Zagreb wants Serbia to prosecute individuals indicted for war crimes in Croatia in the 1990s, an issue that could turn into a key point for Belgrade's further European integration. Officials and...
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Zagreb wants Serbia to prosecute individuals indicted for war crimes in Croatia in the 1990s, an issue that could turn into a key point for Belgrade's further European integration. Officials and...
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The recent arrests of six people in Serbia suspected of human trafficking again brought to light the issue of illegal migrants crossing into the Balkan counties in order to make their way to EU...
Providing citizens with identification documentation means providing all citizens with the same rights and chances, officials and experts agreed. By Ivana Jovanovic for Southeast European Times in...
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Nine Balkan militaries agree to jointly assist the civilian population in times of disasters. By Miki Trajkovski for Southeast European Times in Skopje -- 22/07/14 In the wake of damaging flooding in...
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Organisations in Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Turkey are providing humanitarian aid to Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) following catastrophic floods that killed dozens and...
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The prolonged problem of refugees and internally-displaced people that followed the 1990s breakup of the former Yugoslavia is still a key humanitarian and political issue in Southeast Europe. Almost...
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Though children are becoming a recognised part of migrants throughout Serbia, state protections are still minimal, according to a recent report by several NGOs. The Children on the Move report was...
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Despite a slowdown in refugee returns, the Kosovo government said it is working to help those who were displaced in coming home. Kosovo's bad economy, the absence of housing assistance projects and,...
BUCHAREST, Romania -- Sub zero weather in Romania has claimed 11 lives over the past several days, health authorities announced on Monday (December 21st). Across the Balkans, night temperatures...
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SKOPJE, Macedonia/PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Macedonia and Kosovo have established diplomatic relations, the foreign ministries of the two countries announced on Sunday (October 18th). According to a joint...
TIRANA, Albania -- Deputy Defence Minister Petrit Karabina announced on Thursday (October 8th) that Albania has cleared mines and other unexploded ordnance from its territory. He said the last land...
TIRANA, Albania -- The German Embassy in Tirana will donate 2.8m euros to Albanian authorities for a mine clearing project, the embassy announced on Friday (October 2nd). The project will focus on...
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Dragisa Milovic, mayor of the Zvecan municipality in Mitrovica district, on Wednesday (September 9th) gave permission to Albanians willing to rebuild their houses in the northern...
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Officials in Pristina appealed once again to all displaced persons, especially from the Serb community, to return to their homes in Kosovo. "Kosovo has had a bitter past, but this...
PRISTINA, Kosovo, Serbia - 15/08/2007 -- Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu warned on Tuesday (August 14th) that Pristina may reconsider its participation in negotiations on future status, if the notion...
BELGRADE, Serbia -- Serbia has put forward six conditions for its participation in the negotiations on the status of Kosovo, the daily Vecernje novosti reported on Saturday (August 4th). Belgrade...
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- KFOR personnel will remain in Kosovo if the UN Security Council does not pass a new resolution on future status, NATO spokesman James Appathurai said in Brussels on Wednesday...
BERLIN, Germany -- The commander of KFOR, Lieutenant General Roland Kather, said the situation in Kosovo is "calm and almost stable", in an interview with the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung on...
PRISTINA, Kosovo, Serbia -- Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu said on Wednesday (December 27th) that he anticipates the UN decision determining the province's final status within months, around spring...
NEW YORK, United States - Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu departed New York Thursday (November 30th) after meetings with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, special envoy Martti Ahtisaari, and...