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Croatia’s parliament voted on April 13 2018 by 110-30 in favour of ratifying the Istanbul Convention, the world’s first binding treaty on preventing and fighting violence against women. The convention, agreed in […]
Serbian Nationalist Leader Vojislav Seselj was convicted of wartime crimes on April 11 2018 by the UN court in The Hague. According to BIRN’s r ...
As holder of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Bulgaria should pursue a policy of dialogue and balance, President Roumen Radev said ...
Slovenian police have arrested 11 people, dismantling an international crime syndicate involved in sports corruption and illegal betting, with the ass ...
Preliminary results from a toxicological test on December 1 have revealed “a concentration of potassium cyanide” in Slobodan Praljak’s blood, the Hague Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. On […]
Slobodan Praljak, a Bosnian Croat war leader, died after allegedly drinking poison at a Hague Tribunal sitting at which his 20-year jail sentence for war crimes was confirmed, a report on […]
Bulgaria and Croatia hope that direct air flights between the two countries’ capital cities will make a positive contribution to increasing mutual tourism, the foreign ministers agreed at a meeting […]
Substantial snowfalls in parts of northern Greece on January 19 caused problems at the border with Bulgaria, with some checkpoints closed to lorries. The Greek regions of Central Macedonia, Eastern […]
The “code red” warning of extremely dangerous weather – the highest level of warning – has been issued for January 9 for several countries in Central and South Eastern Europe […]
Croatia has initiated a crime investigation into two Bulgarian nationals in connection with people-trafficking after traffic police found 67 people in a van near the eastern Croatian city of Novska. […]
