macedonian-protest-against-defense-minister-turns-violent
01 Mar 13 Macedonia Protest Against Defence Minister Turns Violent

Riots broke out in Skopje after police tried to disperse an unruly protest against the appointment of former ethnic Albanian rebel Talat Xhaferi as Macedonia's new defence chief.

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bosnian-independence-day-still-divides-ethnic-groups
28 Feb 13 Bosnian Independence Day Divides Ethnic Communities

Annual celebrations of Bosnian independence day have again proved ethnically divisive and will only be marked in the Bosniak-Croat Federation entity, not by the country's Serbs.

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serbian-official-vukovar-serbs-feel-unsecurity
27 Feb 13 Serbs in Croatia’s Vukovar ‘Increasingly Insecure’

Serbs in the Croatian city are growing fearful amid threats of force to stop the official introduction of Cyrillic script and the Serbian language, a Belgrade official said.

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referendum-against-macedonia-s-controversial-defense-chief
26 Feb 13 Macedonia Veterans Seek Referendum to Oust Defence Minister

A party representing war veterans has launched a campaign for a public vote to dismiss former ethnic Albanian fighter Talat Xhaferi from his new job as Macedonia’s defence chief.



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opposition-to-cyrillic-in-vukovar-radicalises
26 Feb 13 Croatian Veterans to ‘Defend’ Vukovar Against Cyrillic

War veterans associations have vowed to prevent the official introduction of Cyrillic script and the Serbian language into the Croatian city “by any means necessary”.

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court-rules-in-favour-of-families-of-killed-soldiers
26 Feb 13 Dead Serbian Soldiers’ Families Win Compensation

A court ruled that the state denied a fair legal hearing to families of two soldiers killed at a Belgrade barracks where they alleged war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic was hiding.

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serbian-radicals-hold-seselj-s-support-rally
25 Feb 13 Serbian Nationalists Rally for Hague Defendant Seselj

Supporters of Vojislav Seselj, leader of the Serbian Radical Party who’s on trial for war crimes, protested in Belgrade for his release from the Hague’s “tyranny”.

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vukovar-adults-more-tolerant-than-youngsters
25 Feb 13 Children ‘Less Tolerant Than Adults’ in Croatia’s Vukovar

Schoolchildren are more likely than their parents to discriminate on ethnic grounds, suggests research conducted in the Croatian city that was devastated during wartime.

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republika-srpska-towns-symbols-unconstitutional
21 Feb 13 Bosnian Serb Town Flags ‘Discriminatory’

The constitutional court in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska ruled that Serb symbols used by the towns of Banja Luka and Nevesinje discriminated against Bosniaks and Croats.

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war-veterans-guard-vukovar-street-signs
20 Feb 13 Croatia War Veterans Protest Against Cyrillic Roadsigns

Around 100 ex-servicemen demonstrated in the Croatian city of Vukovar on Wednesday, attempting to stop the authorities putting up street signs in Cyrillic for the Serb minority.

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former-insurgent-takes-over-macedonian-defence
20 Feb 13 New Defence Minister Outrages Macedonian Veterans

The appointment of a former ethnic Albanian fighter as Macedonia's defence chief has angered the party representing war veterans.

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kosovo-to-address-transitional-justice-in-a-comprehensive-way-report-says
19 Feb 13 Kosovo ‘Not Dealing With War Crimes’

Kosovo society is struggling to come to terms with war crimes and systematic human rights abuses because of past grievances and denial, said a new UN report.

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serbia-church-official-regrets-for-not-testifying-at-icty
04 Feb 13 Serbia Cleric Regrets Not Defending Milosevic

One of the Serbian Orthodox Church’s top clergymen said he was forbidden to testify in Slobodan Milosevic’s defence at the Hague Tribunal.

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vukovar-war-veteran-s-protest-turned-violent
04 Feb 13 20,000 Croatian War Veterans Protest in Vukovar

The rally against the Croatian government’s decision to make Serbian an official language in the war-ravaged town was followed by an alleged assault in a nearby village.

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macedonian-town-gives-honorary-citizenship-to-ramush-haradinaj
04 Feb 13 Macedonia Town Honours Kosovo War Commander

The Albanian majority on Tetovo’s town council sparked controversy by declaring former Kosovo Liberation Army commander Ramush Haradinaj an honorary citizen.

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