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Serbs and Croats still segregated in Vukovar’s schools

August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 Deutsche Welle Croatia, Serbia

Kristina Islentieva and Filip Rutko attend the same school. They have the same teachers. Yet they live in different worlds.

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Europe 

Tensions in the Serbia-Croatia-Montenegro triangle

August 8, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia

Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic recently compared 1990s Croatia with the Croatian puppet-state under Nazi occupation. On August 5, the Montenegrin

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Vucic, Dacic and tabloids pressure Serbs not to cheer for Croatian football team

July 13, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Serbia

The great success of the Croatian national football team in reaching the final of the World Cup in Russia has

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Europe 

Croatia’s parliament ratifies Istanbul Convention, in spite of protests

April 14, 2018April 16, 2018 Deutsche Welle Croatia

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

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UN court convicts Vojislav Seselj of war crimes

April 11, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, ICTY, Serbia

Serbian Nationalist Leader Vojislav Seselj was convicted of wartime crimes on April 11 2018 by the UN court in The Hague.

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Radev on Russia: As EU presidency, Bulgaria must have a policy of ‘dialogue and balance’

April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Roumen Radev, Russia

As holder of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Bulgaria should pursue a policy of dialogue and

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Eleven people arrested in Balkan trans-border sports corruption investigation – Europol

December 19, 2017December 19, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia

Slovenian police have arrested 11 people, dismantling an international crime syndicate involved in sports corruption and illegal betting, with the

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Europe 

War criminal Slobodan Praljak used cyanide to kill himself in court

December 2, 2017 Deutsche Welle Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia

Preliminary results from a toxicological test on December 1 have revealed “a concentration of potassium cyanide” in Slobodan Praljak’s blood,

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Europe 

Bosnian Croat war crimes convict Slobodan Praljak dies after drinking poison in ICTY

November 29, 2017November 30, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia

Slobodan Praljak, a Bosnian Croat war leader, died after allegedly drinking poison at a Hague Tribunal sitting at which his 20-year

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