Ethnic groups in the Balkans
Election Runoffs Fuel Jitters Over North Macedonia Govt’s Survival
The fate of Zoran Zaev's tiny majority in parliament depends on the outcomes of Sunday's local election runoffs - in the capital and the ethnic Albanian stronghold of Tetovo especially.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman Appeals Crimes Against Humanity Conviction
Simo Stupar's defence asked the Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Wednesday to overturn the first-instance verdict sentencing him to 12 years in prison for crimes against humanity in Vlasenica in 1992.
Defence lawyer Vesna Tupajic-Skiljevic urged the court to either acquit Stupar or quash the judgment and order a new trial, while the prosecution called for the verdict to be upheld.
Macedonian Bulgarians are “For” Bulgaria's Position to Not Support Skopje's EU Negotiations
Today, President Rumen Radev met with representatives of Macedonian Bulgarian organizations. This is an indication that Bulgaria is starting a positive change in its relations with the Republic of North Macedonia.
Macedonian Bulgarians to Politicians in Sofia: Defend Bulgaria's Position Firmly and Unequivocally
The organizations of the Bulgarians in the Republic of North Macedonia issued an appeal to the Bulgarian political leaders.
Bulgarians in Macedonia: At the Census we were Insulted and Recorded as Macedonians
"Citizens who declared themselves Bulgarians were regularly and directly insulted and belittled by enumerators, instructors and other members of the enumeration commissions."
This is what the Ivan Mihailov Cultural Center in Bitola is warning about on the occasion of the census in North Macedonia, which ended on September 30th.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Convicted of Wartime Murder, Assault
The Bosnian state court in Sarajevo found ex-soldier Cvijan Tomanic guilty on Thursday of committing crimes against humanity in the Zvornik area during the Bosnian war in 1992, and sentenced him to seven years in prison.
He was convicted of participating in the murder of one person and of beating others.
Croatian, Montenegrin Presidents Accuse Vucic of Reviving Serbian Nationalism
Montenegrin and Croatian presidents, Milo Djukanovic and Zoran Milanovic, in Zagreb. Photo: President of Montenegro
During his visit to Croatia, Djukanovic said Serbia's President, Aleksandar Vucic, was reviving the retrograde political messages of the wars of the 1990s in former Yugoslavia.
UK: Jihad murderer receives $148,000 in taxpayer-funded legal aid!
Non-Muslims paying for the upkeep of Muslims is a Qur’anic dictate…
Bosnia Jails Serb Ex-Officer for Aiding Srebrenica Genocide
The Bosnian state court announced on Thursday that its appeals chamber has sentenced Srecko Acimovic, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army Zvornik Brigade's Second Battalion, to seven years in prison for aiding and abetting the genocide of Bosniak men from Srebrenica in July 1995.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Serviceman Tried for Killing Civilian Prisoners
The trial of Goran Viskovic for crimes against humanity in the Vlasenica and Milici areas in 1992 and 1993 opened on Wednesday at the B osnian state court in Sarajevo.