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Brutal killings of women in Western Balkan countries trigger alarm and expose faults in the system
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A man in Bosnia killed his wife and streamed the murder live on Instagram. In neighboring Serbia, 27 women were killed in gender-based attacks this year, despite efforts to raise awareness and reverse the trend. Activists in Kosovo say violence against women there is a...
NATO chief commits to Bosnia's territorial integrity and condemns 'malign' Russian influence
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — NATO supports Bosnia's territorial integrity and is concerned by “malign foreign interference,” including by Russia, in the volatile Balkans region that went through a devastating war in the 1990s, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday. ...
European Commission's chief tells Bosnia to unite in seeking EU membership
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The European Commission chief on Wednesday urged Bosnia to speak "with one voice,” regardless of the country's different ethnic groups, so that it can move forward toward joining the European Union after gaining candidate status last year. The...
Separatist Bosnian Serb leader refuses to enter a plea on charges that he defied the top peace envoy
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The separatist leader of the ethnic Serb mini-state within Bosnia on Monday refused to enter a plea on a criminal charge that he defied the top international envoy overseeing peace in the Balkan country. Milorad Dodik, the president of the Serb...
EU calls on Bosnian Serb parliament to reject draft law that brands NGOs as 'foreign agents'
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The European Union on Thursday urged authorities in the Serb-controlled half of Bosnia to without delay withdraw a draft law that brands non-profit groups funded from abroad as “foreign agents.” The law is to be adopted by the Bosnian Serb...
Bosnian police arrest 5 ex-Serb troops suspected of participating in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian police on Tuesday arrested five people suspected of participating in a July 1995 genocide in Srebrenica, a town where Bosnian Serb troops killed over 8,000 men and boys during the Balkan country's interethnic war. Officers also conducted...
Western Balkan heads of state press for swift approval of their European Union membership bids
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The heads of state of six Western Balkan countries that are seeking to join the European Union met in North Macedonia on Monday and urged the bloc to accelerate its enlargement process, saying that would contribute to regional stability. A joint...
Bosnia court confirms charges against Bosnian Serb leader Dodik for defying top international envoy
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A court in Bosnia said Monday it has confirmed an indictment against Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik on charges of defying the top international envoy overseeing peace in the Balkan country. Bosnian prosecutors filed the charges...
