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‘Tragic Period in Croatian History’ Commemorated at Jasenovac Camp
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic told the annual commemoration at Jasenovac on Thursday that the Independent State of Croatia, NDH, a fascist puppet state run by the Ustasa movement and supported by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, was "one of the most tragic periods in Croatian history".
Albania PM Tries to Defuse Anger Over Theatre Demolition
The ruins of the National Theatre of Albania on May 18 2020. Photo: Gjergj Erebara/BIRN
An excavator removed rubble from the site on Monday morning, forming a contrasting image to billboards still inviting theatre-goers to come and see stage plays.
Croatia Remembers Victims of WWII Jasenovac Camp
Croatian officials and representatives of anti-fascist groups and Croatia's Serb, Roma and Jewish communities gathered on Wednesday for the annual commemoration of the victims of Jasenovac, a World War II concentration camp run by the Croatian fascist Ustasa regime.
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French PM launches action plan against 'unbearable' racism
France's prime minister announced April 17the government would pour 100 million euros into a major anti-racism and anti-Semitism action plan devised in the aftermath of the deadly Paris jihadist attacks.
Man arrested in connection to anti-Roma leaflets
Man arrested in connection to anti-Roma leaflets
BELGRADE -- The police have arrested a 24-year-odl member of the Serbska Akcija group and fund in his apartment material urging violence and hate speech against the Roma.
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Member of Serb Action group arrested for anti-Roma flyers
BELGRADE - The police have arrested a member of the social group Serb Action with the initials F.G., aged 24, and found in his apartment flyers and posters that call for violence and hate speech against the Roma, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesady.
Greek leftists opt for ‘more suitable’ Euro Parliament candidate
SYRIZA confirmed on Tuesday, following some two weeks of deliberations, that Thrace-based Roma activist Sabiha Suleiman will not stand as a candidate with the leftist party in the May 25 European Parliament elections.
SYRIZA has opted for Oumit Mestan Osman, a member of the regions Muslim minority, instead.