Serbia
Tensions remain high after clashes on Kosovo-Serbia border
By Ante Dotto, August 9, 2011
Tensions remain high after violent clashes broke out again at the end of last month on the Kosovo-Serbia border.
Serbian government threatens protesting farmers and armament workers
By Ante Dotto, June 6, 2011
Social discontent and anger is palpable in Serbia, as protests grow among farmers and sections of workers in defence of their jobs.
Mladic extradited to the Hague
By Chris Marsden and Markus Salzmann, June 1, 2011
The former chief of staff of the Bosnian Serb Army in the Republica Srpska during the 1992-95 civil war was extradited to the Netherlands on Tuesday, where he will stand trial at the Hague for war crimes.
Rising social protests in the Balkans
By Markus Salzmann, April 15, 2011
Political and social unrest has increased in the Balkan region during the past weeks and months.
Washington’s “humanitarian” war and the KLA’s crimes
By Paul Mitchell and Chris Marsden, December 31, 2010
Revelations of fascistic crimes carried out by the Kosovo Liberation Army should provide a salutary lesson whenever Washington again cites humanitarian concerns to justify its predatory war aims.
US, Europe concealed organ trafficking by Kosovo Liberation Army
By Tony Robson, December 29, 2010
The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) has been implicated in war crimes involving torture and the illicit trade in human organs removed from Serb civilians taken captive and killed during and after NATO’s 1999 war against Yugoslavia.
UN court upholds Kosovo’s declaration of independence
By Julie Hyland and Paul Mitchell, July 30, 2010
The United Nations International Court of Justice ruled last week that Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia on February 17, 2008 was legal.
Balkan governments introduce harsh austerity measures
By Markus Salzmann, August 19, 2009
Irrespective of the political composition of the various Balkan state governments, they are uniformly reacting to the economic crisis by shifting the entire burden onto the backs of the broad masses of the population.
Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic claims US granted him immunity
By Paul Mitchell, May 30, 2009
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has alleged he was given an immunity deal by US diplomat Richard Holbrooke at the end of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s 1992-1995 war.
Kosovo: Evidence of KLA torture and murders revealed by BBC
By Paul Mitchell, April 11, 2009
More revelations have emerged about tortures and murders carried out by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) during the NATO bombing of the former Yugoslavia in 1999 and the occupation that followed.
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