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Offer Declined: Bosnia and a Billion Dollars of Chinese TNT

A US arms firm explored importing 122,000 tons of Chinese TNT into Bosnia via a local arms producer it part owns. The deal never went ahead, but the amount on offer – far in excess of the producer’s own needs – raises questions about where the explosives might have ended …

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Serbia Clashes Escalate as Ruling Party Loyalists and Police Battle Protesters

Supporters of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party members, protected by police, clashed with protesters again in major Serbian cities on Thursday night as months of anti-corruption demonstrations erupted into civil unrest for a fifth consecutive night. In cities and towns across the country, protesters mostly demonstrated at Progressive Party (SNS) …

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Serbian Ruling Party Office Set on Fire as Unrest Continues

An opposition councillor in the city assembly, Ivan Manic, told N1 at the start of Saturday night’s protest that Valjevo has never before witnessed scenes like the ones seen in recent days. “The past few days have been the most dramatic in our history. Nothing like this has ever been …

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