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Kosovars and Montenegrins take issue after tennis ace Novak Djokovic and his Serbian national teammates take to the court for late-round Davis Cup matches to a tune that calls for the Serbian flag to fly over foreign lands.
Under EU pressure, Podgorica has officially shuttered its contribution to the global buy-a-passport business. But RFE/RL's Balkan Service has learned it's still considering handing out hundreds more "golden passports," which in the past have mostly gone to Russian and Chinese nationals.
Gabriela Bankova says she can't get her pneumonia treated as she can't get admitted to a Bulgarian hospital under the correct gender. She has vowed to get official recognition of gender reassignment -- which was prohibited by Bulgaria's Supreme Court of Cassation early this year -- or die trying.
Priests from the Russian-led Moldovan Orthodox Church are joining a rival church based in neighboring Bucharest. The defections indicate the groundswell of anti-war sentiment among Moldovans and the widespread frustrations with the Russian Orthodox Church's "promotion of pro-Russian interests."
One of the founders of a group challenging the overwhelmingly Muslim country to reject Islam insists that the budding movement is seeking to oppose religious extremism in all its forms. Prosecutors aren't so sure, though, and the local Islamic community surely isn't buying it.