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Serbian Church Protests Banned Event at Contested Church in Kosovo
View of the Serbian Orthodox Church at Pristina University campus. Photo: Denis Sllovinja/BIRN
The Diocese of Raska- Prizren, which covers Kosovo, said the ban was made without any legal basis, "continuing serious violations of the religious rights and freedoms of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo".
UNICEF Suspends Montenegrin Rock Star Over Sexual Harassment Claim
Rock musician Antonije Pusic at a UNICEF conference in Podgorica. Photo: UNICEF Montenegro/Dusko Miljanic
"UNICEF has zero tolerance to any form of sexual misconduct," the UNICEF office in Montenegro said in a statement.
Eyewitness Ukraine Project Shows Journalists’ Experiences of War
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network launched its Eyewitness Ukraine project on Thursday - a new webpage featuring interviews with Ukrainian journalists speaking about their personal experiences of living and working through the Russian invasion of their country.
Albania Govt Expels Rights Group from Asylum Commission
Montenegro Arrests US Fugitives Convicted in 18 Million Dollar Fraud
Montenegrin police officer on patrol in the capital Podgorica. Photo. BIRN/Samir Kajosevic
The US Justice Department said that Richard Ayvazyan, his wife, Marietta Terabelian, and his sister-in-law, Tamara Dadyan, were in detention in Montenegro. The Montenegrin Interior Ministry didn't respond to BIRN's request for arrest details by time of publication.
Nationalist Concert in Belgrade Cancelled After Anti-Nazis Protest
Club 451 in Belgrade announced on Tuesday evening that it has cancelled a concert by Swiss nationalist singer Ewiger Sturm that was planned for March 12.
BIRN to Hold Exhibition Commemorating Reporters Killed in Balkan Wars
BIRN's exhibition, entitled Last Despatches, will open in Sarajevo on December 14 at a venue that will from next year host BIRN's regional museum, the Reporters' House, dedicated to journalists and media issues, the wars in the former Yugoslavia and challenges to contemporary journalism.
Sarajevo Exhibition Documents Perils of Wartime ‘Sniper Alley’
'Watch Out, Sniper', a multimedia exhibition documenting the wartime siege of the Bosnian capital through photographs, research into Hague Tribunal archive material, witness testimonies and 3D modelling, opens at the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo on Thursday evening.
Serbia Prosecution Told to Reconsider BIRN Questions About Lawyer’s Death
Serbia's Commissioner for Information of Public Importance has ordered the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade to review BIRN's request for information on the death of lawyer Vladimir Cvijan, a former associate of the two Serbian presidents.
Cvijan was found dead three years ago, but the public was only notified about his death in March this year.
Kosovo Arrests Three Suspects for Attack on Serb
Kosovo police have detained three people over an attack on a young Kosovo Serb in the northern part of the ethnically-divided town of Mitrovica on Tuesday morning.
Police said that one of the suspects who was arrested, identified only by the initials E.A., is a Kosovo Albanian who is on the wanted list to serve a prison sentence, news website KosSev reported.
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