Topic: Yugoslavia

No Forks Required

I'm no slouch in the sophistication department, but parties are my undoing. I know all the countries that make up the former Yugoslavia, and I can...
Nearly 15,000 people still missing from 1990s Balkan wars, Red Cross saysThe Red Cross says nearly 15,000 people are still missing from the wars fought in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.The figures were released Monday to commemorate the ...

Secret army tunnels prove tourist draw

ZAGREB (Reuters Life!) - Secret army tunnels carved into the remote Croatian island of Vis by the Yugoslav army have become a draw for tourists and locals alike since opening to the public.Vis, the furthest inhabited Croatian island from the coast, was ...

Where to go in June

Planning to go tripping in June? In an extract from the January 2010 issue of Lonely Planet Magazine, we've got the best places to head for - and ...
Stjepan Bobek, a record-setting striker for Yugoslavia and Partizan Belgrade, has died. He was 86.. . Belgrade emergency clinic doctors did not...

8 Automotive Lemons

Automakers aim for excellence with every new car they introduce, but sometimes things don't pan out as planned. The following is a sampling of...

War crimes court denies Krajisnik early release

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal has denied early release to the former head of the Bosnian Serb parliament, convicted of forcing thousands of Muslims and Croats from their homes in the 1992-95 Bosnian war.The International Crimina

Tennis birthdays - July 23, 2010

Violent, intimidating, homophobic soccer enthusiasts. Those five words would have struck us as a hilarious oxymoron back in the Illinois of my ...