziert. Entgegen der korrupten und schwachsinnigen Berliner Politik Mafia, funktionieren die neuen Gross Flugplätze bei Istanbul, darunter 3 grösser als das Pleite BER Projekt. Geldwäsche Geschäfte ohne Ende The EU’s millions that landed in tax havens Between 2011 and 2015, the fia lent hundreds of millions to private equity funds incorporated in tax havens and problematic jurisdictions. The EIB supports private equity funds incorporated in tax havens and problematic jurisdictions; There is a systematic lack of transparency involved in these types of operations, both from the EIB and the investment fund’s side; Cases of conflicts of interests and […]

Belgrade's most important theatre festival, Bitef, is celebrating its golden anniversary this year, and offers a strong programme that doesn’t compromise the seriousness and enthusiasm on which the festival was built.

Stay tuned for all the latest developments as Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity votes in a controversial referendum on its ‘statehood day’, defying a ban by the country’s Constitutional Court.