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18 May 12 / 10:20:55

EU Grants for Refugees’ Start Ups

The EU is giving almost a half million Euros to 93 refugee families in Serbia to help them start and develop their own businesses.

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18 May 12 / 09:50:36

Macedonia Opposition Launches Anti-Government Rallies

Social Democrats are launching a series of anti-government rallies from June onwards, to boost party morale ahead of the local elections due in early 2013.

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18 May 12 / 09:50:28

Albania Gays Brave Public Disapproval

Gay rights activists held a series of public events this week in Tirana, pushing for greater acceptance of the lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual lifestyle.

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18 May 12 / 09:49:37

Romanians Gear Up For Museums Night

Museums and cultural institutions across Romania will be opening their doors all night on Saturday and revealing their treasures.

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18 May 12 / 09:48:19

Kosovo Serb Arrested for Vandalism in Mitrovica

Police detained a Kosovo Serb, suspected of being part of a group who demolished police property in the northern, Serb-run part of Mitrovica last month.

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17 May 12 / 17:45:34

Serbian Police Base on Kosovo Border Attacked

Serbian police minister blames attack on police base on Kosovo border on Kosovo Albanian 'terrorists'.

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17 May 12 / 17:04:05

Guilty Verdict for Foca War Crimes

The District Court in Trebinje, Republika Srpska, found Ranko Stevanovic guilty of war crimes committed in Foca in 1992 and sentenced him to 14 years in prison.

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17 May 12 / 16:18:50

Kerestinec Trial: First Victims Testify

First victims testified on Wednesday at the trial against five ex Croatian soldiers accused of crimes against Serb civilians and POWs committed in the military prison Kerestinec in 1991 and 1992.

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17 May 12 / 15:08:33

Prosecution: Mladic Responsible for Genocide

On the second day of its opening arguments, the Hague prosecution said it would prove that Ratko Mladic was on “the ground and personally involved” in the Srebrenica genocide in July 1995.

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17 May 12 / 14:35:41

Globe to Globe

Three Balkan theatres performed the three parts of Shakespeare’s complex trilogy in London – and with very different results.

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17 May 12 / 12:37:06

Fifth of Montenegro’s Immigrants Fled Wars

During the wars of Yugoslav dissolution, Montenegro became a host to the largest number of immigrants in its recent history, the Statistical Office of Montenegro, MONSTAT, shows.

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17 May 12 / 11:31:14

Sarajevo Business Forum Hosts Foreign Investors

Hundreds of foreign visitors attended the third Sarajevo Business Forum where they were presented with a range of projects to invest in - and also heard of the problems deterring investors such as themselves.

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17 May 12 / 11:30:11

Serbia's Presidential Hopefuls Duel on TV

Tomislav Nikolic and Boris Tadic traded barbs on the economy, the EU and Serbia's overall development - but both men agreed they would never recognise Kosovo's independence.

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17 May 12 / 10:26:14

Defendant Claims He Did Not Order Crimes in Lovas

An ex member of the Yugoslav People’s Army, accused of war crimes against the Croatian population, claimed that the orders for military action came from the army top.

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17 May 12 / 10:13:34

Strasbourg Hears Macedonia Rendition Case

The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday started hearings in the case of Khaled El-Masri, a German allegedly captured in Macedonia as part of the CIA rendition programme.