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Sarajevo is not your city, Mr Karadzic, but mine

02 March 2010 | By Nidzara Ahmetasevic

Radovan Karadzic Radovan Karadzic, Sarajevo is not your city, and you have no right to say that it is, just as you do not have the right to say in public, even if it’s in court, that someone has dug up bones around Bosnia and brought them to Srebrenica to make a fake graveyard. This is insulting.


Feith: ICJ Opinion May Ease Tensions
09 March 2010 | Bojana Barlovac

Pieter Feith, the head of the International Civilian Office in Kosovo, said that the opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence could help alleviate tense relations between Belgrade and Pristina.

Returned Asylum Seekers Arrive in Region
12 March 2010 |

A bus carrying Macedonian and Serbian nationals who unsuccessfully sought asylum in Belgium arrived in the two Balkan countries on Thursday after departing Brussels the previous day.


Indictment for Derventa Crimes Filed
12 March 2010 |

The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina has filed an indictment for confirmation by the State Court, against Ivica Perkovic, a former member of the Croatian Defence Council, HVO, who is charged with crimes against Serb civilians in Derventa.



Illegal Gambling Rampant in Albania

Tirana | 07 December 2009 |
 
Poker table
Poker table
An operation by Albania's state police to crack down on illegal gambling parlors unveiled that nearly one quarter of the businesses inspected lack gambling licenses.

The operation conducted over the weekend inspected over 260 parlous around the country. Roughly 65 parlors lacked the necessary license for their operations. The police, aided also by the financial auditors from tax authorities, sequestered 400 electronic gambling machines.

Gambling has soared in Albania in recent years. According to tax recods Albanians spent more than 66 million euro on gambling in 2008, an increase of almost 70 per cent from the previous year.

Earlier this year the Finance Ministry founded a government body to monitor gaming, which is also suspected of being abused by money launderers.



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