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Updated: 1 week 6 days ago
Tue, 08/12/2015 - 11:32
Former Bosnian Army Third Corps commander Sakib Mahmuljin was arrested on suspicion of failing to prevent Islamic volunteer fighters committing war crimes against Serb civilians and prisoners of war in 1995.
Tue, 08/12/2015 - 08:46
If post-election negotiations fail to lead to the formation of a new government and the resumption of parliament sessions, Croatia could find itself in financial and constitutional crisis.
Tue, 08/12/2015 - 08:45
The opposition led by the Democratic Party has called a rally aimed at forcing Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government to resign, accusing it of being responsible for corruption and poverty.
Tue, 08/12/2015 - 08:45
Bosnia's main Croat and Bosniak parties are locked in talks on ending the political deadlock in the city of Mostar, where local elections have not been held since 2008.
Tue, 08/12/2015 - 08:45
Renowned Romanian film-maker Cristian Mungiu asked the government to renovate existing movie houses or open new ones to reverse a trend which has seen increasing numbers of cinemas shut.
Tue, 08/12/2015 - 08:45
Twenty-nine ethnic Albanian men accused of involvement in a shootout with police that left 22 dead in the town of Kumanovo in May have pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges.
Tue, 08/12/2015 - 08:44
Kosovo Serbs, the Pristina and Belgrade governments and international officials have condemned a gun attack on houses in the ethnic Serb village of Gorazdevac in western Kosovo.
Mon, 07/12/2015 - 16:14
Milorad Dodik, the president of Republika Srpska, told Ratko Mladic’s war crimes trial that the Bosnian Serbs did not have an official wartime policy of ethnically cleansing Bosniaks and Croats.
Mon, 07/12/2015 - 15:14
At the first rehabilitation hearing for Nazi-backed WWII-era puppet government leader Milan Nedic, his family's legal team said he was not a war criminal as he was branded by the Yugoslav Communists.
Mon, 07/12/2015 - 14:15
A group of people gathered in Sarajevo to commemorate the killings of Serb civilians during the siege of the city in the 1990s and put up a makeshift plaque to honour the victims.
Mon, 07/12/2015 - 12:44
Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic was fired by the country’s premier after sparking anger by saying he likes female journalists who “get down on their knees easily”.
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