Macedonia celebrates its independence -video-

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Anniversary - Independence - Macedonia

09/09 16:51 CET

Thousands of Macedonians poured into the capital Skopje on Thursday to mark 20 years of independence. Festivities include a giant parade involving the military, politicians and celebrities....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/nocomment/2011/09/09/macedonia-celebrates-its-independence/

Europe Weekly: Gas, Greece and a Kosovo compromise

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Economic crisis - European Union - Gas - Greece - Kosovo

09/09 19:57 CET

In this week’s Europe Weekly we take a look at the EU’s new energy strategy, a customs deal in Kosovo and the eurozone debt crisis. We also chat to the Vice President of the European Investment Bank to see how Greece can breath life into its economy. That is all this week in Europe Weekly....more....
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/09/09/europe-weekly-gas-greece-and-a-kosovo-compromise/

EU welcomes Kosovo Serbia trade compromise

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Diplomatic mission - EU Council - Herman Van Rompuy - Kosovo - Serbia

07/09 08:01 CET

EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy welcomed his Kosovan counterpart to Brussels on Tuesday following last week’s deal between Pristina and Belgrade to end a mutual trade war. The agreement, brokered by the EU, sees Serbia and Kosovo lift mutual embargoes....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/09/07/eu-welcomes-kosovo-serbia-trade-compromise/

UN court jails ex-Yugoslav army chief for 27 years

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Balkans - Serbia - War crimes

06/09 16:24 CET

Momcilo Perisic, the ex-army chief of the former Yugoslavia, has been sentenced to 27 years behind bars for war crimes.

The UN tribunal in the Hague jailed him for aiding and abetting in murders, persecutions and attacks on civilians in Croatia and Bosnia in the 1990s....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/09/06/un-court-jails-ex-yugoslav-army-chief-for-27-years/

Kosovar Albanian admits US murders in Germany

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Crime - Frankfurt, Germany - Kosovo - Trial - USA

31/08 14:03 CET

The trial has begun in Germany of a Kosovar Albanian man accused of shooting two US servicemen dead at Frankfurt airport in March.

The packed courtroom heard that 21-year-old Arid Uka is charged with two counts of murder and three of attempted murder.

He has admitted firing on the group of airmen at point blank range with a pistol....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/08/31/kosovar-albanian-admits-us-murders-in-germany/

Abbas seeks Bosnian support in Palestinian UN bid

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Bosnia and Herzegovina - Mahmoud Abbas - Palestinian Territories - United Nations

15/08 22:23 CET

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is in Bosnia, seeking support as he tries to upgrade the Palestinians’ status at the United Nations.

The Bosnians’ three member presidency is yet to decide if it will back Abbas. Bosnia itself is rather divided. The Muslims and Catholic Croats may side with the Palestinians while the Serbs are likely to support Israel....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/08/15/abbas-seeks-bosnian-support-in-palestinian-un-bid/

NATO removes Serbia-Kosovo border roadblocks -video-

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 Border dispute - Kosovo - Serbia

01/08 19:03 CET

NATO troops on Monday removed three roadblocks close to the Serbia-Kosovo border where violence flared last week.

The barricades were set up by ethnic Serbs living in north Kosovo after Pristina issued a tit-for-tat imports ban on Serbian products....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/08/01/nato-removes-serbia-kosovo-border-roadblocks/

Fresh protests at Serbian Kosovo border

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Border Controls - Diplomatic tension - Kosovo - Serbia

31/07 23:13 CET

The EU will this week send a mediator to help reduce tensions between Serbia and Kosovo after a series of incidents on their border.

The visit by high-ranking diplomat Robert Cooper comes after the Kosovan government sent its police officers to seize two border crossings as part of a ban on Serbian imports....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/07/31/fresh-protests-at-serbian-kosovo-border/

Nato troops retreat from Kosovo Serbs -video-

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Border dispute - Kosovo - Serbia

30/07 05:53 CET

Nato troops made a tactical retreat in Kosovo as ethnic Serbs stopped them reaching peacekeepers deployed at border posts with Serbia after a customs dispute turned violent....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/07/30/nato-troops-retreat-from-kosovo-serbs/

Kosovo flexes muscles and provokes Serbian fury -video-

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Border Controls - Independence - Kosovo - Serbia

28/07 18:24 CET
The trade war that has broken out between Kosovo and Serbia has brought to the surface the simmering political rift that deeply divides the two sides: over the question of Kosovo’s sovereignty....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/07/28/kosovo-flexes-muscles-and-provokes-serbian-fury/

Kosovo border post torched -video-

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 Border Controls - Clashes and riots - Kosovo - Serbia

28/07 18:02 CET

Kosovo has been trying to take control of its northern frontier crossings and enforce a ban on imports from Serbia – a move in retaliation for Belgrade’s block on Pristina’s exports....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/nocomment/2011/07/28/kosovo-border-post-on-fire/

Ethnic violence flares on Kosovo’s northern border

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Diplomatic tension - Kosovo - Serbia

28/07 15:33 CET

NATO’s troops have increased their presence on Kosovo’s northern border to quell deadly, escalating violence.

Kosovo has been trying to take control of its northern frontier crossings and enforce a ban on imports from Serbia – a move in retaliation for Belgrade’s block on Pristina’s exports....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/07/28/ethnic-violence-flares-on-kosovo-s-northern-border/ 

Kosovo border post set ablaze -video-

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Border dispute - Clashes and riots - Kosovo - Serbia

28/07 01:03 CET

About 200 ethnic Serbs set a customs post ablaze on Wednesday at Kosovo’s northernmost border with Serbia.

It came after Kosovo’s special police withdrew from the area. NATO troops attempted to quell the violence but came under fire as they did so...more...
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/07/28/kosovo-border-post-set-ablaze/

Kosovo forces withdraw from Serb border posts -video-

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Border dispute - European Union - Kosovo - Serbia

27/07 20:24 CET

Kosovo special forces withdrew on Wednesday from two border posts in an ethnic Serb enclave, one day after violent clashes that left a policeman dead....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/07/27/kosovo-forces-withdraw-from-serb-border-posts/

Kosovo policeman dies after botched border raid - video -

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Border dispute - Diplomatic tension - Kosovo - Serbia

27/07 10:17 CET

A Kosovo policeman seriously injured during a border clash on Monday night has died.

The 31-year-old officer was shot in the head when a police convoy came under fire in a Serb dominated area....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/07/27/kosovo-policeman-dies-after-botched-border-raid/

EU attempts to ease tension between Serbia and Kosovo

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26/07 22:03 CET

Diplomatic tension - Kosovo - NATO - Serbia

Serbia and Kosovo are both being urged to act calmly after an attack at a border post in Kosovo left one policeman with serious head injuries. Tensions remain between Serbia and its neighbour Kosovo, which unilaterally declared its independence in 2008. However, ethnic Serbs living in northern Kosovo refuse to acknowledge the breakaway state and the EU is trying to defuse the latest flare-up....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/07/26/eu-attempts-to-ease-tension-between-serbia-and-kosovo/

Kosovo policeman hurt in Serbian border clash -video-

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Diplomatic tension - Kosovo - NATO - Serbia

26/07 17:43 CET

NATO has appealed for calm to quell a violent rise in tension between Kosovo and Serbia.

It comes after a Kosovo policeman was hurt by gunfire on Monday night when Kosovo forces tried to gain control of a border post in an ethnic Serb area....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/07/26/kosovo-policeman-hurt-in-serbian-border-clash/

Where to? Sarajevo films -video-

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Bosnia and Herzegovina - Cinema - Festival

25/07 17:49 CET

This year’s Sarajevo Film Festival, from 22-30 July, projects southeastern Europe. This year’s entries include ‘Orchestra’, by Bosnian director Pjer Žalica, about good people in “the times that first pampered us and then crushed us”, and Aldo Tardozzi’s ‘Spots’, about a disoriented new Croatian generation, with taxi sex, robbery, murder and nightclubs....more...
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http://www.euronews.net/2011/07/25/where-to-sarajevo-films/

Mass burial of Srebrenica victims in Bosnia -video-

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Bosnia and Herzegovina - Death - Srebrenica

11/07 11:21 CET

Thousands of Bosnian people gathered at the Potocari memorial centre near Srebrenica to mark the 16th anniversary of the massacre of Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995. Bodies of 613 victims found in mass graves and identified last year were buried....more....
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http://www.euronews.net/nocomment/2011/07/11/mass-burial-of-srebrenica-massacre-victims-in-bosnia-/

613 bodies of Srebrenica victims leave morgue for Potocari memorial -video-

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Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ceremony - Funerals - Srebrenica

10/07 10:11 CET

Relatives gathered in Visoko to see off the remains of their loved ones killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre but only recently discovered in mass graves and identified by DNA analysis. They are being taken to the Potocari memorial cemetery in Srebrenica for a proper burial ceremony. 613 bodies will be laid to rest as part of commemorations on the 16th anniversary of Europe’s worst massacre since World War II....video....
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http://www.euronews.net/nocomment/2011/07/10/613-bodies-of-srebrenica-victims-leave-morgue-for-potocari-memorial/