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Serbia's Prime Minister-Designate is having difficulty reconciling opposing pressures from both East and West to put their candidates in the new government, analysts and members of the old government say.

Row over schools operated by alleged Turkish coup leader could spark new conflicts and aggravate divisions in Bosnia according to experts.

The Kosovo Special Prosecution indicted an Iranian citizen on terrorism-financing charges for allegedly hiding suspect funds of an Islamic NGO from authorities.

Turkey's embassy in Kosovo has urged the government to take action against a journalist over tongue-in-cheek Facebook comments he made about the failed military coup in Turkey.

Most eastern European cities have renamed their streets since the fall of communism, but in Belgrade the process has been especially radical.

In Sinne der Verbrecher und Terroristen Banden der SWP-Berlin: Volker Perthes und den durchgeknallten Deutschen Aussenministern. Die absoalut kriminelle Massenmoerderin wurd vom gekauften Verbrechern, wie Frank Walter Steinmeier gelobt, was pervers ist und einmalig in der korrupten Verbloedung des Auswaertigen Amtes. Clinton Cash – der Film über ein kriminelles Paar von Freeman am Dienstag, 26. Juli 2016 , unter Korruption, Präsidentenwahl16 | Kommentare (0) Clinton Cash ist der Titel des 2015 von der New York Times zum Besteller erklärten Buch von Peter Schweizer. Darin wird erzählt, wie und warum fremde Regierungen und Konzerne dabei geholfen haben, Bill und Hillary Clinton ab 2001 von null auf ein Vermögen von 150 Millionen […]

A number of experts say hopes that German-style vocational training will bring down youth unemployment are misplaced.

A German bank loan of 50 million euros opens the way for the construction of 126km high voltage 400kV line from Elbasan in Albania to Bitola in Macedonia, designed to integrate the energy trade in the region.

The Mayor of the Skopje Municipality of Centar, Andrej Zernovski, a known opponent of the government revamp of the city, is to testify on Tuesday before the Special Prosecution - which is investigating possible crimes related to the makeover.

The ultra-nationalist Serbian Radical Party plans to revive its activities in Montenegro ahead of the October elections, promising a tough campaign against EU and NATO membership.

The new head of the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, said the party will run alone in September's parliamentary elections without its partners from the Patriotic Coalition.

The Balkans today are caught between Brexit and bloody showdown in Turkey. These are the new European geo-strategic coordinates that we need to be aware of.

The Syrian who blew himself up near a music festival in Ansbach on Sunday had been facing deportation to Bulgaria, according to the German authorities.

The endless-seeming arguments over Cardinal Stepinac’s life and actions are a depressing reminder that World War II remains unfinished business in parts of the former Yugoslavia.

The reforms passed by parliament last Friday will radically change the way justice is administered in Albania, and hopefully curb corruption and political influence.

A director of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, said the Croatian court judgment, quashing the conviction of Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac in 1946 for collaboration, was 'shameful and horrible'.

Wie alle Staaten im Balkan, vollkommen ruiniert, korrumpiert durch Rot-Gruen einer Profi kriminellen Organisationen, welche ihren Auftritt als Lobbysiten damals hatten. Einzige Deutsche Politik: HItler s Ost Erweiterung mit Kriminellen umzusetzen und mit allen Mitteln. Die OMV Oelfirma aus Austria, ebenso ueberall dabei im Bestechungs Spektakel. + Sogar Sklaven gibt es noch in Rumaenien, oder Leute die zur Bettelei erpresst werden, oft durch die Roma Mafia. Securitate 2.0? Oliver Pahnecke 24.07.2016 Wie der rumänische Geheimdienst die Unabhängigkeit der Justiz und die Rechtsstaatlichkeit untergräbt Dana Girbovan (37) ist Richterin am Berufungsgericht in Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg) in Rumänien. Als Präsidentin der Nationalen Union rumänischer Richter (UNJR) leitet sie die Kampagne rumänischer Richter gegen […]

e 25 Jul 16 Legendary Yugoslav Car Firm Fades Into History The final closure of the long defunct Zastava car factory in Kragujevac has left many Serbs grieving for a part of their history that is now definitely over. Milivoje Pantovic BIRN Belgrade Parking lot with Zastava models in the fifties. Photo: Facebook The cars – once popular throughout the former Yugoslavia – have not been produced for years. But the “lock on the factory gate” in Kragujevac – which a Serbian court ordered placed last week – marks a final break with what some believe was „a better past”. The company Zastava Automobile from Kragujevac was declared bankrupt on […]

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 1.5-million-strong diaspora is increasingly sending less money back home, but this underused resource could provide the country with expertise as well as investment to boost economic development.

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