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... Serbia had been involved in wars in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo in the end of the 20th century and that some of those wars had ended with genocide, stressing that the International ...
2. Back to the Balkans again
(Economy/Resource)
... the ex-Yugoslavs all sat together. They had better be careful. People (specifically Croatia's Nova television) are asking questions. Why Ivo (Josipovic, the president of Croatia) was spending so much time ...
... for example, confused by the Bosnian leadership's different approach towards Palestine. While the Bosnian and Croatian members of the tripartite presidency supported the Palestinian UN bid, the Serbs were ...
... state official for crimes committed in Bosnia during the war. Perisic was also found guilty, as a military commander, of failing to punish members of the Croatian Serb army, known as the SVK, for launching ...
The wife of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is negotiating to buy a tourist resort in Croatia, a media report said. Croatian daily Makarska Chronicle said Gaddafi's wife Safia - of Bosnian-Croatian origin ...
6.
(World/Balkans)
... Yugoslavia of war crimes in Bosnia, and underscored the Yugoslav army's far-reaching support for Serb rebels in both Bosnia and Croatia who committed the worst atrocities of the Balkan conflicts in the ...
7. A Nuclear Bunker Comes In From the Cold as an Art Gallery
(Artist/Art)
... that was stable enough to survive an atomic war," said Marko Lulic, a Viennese artist of Serbian and Croatian descent, speaking of the bunker's original builders, "but then a civil war happened from within, ...
8. Balkan buffet to leave your belly dancing with joy
(Life and Style/Food and Drink)
... to the region in the Balkans, but to a restaurant that brings Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian tastes to your palates in the centre of Copenhagen within the sacred borders of Tivoli. And once you've been ...
... create space for expanding economic ties. Turkey has very good relations with Croatia and Serbia and the visit is most likely part of it preparations to launch a more aggressive economic approach, ...
10. Davutoglu says Turkey wants more integration in Balkans
(World/Balkans)
... that would have its place in the European Union. He said an encouraging model on that path was provided by Croatia, which, as a NАТО member and prospective EU member, strongly supported Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...
11. Eid Ul-Fitr 2011 in the Balkans
(World/Muslim world)
... in Albania, Kosovo, Sandžak, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Romania and Turkey also held festivities to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Bosnia marked the first ...
12. Steady Right-Wing Extremism in Serbia
(World/Balkans)
... like Serbia, Croatia, and even Bulgaria, did not face their own pasts. It is quite recently that Serbian politicians have begun facing their pasts. "What did we do in Srebrenica?" It was only last year ...
Greek media attacked German Chancellor Angela Merkel after a speech in Zagreb for Croatia's state TV (HRT) in which she called Macedonia --> Macedonia. "It is important for Serbia to cooperate with ...
14. Merkel Set To Arrive In Croatia For Two-Day Balkan Trip
(News/Latest)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is arriving in Croatia on August 22 for the start of a two-day Balkan visit. She will meet top Croatian leaders today and is set to visit Serbia on August 23. Officials ...
15. Vatican, Croats split over monastery
(Special Interest/Christianity)
A dispute over ownership of a monastery in Croatia has led to unusual strains between the Vatican and Croatia, a staunchly Catholic bastion in the Balkans. The Vatican expressed "astonishment" Thursday ...
... of the 1990s was arrested in Serbia on Wednesday. The leader of the breakaway Croatian Serb enclave of Krajina was picked up on a forest road near the Krusedol Orthodox monastery in the mountain region ...
17. NATO Ambassador: Britain Also Responsible For Srebrenica
(World/World)
... by the British General Michel Rose, who Bosnians also remember as one of those who made sure that no real opposition to Serbian and Croatian aggression in Bosnia ever developed. In the letter, Rose blames ...
18. A Tiny Little Mecca for the West
(Special Interest/Islam)
... shiny new Croatian flags jut out from every telephone pole. When we drove into Republika Srpska later that day, a shiny tricolor flag hung horizontally, and because the order of the colors seemed reversed, ...
19. Germany warns Balkans over stability, reforms
(World/Europe)
... visit the region since a flare-up at the border between Serbia and Kosovo last month. He is scheduled to visit Croatia Wednesday and Kosovo Thursday. NATO negotiated a deal this week to cool friction ...
20. Vatican in property quarrel with Croatia
(Special Interest/Christianity)
A lingering dispute between a Croatian diocese and the Benedictine religious order has prompted an unusual direct intervention by the Vatican, and caused a chill in diplomatic relations between Croatia ...