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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kosovo-limaj-indictment-a-bad-written-novel-defense-says
01 Feb 13 Kosovo Ex-Minister Says Graft Charges are Fiction

The lawyer for ex-fighter turned politician Fatmir Limaj mocked allegations that he illegally spent a million euro on his war crimes trial defence.

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balkan-lacks-progress-in-human-rights
31 Jan 13 Balkans 'Making No Progress on Human Rights'

Human Rights Watch said Balkan states were still not properly addressing issues like war crimes, the abuse of ethnic minorities and refugees’ rights to return home.

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kosovo-arrest-five-suspects-on-grave-vandalism
30 Jan 13 Kosovo Arrests Five for Serb Grave Desecrations

Kosovo police detained five youths on suspicion of vandalising Serbian Orthodox graves in the town of Vitia/Vitina - four of them under the age of 18.

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bosnian-new-chief-prosecutor-promises-to-tackle-war-crimes
29 Jan 13 Bosnia's New Prosecutor Vows to Tackle War Crimes

Dealing with a backlog of hundreds of pending war crimes investigations will be a top priority, said Bosnia’s newly-appointed chief prosecutor Goran Salihovic.

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hadzici-war-crimes-cause-controversy-in-bosnia
24 Jan 13 Bosnian Serbs Claim Bias as Investigation Halted

Politicians reacted angrily after state prosecutors stopped an investigation into hundreds of people suspected of war crimes against Bosnian Serbs in Hadzici near Sarajevo.

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kosovo-pays-for-demolished-serbian-graves
24 Jan 13 Kosovo to Pay for Demolished Serb Graves

Pristina said it would repair more than 60 Serbian memorials vandalised in apparent retaliation for Belgrade’s removal of an Albanian monument.

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war-veterans-wages-spark-controversies-in-montenegro
21 Jan 13 Montenegro War Veterans Hope for Serbia Payouts

Montenegrin reservists are seeking to prove they were mobilised during Yugoslavia's NATO conflict but hopes of getting unpaid wages from Belgrade may be misplaced.

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