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Record drug bust in Romanian village: Prosecutors seize two tons of cannabis 2 Oct 2017 by Irina Marica Romanian prosecutors of the Anti-Organized Crime Directorate (DIICOT) and police officers seized a record of two tons of cannabis on Friday, September 29, following searches in Mehedinti county. The investigation targets five people, namely two Italians and three Romanians, who set up a cannabis crop on a 4,000-square-meter land plot in Poiana Gruii village in Mehedinti county. The cannabis plants had a height of 1.5 meters and were in the last stage of vegetation before harvesting, according to DIICOT. One of the suspects, a 38-year-old man, was in charge of taking care […]

14 Flüge über den neuen Flugplatz auf der Insel Krk, durch das vollkommen korrupte Pentagon und der Kriegs Mafia, gab es dort Einzige US Politik und auch der EU, Berlinl: Analyse: USA kooperieren militärisch mit 73 Prozent aller Diktaturen Immer dabei, auch beim grössten Waffen Betrugs Skandal der NATO Die Pentagon: Schweizer Waffenhändler des Todes erneut: Heinrich Thomet, Marc Morales mit ihren Betrugs Waffen Geschäfte an die IS Croatian Island Airport Becomes Pentagon Hub A small airport on a Croatian island has become an important but unofficial logistical base for Pentagon shipments to the Middle East, likely including arms for Syrian rebels. Ivan Angelovski, Lawrence Marzouk, Jelena Cosic BIRN Washington, […]

Pronari i Detit: Pjesa II –– Aspekti juridik Nga Carloalberto Rossi, 18 orë përpara Foto: Giuseppe Mancino (www.giuseppemancinofoto.it) Po rimarr reflektimin e nisur disa ditë më parë rreth qasjes së jashtëzakonshme shqiptare mbi konceptin e pronës private, duke analizuar më në detaje aspektin juridik të çështjes së pronarit të detit. Ligji 7501 si metodë pasurimi Katastrofa e pronësisë së tokës bujqësore në Shqipëri filloi me ligjin famëkeq 7501, i cili u ndau nga pak metra katrorë tokë punëtorëve të kooperativasve bujqësore.Ligji—i hartuar dhe miratuar me shpejtësi nga qeveria Nano në vitin 1991 dhe i mbajtur në fuqi nga qeveria Berisha më pas, si rezultat i trysnisë shoqërorë të asaj kohe—u […]

Legal experts and Bosnian war victims have slated the Serbian Appeal Court, after it acquitted ten people charged with helping to conceal the former Bosnian Serb commander, Ratko Mladic.

At the time of insecurity over terrorism and natural disasters, a couple from Bosnia and their friend from Serbia have created a smart phone application called 'Ping' that warns users of imminent dangers in their vicinity.

Durres-born sculptor Helidon Xhixha - who has achieved international acclaim for his abstract steel art - tells BIRN in an interview that while he remains proud to be an Albanian, true art transcends national barriers.

While the French President is expected to use his Eastern European trip to raise the issue of cheap migrant labour, Romania and Bulgaria hope to use the French leader’s visit to push their own agendas.

Two boats carrying Syrians and Iraqis seized in a week by Romanian Coast Guard in the Black Sea have raised concerns that a new migration route is opening up. 

The EU has expressed hopes that Belgrade and Skopje will “deal with the issue calmly” after Serbia withdrew all diplomatic staff from the country.

Belgrade court found on Tuesday the retired Bosnian Serb general Marko Lugonja guilty of hiding the fugitive Ratko Mladic in his apartment in 2002.

Serbian media has accused Macedonia of tapping Serb officials’ communications amid an ongoing diplomatic scandal between Belgrade and Skopje.

  Droga e ardhur në Itali nga Shqipëria ëhstë bërë sërish lajm ditën djeshme. Në 2 operacione të policisë, një në ujëra ndërkombëtarë pranë Leçes dhe një në Akërni të Vlorës, e sekuestruan mbi 1.3 ton drogë kanabis. Ndërkohë policia financiare italiane ka shpërndarë sot një deklaratë për shtypit me detaje të hollësishme mbi gomonen me drogë e nisur nga Shqipëria dhe e kapur në afërsi të brigjeve të provincës së Leçes. Sipas policisë italiane, marijuana e sekuestruar në det kishte një peshë totale 633, 85 kg e cila nëse do të hidhej në treg trafikantët do të përfitonin 6 milionë euro. Në këtë deklatatë për shtyp Guardia di Financa […]

The forest fires devastating the coastal region of Dalmatia have prompted authorities to sound the alarm for all Croatia’s firefighting units.

Planned school trips to terror-struck Barcelona this week look like going ahead as arranged, despite a government ministry suggesting schools should cancel them.

The political crisis in Turkey is motivating many Turkish companies to shift their business operations to the nearby Balkan states.

The retrial of Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, two former leaders of the Serbian State Security Service, SDB, for crimes in Croatia and Bosnia continues on Tuesday.

The US State Department has dismissed Serbian claims that the late US diplomat Richard Holbrooke wrote to Milosevic, pledging that Washington would not recognise Kosovo's independence.

Hundreds of family members, survivors and activists on Monday commemorated the 200 Bosniak and Croat men killed by Bosnian Serbs at Koricani cliff on Mt Vlasic in 1992.

BIRN’s latest Summer School opened on Monday in Dubrovnik with interactive sessions on advanced digital research and use of open data sources.

Serbian leaders say they withdrew diplomatic staff from Macedonia after receiving intelligence about 'offensive actions' planned against Serbia.