Yugoslavia
Croats Joke About Re-Opening Camp for Thieving Politicians
Over 1,300 people have signed a not-quite-serious online petition to re-open the infamous Yugoslav Communist-era prison camp on Goli Otok [Bare Island] - but not to punish political dissidents.
They say the camp inmates should be criminals of a different type - people who have robbed the country of its wealth and impoverished society.
Top UN judge urges Turkey to free justice arrested after coup attempt
A leading U.N. war crimes judge on Nov. 9 called on Turkey to free one of its justices who was arrested in September as part of an investigation into the July 15 failed coup attempt.
The detention of Aydın Sefa Akay, 66, has paralyzed an appeals hearing in Rwanda, judge Theodor Meron, the president of the United Nations' Mechanism for International Tribunals, told the United Nations.
Serbs Ponder Vucic's Claim to Tito's Legacy
He may once have compared himself to Serbia's reformist late prime minister, Zoran Djindjic, but these days Aleksandar Vucic more often matches his goals and results with those of former Yugoslavia's "president for life", Josip Broz Tito.
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Bosphorus Film Festival kicks off in Istanbul
The 4th International Bosphorus Film Festival, organized by the International Bosphorus Cinema Association and the Istanbul Media Academy, will take place between Nov. 10 and 18 in Istanbul.
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Lavrov: NATO Bombings of Yugoslavia Aggression Against Sovereign State
PHOTO: TANJUG/ OKSANA TOSKIC
BELGRADE - NATO's bombings of Yugoslavia in 1999 were an aggression and the first attack in Europe on a sovereign state since 1945 that inflicted damage to numerous civilian objects, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
NATO's 1999 bombing campaign was aggression, says Lavrov
The United States is publicly insulting Russia by accusing it of war crimes in Syria, even though the U.S. bombed civilian targets "in the former Yugoslavia."
Tanjug cited TASS on Monday to report Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying this, in reference to NATO's 1999 bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ), made up of Serbia and Montenegro.
Putin awards Emir Kusturica with Order of Friendship
Photo: Sputnik / Grigoriy Vasilenko
BELGRADE - Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded a number of cultural workers with Orders and Medals, one of them being Serbian movie director Emir Kusturica. The related decree was published on the official legal information website on Thursday, TASS reports.
Croatia MP Becomes Region's Anti-Establishment Star
With over a 1.5 million views of the video of his speech, newly elected Croatian MP Ivan Pernar has become a star for anti-establishment activists around the Balkan region.
Germany cancels Istanbul concert marking Armenian mass killings
The German Foreign Ministry has cancelled a long-planned concert by the Dresden Sinfoniker orchestra in Istanbul on Nov. 13 that was to commemorate the killings of Armenians in 1915 after protests by Ankara, orchestra director Markus Rindt said on Oct. 26.
Montenegro's Djukanovic Not Up for New PM Term after Elections
Montenegro's longtime Prime Minister Milo Đukanović will not continue as the government head despite just having won a close election race, a statement by his Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) indicated Tuesday.