Yugoslavia
The Nazi invasion of the Balkans & Yugoslavia
In early 1941, Adolf Hitler could look at a map of Eastern Europe and think that his plans were progressing nicely. The invasion of the Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa, was coming in a few short months, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria had joined the Tripartite Pact, and Yugoslavia’s government signed on to the same on March 25th, 1941.
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Greece would choose Russia as ally over NATO, suggests Gallup poll (map)
According to a multi-nation Gallup poll published, Greece and three other NATO member-states would prefer Russia fighting on their side! By far the largest number of countries polled by WIN/Gallup International chose the U.S.
UK Officials Embarrassed by Albanian Convict's Return
Media revelations that a convicted killer from Albania is living in Leicester, central England, and running a lucrative car wash business have drawn angry protests from Conservative MPs and embarrassed Theresa May's government, which claims to have adopted a "deport first, appeal later" to foreign criminals.
"EU today is similar to Yugoslavia just before its collapse"
BELGRADE - Twenty-five years after signing of the Maastricht Treaty for the creation of the EU, there are some people in Germany who say that the EU today is similar to Yugoslavia just before its collapse.
In Serbia where for more than 20 years people have been fed promises of becoming part of the EU, expectations are not as high as they used to be.
'Serbia, Kosovo Should Swap Land' - British Diplomat
The former ambassador to Yugoslavia Ivor Roberts has declared that there must be land swaps between Serbia and Kosovo.
According to Roberts, this is the only way to "reach permanent peace and stable relations" between the two countries.
Roberts was ambassador to Yugoslavia between 1994 and 1997.
US Congressman Slammed for Proposing New Balkan Borders
Politicians across the region have condemned Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, who is also chair of the US House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, with some suggesting that he might undermine regional stability.
Serbia, Kosovo Should Swap Land, Ivor Roberts Says
Serbia and Kosovo should swap territories in order to achieve a lasting peace, the former British ambassador to Yugoslavia, Sir Ivor Roberts, said on Tuesday at the launch in London's LSE of his book "Conversations with Milosevic".
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‘FYROM not a country – sorry’: Skopje furious after US Congressman suggests partitioning
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of “Macedonia” has expressed its outrage to the US State Department after Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher suggested it was not a country, and should be partitioned by neighbors such as Kosovo and Bulgaria.
Macedonia 'Should be Divided between Kosovo, Bulgaria' - US Official
Macedonian officials have expressed their outrage at comments from United States Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, who told an Albanian TV station Macedonia should be divided and its creation was a failed project.
Its territories should be divided between neighboring states, Kosovo and Bulgaria included, Macedonian media quote him as telling Albania's Vizion Plus TV.
Tito's secret nuclear shelter in Bosnia takes visitors back in time
A secret shelter built by former Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito in the southern Bosnian city of Kojnic against a possible nuclear attack has been taking travelers on a journey back through time since opening in 2001.