Cacic: 'I have been telling the truth throughout this process'

tportal.hr
CAR ACCIDENT HEARING

20.09.2011 18:46

Author: Radio.net
The head of the Croatian People's Party (HNS), Radimir Cacic, issued a statement on Tuesday after attending the first hearing before a local court in Kaposvar, Hungary, for a fatal traffic accident he had caused last year....more...
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http://daily.tportal.hr/149517/Cacic-I-have-been-telling-the-truth-throughout-this-process.html

Croatian Politician Relives Tragic Car Accident

balkan insight
20 SEP 2011 / 16:40

Croatian politician Radimir Cacic, one of the heads of Croatia’s opposition coalition, tried on Tuesday to explain the circumstances of a car accident in Hungary when two persons died in January last year.

Croatian Times

"I wasn't driving too fast. Visibility was bad," the president of the Croatian People's Party (HNS) Radimir Cacic said at the trial in the Municipal Court in the Hungarian town of Macala....more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/croatian-politician-describes-tragic-car-accident

Kosovan admits shooting US airmen at Frankfurt airport

bbc news
31 August 2011, Last updated t 13:11 GMT
A Kosovo man has told a German court he regrets shooting dead two US servicemen at Frankfurt airport and does not understand why he did it.

Arid Uka, 21, told the court he had been radicalised by jihadist propaganda videos he watched online.

Prosecutors believe he acted alone in carrying out the first deadly attack by an Islamist on German soil....more...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14727975

One policeman killed, three others wounded in blast in southeastern Turkey

xinhua

English.news.cn 2011-08-07 18:19:52

ANKARA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- One policeman was killed and three others wounded in a mine blast in southeastern Turkey on Sunday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
The mine, probably planted by the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), exploded while a police vehicle was passing by near Cukurca High School in Cukurca town of Hakkari province, killing one policeman and wounding three others, according to the report....more....
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-08/07/c_131034393.htm

Press vehicles torched in Montenegro

xinhua news

English.news.cn 2011-07-15 05:20:22

BELGRADE, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Two press vehicles owned by the Podgorica daily Vijesti were set ablaze and completely destroyed in the early hours on Thursday morning, the Montenegrin newspaper said.

The torching occurred just across the street from Montenegro's National Security Agency. Residents in the neighborhood reported being awakened by two loud shots....more...

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 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-07/15/c_13985925.htm

Cars of Montenegro's Vijesti Set on Fire

balkan insight
15 JUL 2011 / 12:12

In the latest attack on the independent Montenegrin daily newspaper, two of its vehicles were set on fire in Podgorica on Thursday.

Bojana Barlovac

Vijesti said unknown persons had poured gas on vehicles owned by the newspaper and then set them on fire.

The cars, bearing the Vijesti logo, had been parked across from the headquarters of the Montenegrin intelligence agency....more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/vehicles-of-montenegrin-daily-vijesti-set-on-fire

Year in Jail for Macedonian Tour Boat Captain

balkan insight
05 JUL 2011 / 16:02

Sotir Fileski, the captain of the ill-fated tour boat Ilinden that sank in Ohrid Lake in 2009, drowning 15 Bulgarian tourists, has been sentenced to one year in jail for involuntary manslaughter.

Sinisa Jakov Marusic Skopje

A court in the Macedonian resort town also sentenced Branko Baic, the representative of the German insurance company Lloyd’s, to a year in jail....more....
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/year-in-jail-for-macedonian-capsized-boat-captain

U.S. Charges Kosovar Alleged Gunman With Germany Attack

radio free europe
June 22, 2011

U.S. federal prosecutors in New York City have filed murder charges against a Kosovo ethnic Albanian man accused of shooting dead two U.S. Air Force personnel and wounding two others at Frankfurt airport in Germany....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/us_charges_alleged_kosovar_gunman_with_germany_attack/24242838.html

Turkish Singer Resurfaces After Violent Brush With Death

ny times
By SUSANNE GÜSTEN

Published: June 22, 2011
ISTANBUL — Drums were beaten, pipes played, and people danced in the streets of Istanbul on Sunday, as the singer Ibrahim Tatlises, a megastar in Turkey and much of the Middle East and Central Asia, made his first public appearance since being shot in the head by a hit squad three months ago....more...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/world/europe/23iht-M23C-TURKEY-SINGER.html?ref=europe

Bulgaria in Mourning for Bus Crash Victims

balkan insight
15 JUN 2011 / 15:29

Highway disaster that immolated eight passengers prompts Prime Minister to order day of mourning.

Novinite (Sofia News Agency)
Eight people died and 20 more suffered injuries, leaving one of them in a life-threatening condition, after a bus overturned en route from Sofia to Burgas.
The accident happened at around 1am on Wednesday, as the bus was driving on the Trakiya Highway, when it capsized and burst into flames. The passenger cabin was completely burnt, Bulgarian National Radio said.....more....
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/bulgaria-in-mourning-for-bus-crash-victims

School violence in Kosovo turns deadly

se times

08/06/2011

Experts claim violence in Kosovo's school system is reaching worrisome levels
By Muhamet Brajshori for Southeast European Times in Pristina -- 08/06/11

The murder of 19-year-old Muhamet Cakaj at Pristina's Sami Frasheri High School by fellow students is only the latest of several high-profile incidents highlighting a growing problem of public violence in Kosovo's schools. The issue has galvanized public opinion.....more....

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http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2011/06/08/feature-04

Pristina Flooded Again in Heavy Rain

balkan insight

07 Jun 2011 / 14:02

Homes in Kosovo’s capital suffered almost 400,000 euro worth of damages after the city flooded again in downpour.

Shengjyl Osmani

Pristina

Pristina once again faced widespread flooding last Sunday as the city’s wastewater system failed to cope with torrential rain.
The town hall estimates that the inundation caused around 370, 000 euro, mainly in the Hajvali, Vranjevc, and Lagjja e Spitalit neighbourhoods.  Hundreds of homes were flooded in the deluge....more....

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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/pristina-flooded-again-in-heavy-rain

Bomb Wounds 8 in Heart of Istanbul

ny times

By SEBNEM ARSU

Published: May 26, 2011    

 ISTANBUL — A bicycle bomb exploded in a popular shopping district in central Istanbul on Thursday, causing panic and wounding eight people, Turkish officials said.
The bomb, which the police said may have been detonated by a timing device, was attached to an electric bicycle parked next to a bus stop outside a busy upscale mall in the Etiler district of Istanbul, said the city’s governor, Huseyin Avni Mutlu. The blast site is also very close to a local police training center, leading to speculation that it might have been the real target of the attack....more....
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/world/europe/27turkey.html?ref=turkey

Kosovo Muslims Resent New Mother Teresa Statue

balkan insight
26 May 2011 / 08:44
Muslims in the western town of Peja are far from happy with the town council's decision to let a US-based Albanian society put up a statue to Mother Teresa.

Petrit Collaku

Pristina

A Muslim youth group in Peja, the Muslim Youth Forum, has asked the mayor to withdraw the decision, saying it does not represent the interests of the Muslim community and is an insult to a town that is 98 per cent Muslim....more...

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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-row-over-mother-teresa-statue

Turkey: Attack follows Erdogan rally

b92.net
World

Thursday 5.05.2011
09:48
Source: BBC

KASTAMONU -- A policeman has been killed during an attack in northern Turkey, shortly after a visit by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish media say....more...
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/world-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=05&dd=05&nav_id=74158

Explosives thrown at police escort kills officer after Erdogan rally

telegraph.co.uk
Turkey
Suspected separatist militants threw an explosive device on a Turkish police escort and killed one officer near where Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan held an election rally.

11:02PM BST 04 May 2011
Mr Erdogan had left by helicopter from the city of Kastamonu by the time the attack happened.
Campaigning has begun for a parliamentary election on June 12 that is expected to result in Mr Erdogan winning a third consecutive term. ...more...
telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/8493923/Explosives-thrown-at-police-escort-kills-officer-after-Erdogan-rally.html

"Friends jump to death" from apartment building

b92.net
Society

Monday 2.05.2011
12:07
Source: B92

KNJAŽEVAC -- A teenage girl and a young woman reportedly committed suicide together by jumping off the roof of an apartment building in the town of Knjaževac....more...
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=05&dd=02&nav_id=74107

Blast Hits Albania Opposition Gathering

balkan insight
03 May 2011 / 09:02

An explosion hit a gathering of young supporters of the Socialist Party in central Tirana on Monday at 8:15 p.m., only metres from the prime minister’s office, leaving one person lightly wounded.
Besar Likmeta

Tirana

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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/blast-hits-albania-opposition-gathering

The explosive material is believed to have been placed in a trash can behind an opposition tent, where young supporters for the re-election campaign of Socialist leader and current Tirana mayor Edi Rama have gathered in the evenings to dance to the beat of DJs mixing house music rhythms.    ...more...

Blast Kills One at Albania Army Demolition Depot

balkan insight
29 Apr 2011 / 14:01

An explosion on Thursday at a demolition depot in the village of Bigas in southern Albania killed one officer and wounded three others.
Besar Likmeta

Tirana

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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/blast-hits-albania-army-demolition-depot

“As a result of the explosion of a shell during the demolition process a sergeant lost his life and three other people were wounded,” said the spokesperson for the chief of staff of the Armed Forces in a press conference. ...more...

Minor earthquake hits Banja Luka

b92.net
Region

Friday 29.04.2011
09:40
Source: Tanjug

BANJA LUKA -- Republic of Srpska (RS) capital Banja Luka and the surrounding area were hit by an earthquake at 1:30 CET on Friday, which did not cause any material damage. ...more...
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=04&dd=29&nav_id=74060