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Fri, 05/02/2016 - 07:43
Visitors can now enjoy inside tours of Romania's Palace of the Parliament, the second largest building in the world, without having to leave home
Fri, 05/02/2016 - 07:41
As the European Parliament approved a resolution on Kosovo’s progress toward EU integration, the Parliament's Vice-President, Ulrike Lunacek, urged all member states to recognize it.
Fri, 05/02/2016 - 07:40
At the London donor conference, Serbia's Prime Minister has called for unified international solution to the refugee crisis - which is affecting the Balkan region's stability.
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 16:14
As a strike against pension reforms and tax increases paralyzed much of Greece on Thursday, supposed anarchists threw Molotov cocktails and battled police in the centre of Athens.
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 15:31
Corruption is still thwarting the functioning of the justice system in Serbia, a report on battling corruption by BIRN and the Belgrade Center for Security Policy reads.
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 15:28
The President's adviser on pardons has been forced out after it emerged that he sought a reduced jail term for a personal acquaintance.
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 15:19
High-level conference held in Kosovo demands closer cooperation on common security issues - and urges the West to support Balkan countries when addressing common challenges.
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 13:17
Two decades after the war, Bosnian politicians still cannot agree on lyrics for the national anthem.
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 12:49
Bosnian Serb ex-soldier Brano Gojkovic was jailed for ten years after making a plea bargain with the Serbian prosecution, admitting he took part in executing 800 Bosniaks from Srebrenica in 1995.
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 12:18
Former Territorial Defence fighter Fikret Planincic’s 11-year prison sentence for taking part in the 1992 killings of nine Serb civilians, including two children, has been upheld on appeal.
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 11:22
Bosnia's state parliament has told the Constitutional Commission - which has rejected a Bosnian Serb proposal to reform the Constitutional Court - to re-examine the proposal.
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 10:25
Negotiations on key chapters on Serbia’s European path could be opened as early as June, an expert said, after Enlargement Commissioner Hahn praised the progress made so far.
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 10:09
Mounting political pressures and blatant disregard for judgments are undermining the authority of constitutional courts across the region.
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 08:09
Five persons, initially accused of planning to poison a reservoir, have rejected prosecution charges that they planned to shoot an ISIS propaganda video.
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 08:08
Macedonia's Special Prosecution, tasked with probing illegality in high places, has denied wrongdoing after a barrage of criminal charges allege it has pressured potential witnesses.
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 08:08
For many Montenegrins, the abandoned – and lethal – ruins of the House of Revolution in Niksic symbolise the failure of the Yugoslav communist experiment
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 08:04
Croatia's new ministers and MPs have started filling in their asset declarations, as the law dictates, although some appear to have surprisingly modest portfolios of possessions.
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 08:03
Cameras are being installed in police uniforms in Albania in order to make the police behave better and deter them from taking bribes.
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 08:00
Parliament voted on Wednesday to lift the immunity of former deputy prime minister Gabriel Oprea, accused by prosecutors of abuse of power.
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 06:37
Testifying in defence of Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic, a former police chief said he did not know in 1992 that a special police squad under his command killed Bosniaks and Croats.
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