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What Is Moscow’s Leverage in the Balkans?

John P. Ruehl / IMI Jan 4, 2023 Escalating Balkan conflicts is a major part of the Kremlin’s attempts to take pressure off its war with Ukraine. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Thousands Rally in Serbia Against Populist Leader Vucic

DUSAN STOJANOVIC / The Associated Press Apr 13, 2019 Riot police are deployed inside the parliament in Belgrade amid fears the opposition protesters might try to storm the building. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Confusion Reigns Over China’s Energy Policy

Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network May 7, 2018 China’s energy policy seems perplexing: It is implementing coal-use reductions at home, yet helping to build coal-fired power plants abroad. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Enabling Genocide

Chris Hedges / Truthdig and Mr. Fish Nov 26, 2017 The sentencing of a former general for the slaughter of civilians in the Bosnian war is a bitter reminder: Key nations of the West, including the U.S., have been deeply complicit in genocide. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Serbia Prime Minister-Designate to Head Pro-Russia Government

By Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press Jun 28, 2017 With her early Cabinet picks, Ana Brnabic sends a strong message about her alliances with other nations. She also has made headlines as Serbia's first female and first openly gay leader. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Coal Pollution Costs Western Balkans Dearly

By Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Mar 17, 2016 Heavy pollution from coal-fired power stations results in Serbia losing a third of its national wealth annually because of premature deaths caused by poor air quality. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fugitive Serbian Commander Arrested

Staff / Truthdig May 26, 2011 After more than 15 years on the run, Ratko Mladic, commander of Bosnian Serb forces during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, was arrested Thursday on war crimes charges, including the slaughter of thousands of Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kosovo Goes to the Polls

Staff / Truthdig Dec 13, 2010 With ethnic divisions still etched into the memories of its citizenry, Europe’s youngest democracy, Kosovo, is holding its first parliamentary elections since it formally declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.N. Court Declares Kosovo’s Split-Off Legit

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2010 On Thursday, the United Nations' International Court of Justice validated Kosovo's 2008 declaration of separation from Serbia, declaring the move legitimate according to international law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Floodwaters Threaten Warsaw, Claim at Least 14 in Poland

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2010 The Polish people are having a rough time of it this spring. At least 14 people have died in recent days after Poland's largest river, the Vistula, flooded an area some 50 miles away from Warsaw, and the capital city is in danger of becoming waterlogged as well. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Former Serb Leader Calls Bosnian War ‘Just and Holy’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2010 Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is on trial for genocide at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague for his role in the mass killings of Croats and Muslims during the Bosnian war in the 1990s, but a defiant Karadzic apparently doesn't believe that he presided over an ethnic-cleansing campaign. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kudos for Kosovo Elections

Staff / Truthdig Nov 17, 2009 A year after declaring independence from Serbia, Kosovo has received good marks from European monitors for its first round of local elections, which could lead to wider recognition and acceptance of its newly established status in the international community. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )