Society
Croatia's Sanader denounced over Facebook detention
03/12/2008
Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader came under fire Monday for the detention of an opposition activist who started a Facebook group to criticise him.
Culture and Sports: Belgrade hosts 14th Auteur Film Festival
03/12/2008
The 14th Auteur Film Festival took place in Belgrade. Also in culture and sports news: Macedonia hosts the European Women's Handball Championship, and the Open Chess Tournament is taking place in Croatia.
Record-high waves swamp Croatia's Adriatic coast
02/12/2008
ZAGREB, Croatia -- Extraordinarily high waves caused floods in towns along the northern Adriatic coast Monday (December 1st). Bakar, close to the Rij...
Cypriot strike disrupts flight schedule
02/12/2008
NICOSIA, Cyprus -- More than 2,400 passengers experienced delays due to a four-hour strike Monday (December 1st) involving pilots from the national a...
Albania's Rama promises visa-free movement for expatriates in Greece
02/12/2008
TIRANA, Albania -- Socialist Party (SP) leader Edi Rama is promising visa-free movement for the Albanian community living in Greece, saying this will...
Police seize marijuana stash in Gjirokastra, Albania
01/12/2008
TIRANA, Albania -- Police in Gjirokastra seized 222kg of marijuana Sunday (November 30th) from a vehicle driven by a 50-year-old man. The vehicle was...
Science and Technology: Serbian students attend science conference
01/12/2008
A conference in Serbia highlights scientific achievements. Also in science and technology news: Romania inaugurates a new seismological observatory, and Growtech Eurasia 2008 closes in Ankara.
Albanians in Serbia rally for more rights
30/11/2008
BELGRADE, Serbia -- An estimated 6,000 Albanians rallied in the streets of Presevo, southern Serbia, on Friday (November 28th). Waving flags, they de...
Amnesty International condemns death threats against Croatian journalists
30/11/2008
ZAGREB, Croatia -- The Human rights watchdog Amnesty International urged Croatian authorities on Saturday (November 29th) to respond to threats made...
Police clash with workers in Ankara
30/11/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- Police clashed with protestors who rallied in Ankara on Saturday (November 29th) against growing unemployment and higher prices Acc...
A vaccine for disinformation
28/11/2008
Rumoured side effects and a lack of information appear to have doomed an ambitious plan to inoculate Romanian girls against HPV.
Albanian group claims responsibility for ICO headquarters explosion in Pristina
28/11/2008
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- An Albanian group claimed responsibility Thursday (November 27th) for the grenade attack two weeks ago on the Implementation Civi...
Kosovo healthcare in "catastrophic" state
28/11/2008
Reforms are urgently needed in order to fix a dysfunctional system, a WHO expert warns.
NGO accuses Greece of mistreating Iraqi asylum seekers
27/11/2008
ATHENS, Greece -- The government fails to protect Iraqi immigrants looking for asylum in Greece, the NGO Human Rights Watch said in a report Wednesda...
Serbia's Tadic, Dinkic confirm unity of coalition prior to no-confidence vote
27/11/2008
BELGRADE, Serbia -- President Boris Tadic, who leads the Democratic Party (DS), and Deputy Prime Minister Mladjan Dinkic, chairman of the G17 Plus pa...
