Europe
Romania’s victory: can it happen in US?
Romania's government capitulated in the face of a sustained protest campaign and repealed a decree that had decriminalized corruption offenses.
Tag: Balkans
Europe
‘Russian nationalists’ behind Montenegro coup plot
Montenegro's chief prosecutor accused "nationalists in Russia" of having organized a criminal group to overthrow the government during last month's elections in the Balkan country.
Europe
Bosnian Serbs defy ruling on independence day
Residents of the Bosnian Serb Republic—decried as a "genocide creation" by Bosnia's Muslims—voted to establish an independence day, in defiance of a Bosnian court ruling.
Europe
Macedonia pressed on migrant expulsion, detention
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Macedonia to end its pattern of expelling and detaining migrants in defiance of international standards.
North America
Jill Stein joins Trump-Putin fascist convergence
When Green Party candidate Jill Stein supped with Putin at a Moscow confab, also on hand was Donald Trump's ultra-hawkish military advisor, retired General Mike Flynn.
Europe
Bulgaria: protest mass arrests of migrants
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein expressed concern over Bulgaria's criminalization of migrants both leaving and entering the country.
Europe
Cold War nostalgia as ‘missile shield’ goes live
The US anti-missile station in Romania was officially activated, to harsh protests from Moscow—as NATO prepares to deploy German troops in the Baltic republics.
Europe
Karadzic conviction sparks protests in Belgrade
The Hague tribunal found Radovan Karadzic guilty of genocide on the anniversary of the start of the 1999 NATO bombing campaign against Serbia—to angry protests in Belgrade.
Europe
Migrant resistance —from Calais to Macedonia
Riots broke out as French police moved to evict the Calais migrant camp, while Macedonian security forces fired tear-gas at migrants who tore down the fence on the Greek border.
Palestine
Palestinian fugitive ‘assassinated’ in Bulgaria
Escaped Palestinian prisoner Omar al-Nayif was found dead inside the Palestinian embassy in Bulgaria, in what officials and his family say was an "assassination" by Israel.
Watching the Shadows
Two Gitmo detainees released, third refuses transfer
Two Guantánamo detainees scheduled for release boarded a plane for transfer to third countries—while a third refused, demanding repatriation to his native Yemen.
Europe
Refugee resistance on Balkan border
Riots broke out at Greece's frontier with Macedonia as migrants and asylum seekers stranded there for the past two weeks blockaded the border.