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Croatian Unions Protest Against Pension Reforms

Balkaninsight.com - Sat, 10/20/2018 - 15:00
Thousands of protesters gathered on Saturday in the Croatian capital to protest against planned pension reforms raising the age of retirement and making early retirement more difficult.
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Macedonia Starts Name Change Procedure, Amid Praise

Balkaninsight.com - Sat, 10/20/2018 - 11:00
Macedonia’s government will try to speed up the implementation of the historic ‘name’ agreement with Greece after parliament backed starting the procedure to change the country's name, with the opposition expelling its MPs who supported the deal.
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Macedonia’s Parliament Backs 'Name' Agreement with Greece

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 10/19/2018 - 22:55
Macedonia's parliament has passed the government motion for the constitution to be amended to allow the country's name to be changed - as required under the historic agreement with Greece.
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Former Srebrenica Defendant Sues Bosnia for Compensation

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 10/19/2018 - 17:20
A former Bosnian Serb army commander, Marko Milosevic – who in January was acquitted of all charges related to the Srebrenica genocide – is demanding compensation for the time he spent in custody and for damage to his health.
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Albania Resists Turkish Call to Hand Over 'Gulenists'

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 10/19/2018 - 15:57
After Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called on Albania to close down schools linked to Fethullah Gulen and 'extradite the terrorists', Albania's Ditmir Bushati said Tirana had to respect its international obligations on extradition.
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Romania's Justice Reforms Slated by Venice Commission

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 10/19/2018 - 15:23
Advisory body to the Council of Europe on Friday said Romania’s reforms to criminal justice legislation weaken the fight against corruption and other serious crimes. 
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US Official Urges Kosovo and Serbia to Reach Deal

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 10/19/2018 - 13:32
Senior US official Matthew Palmer urged Serbia and Kosovo on Friday to make the most of a "historic opportunity" to end their decade-long dispute.
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Kosovo's Moves to Transform Security Force Alarm Serbia

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 10/19/2018 - 12:22
Serbia said it would talk to the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo, KFOR, about Kosovo's moves to change its lightly armed security force, the KSF, into a de-facto army.
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Cash-Hungry Romania Eyes Newlyweds’ Lavish Spending

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 10/19/2018 - 11:13
Experts say moves by the tax authority to oblige newlyweds to declare all their wedding suppliers may sound ridiculous – but form part of a justifiable clampdown on tax evasion and money laundering.
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OSCE Condemns Albania Website Registration Demand

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 10/19/2018 - 06:22
A government move ordering media websites to register with the tax authority as part of an alleged 'anti-defamation drive' was criticized on Thursday by the OSCE's Freedom of the Media Representative and by the organisation Civil Rights Defenders.
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Bosnia Faces Fresh Discrimination Case in Europe

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 10/19/2018 - 06:17
A Bosnian Serb barred from standing in the recent presidential election is hoping the European Court of Human Rights will back his complaint of institutional discrimination.
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State of Denial: The Books Rewriting the Bosnian War

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 10/19/2018 - 06:16
The 1992-1995 Bosnian war spawned a new literary genre – books that fly in the face of established facts, written by or about those convicted of the killings.
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Macedonia Parliament to Vote on 'Name' Agreement

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 10/19/2018 - 06:15
Ahead of a key vote in Macedonia's parliament expected on Friday that may determine the fate of the historic ‘name’ agreement with Greece, opposition parties remain determined to reject it.
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A Comedy of Errors

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 10/18/2018 - 17:29
It seems that as one dispute is on the brink of being resolved, new ones are appearing across the region, while officials struggle to find ways to deal with the legacies of the bad policies of their predecessors. 
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Kosovo MPs Back Laws Giving KSF More Powers

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 10/18/2018 - 15:12
Kosovo's parliament on Thursday approved three laws on the Kosovo Security Force, KSF, expanding its competences and avoiding the need for constitutional changes required to change it into a regular army.
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Pioneering Kosovo Rape Victim Relives Battle for Justice

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 10/18/2018 - 14:31
A Kosovo Albanian woman has for the first time spoken out on TV about her experience as a rape victim during the war – and about her unsuccessful struggle for justice in court.
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Ecumenical Patriarch Rebuffs Macedonian Church's Plea for Recognition

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 10/18/2018 - 14:12
The head of global Orthodoxy has reportedly dismissed the unrecognised Macedonian Orthodox Church's request for recognition, saying the situations in Macedonia and Ukraine are very different.
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Kosovo Must Get Real on Violence Against Women

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 10/18/2018 - 06:31
The taboo on acknowledging violence against women is steadily collapsing in Kosovo – but the battle is not yet won and must continue with added intensity.
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MEP: EU-Moldova Relations at Lowest Ebb in a Decade

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 10/18/2018 - 06:24
Once held up as a success story of Europe’s eastern outreach, EU trust in Moldova is suddenly in short supply.
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Serbia Eyes Tanjug Brand Sale, But How?

Balkaninsight.com - Thu, 10/18/2018 - 06:15
The 75-year-old former Yugoslav state news agency was officially closed down in 2015, but continues operating in a legal limbo. Now the government wants to sell the name.
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