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13 May 13

Romania’s Shadow Economy Shrinking, Study Says

Greater use of electronic payments is responsible for part of the decrease in Romania’s shadow economy, a study by Visa says.

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13 May 13

Montenegro Miners End Strike Over Unpaid Wages

Niksic bauxite miners ended a strike over unpaid salaries and exited the mining cave after the authorities guaranteed payment of some of the money they are owed.

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13 May 13

Belgrade and Kosovo Serbs Agree on EU-Deal

Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and leaders in the Serb-run north of Kosovo have reached an agreement on the implementation of the EU-brokered deal.

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13 May 13

Macedonia Mass Murder Suspects’ Extradition Delayed

The extradition from Kosovo of two ethnic Albanians wanted in Macedonia for the killing of five people near Skopje may take a year, the lawyer for the suspects said.

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12 May 13

Bulgaria Votes in Knife-Edge Election

As more than 6 million Bulgarians potentially head to polling stations on Sunday, it is still far from clear which of the two main political blocs will emerge the victor.

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11 May 13

Croatia Readies Border Contracts With Neighbours

Bosnia, Montenegro and Serbia are due to agree new bilateral border agreements with Croatia as the country prepares to join the EU on July 1.

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10 May 13

Thousands of Serbs Protest Against the Brussels Agreement

Several thousand people assembled in Belgrade’s main square, accusing Serbia’s top leaders of high treason for the recent EU brokered-deal with Kosovo. 

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10 May 13

Serbia to Export Fiats to the US

Fiat plant in Serbia plans to start exporting 3,000 vehicles a month to America, marking a return of Serbia-made cars to the US after a three-decade absence.

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10 May 13

Serbia Indicts Delta Boss for Abuse, Tax Evasion

After five months of detention, Miroslav Miskovic has been indicted along with his associates for abuse of office and tax evasion.

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10 May 13

Witnesses Recall Bosnian Village Killings

As the trial for crimes in Prijedor continues, a Bosnian State Prosecution witness says that defendant Zoran Babic must have been present during the "cleansing" of Carakovo village in July 1992.

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10 May 13

Family Claims Kusturica Built Town on Their Land

Descendants of Pasan Hadzic, a former landowner in Visegrad, claim that the film mogul Emir Kusturica is building his mini-town on their family's land.

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10 May 13

Albania Politicians Chided for Anti-Gay Slurs

Albania’s anti-discrimination commissioner, Irma Baraku, has asked two politicians to issue a public apology to the gay community for offensive comments made in the media.

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10 May 13

Bosnian Serb Army ‘Did Not Target Sarajevo Civilians’

Testifying at the trial of the wartime Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, a former Serb military officer said he did not have adequate information on civilian victims in Sarajevo.

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10 May 13

Mladic Trial Hears of Srebrenica Executions

Testifying at the trial of Ratko Mladic, two surviving witnesses described the execution of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995 by Bosnian Serb forces.

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10 May 13

Royal Poet's Sainthood Splits Montenegrin Churches

Montenegro's rival Orthodox Churches are fiercely at odd over whether to declare the princely poet Njegos a saint.