Bosnia
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April 19, 2016Shakespeare Like You've Never Heard Him
Centuries after William Shakespeare wrote them, his plays are performed in a multitude of languages. To mark 400 years since Shakespeare's death on April 23, 1616, actors from the Balkans to Central Asia performed Hamlet's famous soliloquy for RFE/RL.
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April 12, 2016
Freedom House: Economic Troubles Threaten Stability In Ex-Soviet 'Dictatorships'
In a new report, Freedom House warns that economic woes are threatening the stability of "entrenched dictatorships" in the former Soviet Union, the migration crisis is fueling populism in Eastern Europe, and reforms in the Balkans are in retreat.
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April 09, 2016
Serbian Nationalist Seselj Barred From Entering Kosovo
Serbian nationalist Vojislav Seselj has been declared a persona non-grata in Kosovo and banned from entering the country, just days after he was acquitted on war-crime charges.
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April 07, 2016
The Long Shadow Of The Seselj Verdict
If Vojislav Seselj's "not guilty" verdict had been announced a day later, I would have considered it an April Fools' joke. Of course it's not -- and this tragic miscarriage of justice threatens all the potential benefits that Bosnia-Herzegovina and the region might have gained from the recent conviction of Radovan Karadzic by the same tribunal.
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April 06, 2016
Karadzic Demands Release From Detention Pending Appeal
Radovan Karadzic has asked to be released from detention pending his appeal at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
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April 06, 2016
Hague Prosecutors To Appeal Seselj Acquittal
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia say they will appeal last week's acquittal of Serbian nationalist Vojislav Seselj.
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April 06, 2016
Sarajevo Celebrates Freedom With Giant Coffee Break
People in Sarajevo celebrated on April 6 the anniversary of the city's liberation from Nazi occupation in 1945. As part of the festivities, they were able to drink coffee from what is claimed to be the largest coffee pot in the world, holding some 650 liters of the beverage. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
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April 06, 2016
Hague War Crimes Court Halts Trial Of Ill Croatian Serb Leader Hadzic
United Nations judges ordered an "indefinite" halt in the war-crimes trial of Croatian Serb rebel leader Goran Hadzic, who is terminally ill with brain cancer.
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March 31, 2016
‘Error Of Law' -- Top International Lawyer Disagrees With Seselj Ruling
The head of the International Bar Association tells RFE/RL he thinks judges at the UN war crimes court were wrong to rule on March 31 that Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj was not guilty of crimes against humanity.
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March 31, 2016
Seselj Acquittal: Mixed Reaction From Village In Serbia
Residents of Hrtkovci, a village west of Belgrade, had a mixed reaction to the acquittal of Serbian nationalist Vojislav Seselj. A UN court in the Hague found Seselj not guilty on March 31 of charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity relating to the Balkan wars of the 1990s. Among other charges, he was accused of instigating the explusion of 800 ethnic Croats in Hrtkovci in May of 1992, but was cleared on all counts. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
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March 31, 2016
Croats, Bosnians Dismayed By Serbian Nationalist Seselj’s Acquittal
A UN court has found Serbian nationalist Vojislav Seselj not guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity relating to the Balkan wars of the 1990s, triggering disappointment and anger among Croats and Bosnians after a nearly decadelong trial.
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