Floods inflict grievous blow on frail Balkan economies
MAGLAJ, Bosnia/BELGRADE (Reuters) - When the waters receded, hundreds of employees at the paper and pulp factory in the Bosnian town of Maglaj turned up for work. Armed with shovels,...
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Floods inflict grievous blow on frail Balkan economies
MAGLAJ, Bosnia/BELGRADE (Reuters) - When the waters receded, hundreds of employees at the paper and pulp factory in the Bosnian town of Maglaj turned up for work. Armed with shovels,...
Serbia declares national mourning, flood toll rises
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia on Tuesday declared three days of national mourning and reported another death in the worst rainfall to hit the Balkan region in living memory, even as...
Serbia set to swallow bitter pill after snap election
SMEDEREVO, Serbia (Reuters) - The steel mill in this Danube river town has fed three generations of Milos's family. But the 17-year veteran believes he will be the last. "The...
Untested Yale man becomes Serbian finance minister, eyes IMF deal
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian lawmakers endorsed 29-year-old former McKinsey consultant Lazar Krstic as finance minister on Monday, handing him the task of reining in the country's ballooning deficit and public...
Bosnian Serb wartime intelligence chief gets life jail term
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal sentenced Bosnian Serb general Zdravko Tolimir to life in prison on Wednesday for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe's...
Bosnian Serb wartime intelligence chief gets life jail term
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal sentenced Bosnian Serb general Zdravko Tolimir to life in prison on Wednesday for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe's...
Shell faces Dutch lawsuit over Niger Delta pollution
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Oil major Royal Dutch Shell Plc will defend its environmental record in the Niger Delta on Thursday as it faces a lawsuit that may set a precedent...
Dutch vote ends resistible rise of radicals
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Two radical groups from the political extremes suffered stinging defeats as the Dutch voted tactically for pro-European mainstream parties and political leaders seen as the best able...
Dutch vote ends resistible rise of radicals
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Two radical groups from the political extremes suffered stinging defeats as the Dutch voted tactically for pro-European mainstream parties and political leaders seen as the best able...