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In Montenegro, Memories of Pain and Generosity on the Refugee Road
Dejan, then 20, had been nearing the end of his military service in Kosovo, then a southern province of Serbia, when NATO launched air strikes to halt a brutal Serbian counter-insurgency war. At the time, Serbia and Montenegro were all that was left of Yugoslavia, still joined together after the other four republics - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia - had seceded.
Children for Sale: Croatia’s Corrupted Institutions Have Blessed Illegal Adoptions
My source from the illegal adoption network was convinced that the arrested Croats would be released, and claimed that the organization that profits from 15,000 to 40,000 euros per child is too powerful and too well organized.
Trade in children done with public money
Croatia Company to Help Repair Ukraine’s Soviet-Era Tanks
Defence ministers of NATO states met on Thursday in Brussels with representatives of 25 companies from the defence industry, including Croatia's Djuro Djakovic, with whom they discussed strengthening military aid to Ukraine.
Croatian Right Gears up Early for Election, Eying Power
A strong showing by the right-wing Homeland Movement in next year's elections could alter the parliamentary mathematics and push Croatia further to the right.
Türkiye seeks away victory against Latvia
Turkish national football team travels to Latvia on June 16, hoping to put its Euro 2024 qualifying campaign back on track.
Türkiye started the qualification stage with a 2-1 win over Armenia in its opening game of Group D, however, a 2-0 loss at home against group favorite Croatia means a win over Latvia will be crucial before hosting Wales on June 19.
Euros expansion leaves drama-lite qualifying for big nations
As qualifying for Euro 2024 resumes on Friday, an unintended consequence of the expansion to 24 teams is quickly becoming apparent, with six teams already given at least a 95% chance of making it to Germany with only two rounds of matches played.
Mysterious Balkan tombstones focus of new research
Researcher Saša Čaval from the Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies has won the European Research Council Consolidator Grant for her project to research stećci, large medieval tombstones found across the Western Balkans.
Bulgaria’s New PM Prioritises Schengen and Eurozone Entrance
Nikolay Denkov speaks after taking his oath in parliament in Sofia on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE/VASSIL DONEV
Nearly 100,000 tourists visit Belgrade in April
BELGRADE - A total 111,942 tourists, including nearly 100,000 foreigners, visited Belgrade this April, which is a 40 pct increase compared to the same month of 2022, the Tourism Organisation of Belgrade said.
Bosnian Warehouse Workers Find Huge Cocaine Stash in Banana Boxes
Bosnia's State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA on Monday confirmed the seizure of 124 kilograms of cocaine that was found in banana boxes in a warehouse in the town of Siroki Brijeg.
"I can confirm the seizure, the investigators have done their part of the job, but due to the ongoing investigation, I can't give more details," Jelena Miovcic, SIPA's spokeswoman, told BIRN.
Five War Victims Identified from Mass Grave Near Croatia’s Vukovar
Croatia's Minister of Veterans' Affairs, Tomo Medved, said the authorities remain committed to finding all the remaining missing persons from the 1991-95 war, as five more war victims were formally identified on Friday at the Dr Juraj Njavro National Memorial Hospital in the eastern town of Vukovar.
Money Trail: How Paramilitaries’ Per Diems Proved Serbian Officials’ Guilt
For at least two years, officers at the Serbian Interior Ministry's State Security Service kept records thoroughly about their outgoing on personnel. About every two weeks, they made a list of all the people receiving per diem allowances and the total amount of money paid to them.
‘Justice Won’: War Victims Welcome Serbian Officials’ Convictions
"We want to believe in the judges, in the Hague court that has shown so far that we, the victims, have the encouragement to move forward," Abdurahmanovic said.
UN Court’s Last Yugoslav Verdict Has Lessons for the Future
The aviator glasses were his signature, together with the red beret. Growing up in the 1990s in Serbia, for me the red beret represented a symbol - affiliation, both formal and informal, with Serbian state security special units, notorious fighters who took part in the wars in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
UN Tribunal Increases Serbian State Security Officials’ Sentences
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague on Wednesday increased the sentences handed down to the former chief of Serbian State Security, Jovica Stanisic, and his deputy Franko Simatovic, to 15 years in prison each, rejecting their appeals against their convictions.