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Montenegro has tightened restrictions on the arms trade to comply with tough EU demands - and to prevent sold weapons from ending up in conflict zones around the world.

As an EU deadline approaches, leaders of the two main parties seem closer to holding urgently needed talks on deadlocked judicial reforms.

The first legal cannabis products intended to be used in the treatment of many severe illnesses should be available in Macedonian pharmacies from this week, medical officials said.

Civic initiative for Croatia’s education reform has attracted support over 200 organisations that will help in organising protest across the country, as well as New York, London, Paris, Budapest and Shanghai.

Ahead of the third joint meeting of the governments of Kosovo and Albania, people on both sides of the border want to see more than just warm words.

kabel eins Dienstag, 31.05.2016 20:15 bis 22:10 Dokumentation Achtung Abzocke – Urlaubsbetrügern auf der Spur Osteuropa – Goldstrand und Budapest D 2016 2016-06-05 09:05 HDTV Merken Osteuropa wird zunehmend beliebt als Urlaubsziel für deutsche Touristen, aber auch hier lauern böse Abzocken. Am bulgarischen Goldstrand enttarnt Peter Giesel die unverschämten Preise für Strandliegen und Sonnenschirme und zeigt, warum Geldwechseln zur Falle werden kann. In Budapest lässt sich Peter Giesel mitten im Zentrum eine gut gemachte aber funktionslose Smartphone-Fälschung verkaufen und geht mit zwei dreisten Studentinnen ein Bier trinken. Osteuropa wird zunehmend beliebt als Urlaubsziel für deutsche Touristen, aber auch hier lauern böse Abzocken. Am bulgarischen Goldstrand enttarnt Peter Giesel die unverschämten […]

Elvis Rroshi, the mayor of Kavaja in central Albania, resigned after admitting being convicted in Italy - the first major casualty of a new law aimed at forcing people with criminal records out of politics.

Azem Syla, a prominent Kosovo politician from the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo, is accused of being the head of a crime syndicate involved in property scams and money laundering.

The president of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik asked Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic for support, claiming that the existence of Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity is in danger.

Several hundred people gathered in Prijedor to remember May 31, 1992, when the Bosnian Serb authorities ordered all non-Serbs to mark their houses with white flags or sheets.

The UN war crimes court in The Hague rejected a request from the defence of former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic to grant him temporary release.

Some of the most famous bribery cases in Romania are depicted in images in a new online museum set up to highlight the country's problems with corruption.

A last-minute decision by the European Commission to delay a belated external audit of Bulgaria’s powerful prosecution had posed questions about the country's progress in judicial reform.

BHRT, Bosnia's state television station, will temporarily stop broadcasting from June 30 due to its critical financial situation.

Milorad Ulemek, alias Legija, the former special police commander convicted of PM Zoran Djindjic’s assassination, is being resurrected as a potential star witness in high-profile cases that could boost the government’s credibility.

Foreign investors will remain interested in lending to Serbia as long as economic reforms stay on track.

Bosnia is now the only country in the Balkans without laws limiting the price of medicines - which as a consequence are far higher than in the rest of the region, experts say.

Jetzt wird Hillary Clinton ganz offiziell vom FBI beschuldigt, eine Verbrecher Organisation rund um Erpressung zuleiten. Das FBI stuft die Hillary Clinton Foundation als kriminelle Organisation ein. Identisch auch die Bill Clinton Stiftung, angebliche Hilfs Organisationen, welche nur Mafiös aufgezogen wurden zur Geld Erpressung und Betrug in der Haiti Hilfe und sonstwo in der Welt. Waffen für die Saudis wurden für 10 Millionen $ Spenden besorgt, die Ukraine Oligarchen Mafia , die Iranischen MEK Terroristen zahlten auch. Die Tochter ist auch schon in dem Sumpf abgetaucht, wo Bill Clinton als Governeuer schon die Gross Drogen Dealter in der Iran Constra Affäre schützte und die Familie daran verdiente. Fan Gemeinde: Guido […]

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A Romanian journalist is being sued by the Constitutional Court for calling its judges “villains” in a column.