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Leaders of Serbia, Croatia sign ‘reconciliation’ declaration

June 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Serbia

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic signed on June 20 a document that expresses the willingness of

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Bulgaria 

Russian Orthodox Church pulls out of Pan-Orthodox Council

June 13, 2016June 15, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Russia, Serbia

In what was hardly a surprise move, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church called on June 13 for

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Europe 

European Commission proposes visa-free travel for Kosovo

May 4, 2016May 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo, Serbia

The European Commission proposed on May 4 2016 to lift visa requirements for the people of Kosovo. In a statement

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Vucic wins decisive victory in Serbian parliamentary elections – polls

April 24, 2016April 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Serbia

Aleksander Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party won an estimated 56.2 per cent of the votes in Serbia’s parliamentary elections on April

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Europe 

Vucic eyes clear victory in Serbian elections

April 24, 2016April 24, 2016 Deutsche Welle Serbia

Serbians elect a new parliament on Sunday April 24. Aleksandar Vucic is a sure winner in the election; the question

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Bulgaria 

Serbian court to pronounce judgment on Bulgarian bid to extradite Vassilev

April 7, 2016April 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, Serbia

The supreme court in Belgrade has said that it will pronounce judgment on the application by Bulgaria for the extradition

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Europe 

Karadzic slams war crimes verdict as ‘monstrous’

April 7, 2016 VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is asking to be released from prison pending his appeal on his conviction for

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Europe 

ICTY war crimes court acquits Serbian ultra-nationalist Šešelj

March 31, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Serbia

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on March 31 2016 acquitted Vojislav Šešelj, president of the Serbian

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Europe 

Macedonia boosts security measures over refugee crisis

March 28, 2016March 30, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Macedonia, Serbia

Security authorities in Macedonia have boosted security measures in the northern area of the country on the border with Serbia.

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