Croatian war veterans will step up their campaign against the introduction of the Serbian language and Cyrillic script with a high-profile protest in Zagreb.
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National authorities have annulled the decision of the ethnic Albanian stronghold of Tetovo to make the former Kosovo Liberation Army commander Ramush Haradinaj an honorary citizen.
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Several thousand Macedonians took to the streets and jeered the country’s PM after the ethnically-mixed town of Kicevo got its first Albanian mayor in Sunday’s municipal vote.
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The European Parliament said Balkan states should support a campaign to set up a regional truth commission to establish the facts about the war years.
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MPs decided not to investigate alleged rights abuses during the prosecution of former Kosovo guerrillas accused of killing a family for revenge in the high-profile ‘Kiqina’ case.
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European Union officials told the Serbian government that reform of the justice system was crucial if Belgrade is to reach the rule-of-law standards required for membership.
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Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic claimed right-wing parties were “spreading hatred” after Serb religious students were attacked near an Orthodox monastery.
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Some Kosovo MPs called for a parliamentary commission to investigate the alleged post-war revenge killings of an entire family in the high-profile ‘Kiqina’ case.
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Macedonia’s justice ministry has yet to issue an extradition request for two recently-detained ethnic Albanians wanted for trial over high-profile killings near Skopje.
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A court in Skopje gave suspended sentences to 14 people involved in violence between ethnic Macedonians and Albanians at the city’s fortress in 2011.
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Police stopped around 200 stone-throwing Albanian protesters reaching the government building amid a new outbreak of ethnically-charged violence in Skopje.
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After several months’ delay, Macedonia’s constitutional court is to deliberate challenges to the country’s controversial lustration law, aimed at rooting out former police collaborators.
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Riot police maintained a high-profile presence as hundreds of demonstrators staged a rally against the handover of land to a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Decan/Decani.
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After two days of violent clashes in Skopje last week, police are closely monitoring social networks for fresh calls for more protests.
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Macedonia will soon file an extradition request to neighbouring Kosovo for two recently-arrested ethnic Albanians wanted for trial over high-profile killings near Skopje.
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Timeline - Transitional Justice in Serbia
Key dates and events in transitional justice in Serbia.