serbia-to-remove-bosniak-s-ww2-leader-plaque
24 Aug 12 Serbia To Remove Bosniak’s WW2 Leader Plaque

The Serbian Ministry of Justice has instructed the municipality of Novi Pazar to remove the plaque dedicated to the Second World War Bosniak community leader Acif Hadziahmetovic.

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women-victims-of-war-remember-foca-crimes
23 Aug 12 Women Victims of War Remember Foca Crimes

The representatives of the association “Woman – Victim of War” have marked 20 years since the mass rapes and war crimes against non-Serb civilians took place in Foca.

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ex-yu-children-sing-for-peace
23 Aug 12 Ex-YU Children Sing For Peace

A Yugoslav era anti-war song performed by youngsters from the former Yugoslav countries has become a surprise online hit in the region.

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two-hundred-and-fifty-one-roses-for-koricanske-stijene-victims
21 Aug 12 Koricanske Stijene Victims Remembered

Several hundred citizens and families of victims attended the commemoration at Koricanske Stijene, marking 20 years since the massacre of more than 200 Bosniaks from Prijedor.

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macedonian-defense-minister-takes-heat-over-memorialization-incident
16 Aug 12 Macedonian Minister Slated For Honouring Albanian Fighters

President criticises Defence Minister for laying flowers before a war memorial to ethnic Albaian fighters killed in 2001.

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bosniak-ww2-hero-s-plague-stirs-controversy
13 Aug 12 Bosniak WW2 Hero’s Plaque Stirs Controversy in Serbia

The Bosniak National Council called Serbian authorities to remove monuments dedicated to Chetniks across Serbia before they decide to remove a plaque dedicated to a WWII Bosniak community leader.  

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serb-leader-mark-storm-for-the-first-time
06 Aug 12 Croatian Serb Leader Joins ‘Storm’ Ceremony

Croatia marked the seventeenth anniversary of its military operation “Storm” [Oluja] in the town of Knin on Sunday, where for the first time one of the Croatian Serb leaders was present.

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remembrance-of-vrbanja-victims
27 Jul 12 Remembering the Vrbanja Victims

On Sunday July 29, family members and fellow citizens will mark the 19th anniversary of the killing of 45 Bosniaks from the village of Vrbanja, near Bugojno in 1993.

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croatia-war-victims-plague-stirs-controversy
20 Jul 12 Croatian War Victims Plaque Stirs Controversy

A plaque dedicated to the victims of war in the Croatian town of Osijek has caused controversy for including the names of some Serb victims killed by Croatian forces, while missing out the names of some Croat victims.

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belgrade-remembers-victims-from-orahovac
19 Jul 12 Belgrade Remembers Victims from Orahovac

A remembrance service for those killed when the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, occupied the town of Orahovac in Kosovo in 1998 was held in Belgrade on Wednesday.

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montenegro-commemorated-srebrenica-genocide
12 Jul 12 Montenegro Commemorated Srebrenica Genocide

Montenegro and its Bosniak community marked the 17th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide by saying that the country has still not fully faced up to its past, and naming one of the streets in the capital after a Bosnian war hero.

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london-s-olympic-tower-casts-shadow-of-shame
03 Jul 12 London’s Olympic Tower Casts "Shadow of Shame”

The ArcelorMittal Orbit, which was built for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, will be appropriated as a Memorial in Exile by survivors of the Omarska concentration camp.

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balkan-monuments-celebrate-new-states
02 Jul 12 Balkan Monuments Celebrate New States

Aim of the newly built monuments of the new states formed after the dissolution of Yugoslavia is to differ from the legacy of their former country, historians say.

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serbian-war-vets-celebrate-vidovdan
29 Jun 12 Serbian War Vets Celebrate Vidovdan

Serbian war veterans celebrated their unofficial remembrance day on Thursday, noting that Serbia is the only country in the region where former soldiers do not have a national day.

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human-bonfire-commemoration-in-visegrad
28 Jun 12 Human Bonfire Commemoration in Visegrad

Several Bosniak victims associations have commemorated one of the most heinous crimes committed during the Bosnian war, when 70 elderly, women and children were set on fire and killed in Visegrad.

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