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Homage paid to the Jasenovac victims; Plenkovic: We came to condemn the horrors PHOTO
By laying wreaths and flowers, the Croatian State Summit and representatives of Jews, Serbs, Roma and anti-fascists living in Croatia, today paid tribute to the victims of the Ustasha Jasenovac concentration camp in World War II.
Croatian Serbs’ Newspaper Thrives in a Tough Environment
Novosti started 20 years ago solely as a weekly newspaper for Croatia's Serb ethnic minority, but as its profile and impact have grown, so have the pressures that its staff have had to face.
Montenegro Albanian Official Says Discrimination Remains Rife
The ethnic Albanian vice-president of the Montenegrin parliament, Genci Nimanbegu, has claimed that Albanians, who make up about 5 per cent of the country's population, remain discriminated against in the public sector, pointing as an example to the small multi-ethnic municipalities of Plav and Gusinje.
Croatian Serbs Attacked by Masked Assailants in Two Bars
Croatian Serb leaders condemned on Thursday two attacks by masked assailants on local Serbs watching a televised football match near the town of Knin.
The Serbs in the villages of Uzdolje and Djevrske were watching a game involving Red Star from the Serbian capital Belgrade when the attackers burst into the bars, media reports said. Five, including a minor, were lightly injured.
Witness Denies Serbian SDB Behind Rebel Camp in Croatia
A defence witness in the war crimes retrial of former Serbian state security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic said on Tuesday that the State Security Service, SDB, that they led was not involved in establishing a training camp in a Serb breakaway statelet in Croatia in 1991.
Croatian Police Arrest Two After Attack on Serbs
Police arrested two people on Sunday on suspicion that they participated in an attack earlier that day on a group of five younger people in Supetar, a small town on the Croatian island of Brac.
The young people who were attacked were Croatian citizens doing seasonal work on Brac, among them two Croatian Serbs. They sustained minor injuries as a result of the incident.
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Croatia’s Serbs Must Vote to ‘Preserve Their Rights’
Sunday's ethnic minority council polls in Croatia risk being overshadowed by the European Parliament elections - but Jelena Nestorovic of the Serbian National Council says Serbs must vote if they want to build a pluralistic society.
Executed Teenage Partisan Fighter Commemorated in Croatia
The Serbian National Council, which represents Croatia's Serb minority, and the Youth Initiative for Human Rights NGO organised a trip to the former Stara Gradiska and Jasenovac camps on Sunday on the anniversary of the execution of Nada Dimic, a member of the anti-Ustasa resistance movement in WWII.
Plans to Celebrate Unification Reopen Montenegro's Divisions
The Serbian National Council, the body representing Serbs in Montenegro, on Thursday asked permission to use the main hall of the Montenegrin National Theater to celebrate the unification of Serbia and Montenegro - an event that the government believes should not be celebrated at all.
Montenegro Opposition Launch Petition Against Kosovo Recognition
The Democratic Front and the Serbian National Council, which represent the Serbian community in Montenegro, on Monday said they would launch a petition to annul Montenegro's decision to recognize Kosovo's independence.