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Appeal may reject UN tribunal's Yugoslav acquittal

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UN/BALKANS

The verdict runs counter to 20 years of jurisprudence and history at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). It undermines the idea of using…

Kosovo parties will seize chance to unseat government

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KOSOVO

Haradinaj was earlier summoned as a suspect to the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (SC), part of the Kosovo judicial system but sitting in The Hague and with a mandate to try war…

War crimes trials will add to Bosnian Serb instability

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BOSNIA

Ethnic and political tensions will rise after ICTY acquitted the radical Serb nationalist Seselj and convicted Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic, with…

Balkans to make some gains in curbing gender violence

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BALKANS

Violence against women and children is a serious problem across South-Eastern Europe. Recently, the issue has come into the spotlight in multiple countries including Serbia…

Eastern EU will fail to implement whistleblower rules

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EASTERN EUROPE

Countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are under pressure to adopt whistleblower legislation in order to combat the misuse of EU funds and other breaches of EU law. In…

Former president's trial will cause backlash in Kosovo

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KOSOVO

Thaci faces ten counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the Kosovo conflict in 1998-99. The trial against the founder of the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK) and…

Zagreb will leverage Belgrade's EU bid

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CROATIA/SERBIA

Many politicians and people who suffered in the wars of the 1990s in both countries will see the ICJ decision as a miscarriage of justice. The current tense relations between…

Romania heads for clash with EU over legal sovereignty

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ROMANIA

After accentuated rule-of-law erosion during 2017-19, the new government encouraged hopes that such violations would become a thing of the past. However, last month, the…

Security will emerge as a key issue in German election

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GERMANY

The authorities have been on heightened alert since a series of terrorist attacks this summer. To regain the initiative, Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union…

EU threatens Slovakia with rule-of-law sanctions

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EASTERN EUROPE

The EU has warned Slovakia that it could face fines or blocked EU funds over concerns that the government’s judicial reforms, particularly those protecting politicians from…