Serbia and Bosnia flooding forces thousands to flee homes
Thousands of people crammed into boats and army trucks have fled their homes in Serbia and Bosnia after record rainfall turned the Sava river into a deadly torrent and caused the worst floods in more...
View ArticleSarajevo marks 100 years since Archduke Franz Ferdinand shooting
Bosnia is commemorating 100 years since the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, the act that triggered World War One. Cultural and sporting events, including a concert by...
View ArticleStudy: World Cup Teams That Forbade Players From Having Sex Didn’t Advance...
Sex may play a bigger part in success than you’d think. The Moscow Times reports that a new study published in “Quartz,” has found a link between sex and success at the World Cup. The study says that...
View ArticleVojislav Seselj war crimes trial: Suspect back in Belgrade
Serbian ultra-nationalist Vojislav Seselj, on trial at the UN war crimes tribunal at The Hague, has arrived in Belgrade for cancer treatment. The court decided to release him for treatment on...
View ArticleWhat have been the successes and failures of UN peacekeeping missions?
The UN General Assembly session opened on September 15. This year the organisation celebrates its 70th birthday but how has the UN had an impact on the world’s conflicts? United Nations peacekeeping...
View ArticleThirteen Years at Guantanamo Over a Mistaken Identity
On Tuesday evening, U.S. officials released a document highlighting the 13-year detention of Mustafa Abd-al-Qawi Abd-al-Aziz al-Shamiri, a Yemeni man captured in Afghanistan in 2002. In it, they...
View ArticleBosnian Serb referendum backs disputed 9 January holiday
Bosnian Serbs have voted overwhelmingly to keep 9 January as a national holiday in defiance of Bosnia’s highest court. With more than 70% of votes counted in Sunday’s referendum, 99.8% supported the...
View ArticleTown in the heart of Europe exclusively for Arabs, walled off community that...
Locals are fuming because they are are only allowed into the site in the south-eastern Europe country if they are servants or cleaners. The complex is surrounded by heavy security, gates and high walls...
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