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Opposition party says it will seeks education minister's resignation because of what it calls discrimination against the Cyrillic script in schools.

Free-trade deal with Russian-dominated economic bloc offers Serbia little - and could damage Belgrade's relations with the EU, experts warn.

Against a deadline set by the anti-government protesters, Macedonia's parties are considering a fresh round of leaders' meetings this week to discuss ways out of the ongoing political crisis.

Bakir Izetbegovic, chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a delegation of the Party of Democratic Action, SDA, laid flowers and paid respect to Bosnian Serbs killed at Kazani locality.

Aleksandar Vucic has met EU and US ambassadors following claims made in the pro-goverment media in Serbia that they are sponsoring an anti-government conspiracy.

The trial of Ratko Mladic before the Hague Tribunal continues following a break that lasted more than a month due to defence difficulties in bringing witnesses to court.

Bosniak parents in Srebrenica started boycotting the local elementary school on Monday, in a row over the official name of the language that their children are being taught in.

The International Monetary Fund is sceptical about Serbian government optimism on public sector salary and pension increases.

Serbia’s growing Ne Davimo Beograd [Let’s not drown Belgrade] social movement is staging a fresh protest, continuing its calls for the resignations of the Belgrade officials responsible for the night-time demolitions in Savamala, where the capital’s waterfront project is to be built.

Bosnia’s junior basketball team’s lack of stable state funding threatens the current European champions.

Moscow issues veiled response as a US Navy destroyer is slated to begin joint drills with the Romanian navy.

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Stojan and Zoran Kenjalo and Dragan Balaban were jailed for a total of 19 years after admitting they were guilty of the murders, torture and forcible resettlement of Bosniak civilians in Bosanski Novi.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Bosnia discriminated against Ilijaz Pilav for not allowing him to stand for the presidency because he was a Bosniak living in the country's Serb-dominated entity.

A gun battle at Bulgaria’s largest seaside resort, Sunny Beach, left notorious gangster Dimitar Zhelyazkov seriously wounded and one of his associates dead.

At the trial of former Bosnian Army general Sakib Mahmuljin, a witness said he was beaten and given electric shocks by mujahideen fighters and forced to kiss another prisoner’s severed head.

The Montenegrin State Prosecutor's Office has set up a special team to deal with a spate of murders, attempted murders and drug-related crimes in the resort town of Kotor.

Croatian Vice Prime Minister Tomislav Karamarko said he was ready to step down if the two other main players in the current government dispute, the prime minister and the other deputy PM, also quit.

Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) MP Driton Caushi said the opposition party has ended its disruptive three-month boycott of parliament in a bid to stop a controversial border deal with Montenegro.

The UN war crimes court accused Serbia of violating cooperation agreements and undermining justice efforts by not arresting three Serbian Radical Party members accused of interfering with witnesses.