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The leader of one state said: "We want to help Ukraine, we defeated the Serbs"
According to him, that help is very tangible, operative and useful.
"We tried to focus our military support precisely by donating various types of equipment to the Ukrainian army," he said.
President says EU champion of democracy as victims of totalitarian regimes remembered
Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor underlined the role of the EU as the champion of democracy, human rights and the rule of law as he addressed a memorial ceremony to mark the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of all Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes on Tuesday. A minute of silence was held at the National Assembly.
Croatia: Continuous reactions; possible blocking of Serbia on its EU road
In Croatia, there are numerous reactions to the confirmed indictment of Serbia against four pilots for war crimes against civilians on the Petrovac road in early August 1995.
Minister of Justice and Administration, Ivan Malenica, also believes that this is a political process, which, he says, can be the reason for blocking Serbia's entry into the European Union.
SDS presents resolution to condemn all totalitarianisms
Ljubljana – The ruling Democrats (SDS) have presented a draft declaration with which the party would like the National Assembly to support the European Parliament’s 2009 resolution on European conscience and totalitarianism, which condemns all totalitarian regimes.
Croatian MPs Pass Law Giving Benefits to Civilian War Victims
A law that will grant benefits to civilian victims of the 1991-95 war was adopted by Croatian MPs on Thursday with 107 votes in favour, 16 against and five abstentions.
It was passed after heated discussions in parliament about whether the law would also give benefits to people who were part of 'enemy' Serb forces during the war.
Promised Montenegrin Lustration Law May Prove Mission Impossible
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall three decades ago, a host of eastern European states have passed laws designed to bar from public life those associated with rights violations under their former communist regimes, particularly members of the security apparatuses and their informants.
Last Despatches: Mystery of British Photographer’s Frontline Death Unsolved
"High Risk, Low Return" was the headline of an article that photojournalist Paul Jenks wrote for Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper in September 1991 about his experience of covering the war in Croatia.
UPDATEIohannis: Saying that in 1989 there wasn't an anti-communist revolution, shameful act of denying human sacrifice
President Klaus Iohannis said, in his speech delivered at the Romanian National Opera of Timisoara, that denying the existence of an anti-communist revolution in Romania of 1989 represents "a shameful act of denying the huge human sacrifice." He brought to mind that, 30 years ago, in Timisoara, the communist regime was defeated for the first time and "the first sign of liberty was given." He in
North Macedonia Commemorates Soldiers Killed in Yugoslav Wars
Senior presidential, government and municipal officials, as well as representatives of war veterans, laid flowers on Friday in front of the monument dubbed 'Mother's Broken Wing' in central Skopje in memory of the 54 young Macedonians who lost their lives amid the collapse of the federal Yugoslav state.
Thirty Years: The Changing State of Freedom in Central Europe
This is the latest in a series of articles on the legacy of the fall of the Iron Curtain 30 years ago. See more.
In a period of just six months, protest-driven popular movements swept away communist regimes in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania — all of which had consistently been rated "Not Free" by Freedom House.