Refugees Return To Serbia Centers After Hungary Standoff
BosNewsLife WORLD WATCH
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BUDAPEST/KELEBIJA (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of migrants fleeing war, persecution, and poverty camped at the border with...
WORLD WATCH: Serbia’s President in Croatia Amid Tensions, Protests
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BELGRADE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is in neighboring Croatia trying to ease mounting tensions between the two Balkan rivals stemming from their 1990s war.
WORLD WATCH: Thousands of Migrants Stuck in Serbia as Winter Sets In
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Tensions are rising in the Balkans on the day the U.N.'s migration agency announced that 90 people apparently drowned after a smuggler's boat carrying mostly Pakistani migrants capsized off Libya's coast.
NEW EUROPE: Serbian Prime Minister Chased From Srebrenica Massacre Memorial
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
SREBRENICA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (BosNewsLife)-- An angry crowd on Saturday chased Serbia’s Prime Minister from a ceremony in Bosnia-Herzegovina marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre in which thousands of Muslims were killed by Serbian forces, amid outrage over Serbia's role in the conflict.
Hungary Asks Court To Probe ‘Islamic State’ Crackdown On Christians
By BosNewsLife News Center with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary's foreign minister says his country has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the "brutal actions" committed against Christians by the Islamic State group.
MISSION WATCH: Dozens Die In Balkans Worst Flooding; Christian Workers Rush
By Stefan J. Bos with additional reporting by Laura Ieraci
BELGRADE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Pope Francis appealed for prayers for the victims of floods in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia, while Christian aid workers rushed to the region, amid reports that as many as 40 people have drowned over the last three days.
NEWS WATCH: Heat Wave Causing Misery in Europe
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By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Central and Eastern Europe is trying to overcome a stubborn heat wave that has overshadowed Europe's largest music festival and caused wild fires in the Balkans.
BREAKING NEWS: Macedonia Sentences Orthodox Archbishop To 3 Years Jail
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
SKOPJE/BELGRADE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- A Macedonian court sentenced the archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) in Macedonia to three years in prison on what his denomination and activists called Wednesday, July 3, "false charges" of money laundering, while fourteen co-defendants received suspended jail terms.
NEWS WATCH: UN Tribunal For Ex-Yugoslavia Marks 20th Anniversary Amid Controversy
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief Internatonal Correspondent BosNewsLife
THE HAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague has marked its 20th anniversary on Monday, amid concern about the future of some cases. Dutch King Willem-Alexander was among those invited to commemorate the occasion at a time when the United Nations court is under pressure to end its operations.
NEWS WATCH: Serbia, Kosovo Peace Talks Breakdown
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BRUSSELS/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have failed to come to an agreement on the status of Serb-dominated northern Kosovo, though they do not rule out an accord later this month.