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BOSNIA: To the Future, With the Past Following
Close to 15 years after the siege of Sarajevo began, the city has recovered much of its past prosperity. But the wounds and memories of war are still around.GREECE: Social Security Reforms Spark Unrest
Millions of workers participated in a general strike Wednesday on the eve of a parliament vote on pension and social security reforms. Despite vehement opposition, the government voted the reform through with 151 votes, the absolute minimum required for passing the legislation.KOSOVO: Violence Sparks Collision Course
Increased unrest following the unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo is leading to fears of further violence in the Balkans.KOSOVO: How a ‘Success Story’ Became Such a Mess
After the unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo on Feb. 17, ethnic tensions are rising dangerously again in the region, especially in Northern Kosovo and the other Serbian enclaves scattered around the province.GREECE: Seen From the Far Right, Media Is Garbage
"Who are you with?" an excited fellow around 20 years old asked a journalist standing by, looking at riot police surrounding the main University of Athens building in downtown Athens.KOSOVO: Gloom Settles On Some, But Not All Serbs
As Pristina is abuzz with crowds of Albanians celebrating the declaration of independence, Kosovo Serbians seem mostly gloomy about what the future holds.RIGHTS: Norway Finds Greece Cannot Be Trusted With Migrants
Norway has suspended a system of referring migrants in the country back to Greece for determination of their status.EUROPE: What Would You Call This NATO Member
The countdown has begun to the NATO summit in Bucharest Apr. 2-4 where Macedonia expects to be invited to join the alliance.GREECE: Police Show Lawyers A Brutal Face
Electra Floropoulou of the Lawyers Group for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants was not expecting the police to turn violent when she began taking photographs of the queue of migrants outside the Athens Directorate for Foreigners.EUROPE: Sex, Lies and Suicides – the New Greek Tragedy
On Dec. 20, three days after his resignation as secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Christos Zahopoulos jumped from the fourth floor of his flat in Athens city centre. He has partly recovered but is going to face serious long-term health problems.BALKANS: Discrimination Rife Within Kosovo
In the northern part of the ethnically divided city Mitrovica, 38 km north of Kosovo capital Pristina, 60 people have occupied an abandoned two-floor building. Among them is Alexander Damianovic, of Serbian ethnic origin, who arrived in Mitrovica in 2001 after transiting through various places in former Yugoslavia.GREECE: Defending Nationalism In The Air
The European Commission (EC) announced a formal investigation Dec. 20 into complaints that the Greek state is illegally subsidising its national air carrier.KOSOVO: Ground Realities Make Talks Insignificant
The Troika mediating between Serbia and its breakaway southern province Kosovo has had to acknowledge that its 120-day mediation period has really led nowhere.MACEDONIA: Tensions Simmer After Police Raid
At first sight, the ethnically mixed city of Tetovo, 40 kilometres northwest of the Macedonian capital of Skopje, seems like an average, if economically depressed, town.GREECE: More Poverty Than Meets the Eye
A third of Greeks live close to the poverty line or under, a new survey has found. The poverty limit is drawn at an income of 470 euros a month per adult.RIGHTS: ‘Refugees Tortured in Greece’
Serious indication of torture, widespread violation of human rights, systematic abuse and complete neglect of human life is what refugees and undocumented immigrants face on the south-eastern border of the European Community.GREECE: A Country Is In a Name
U.N. Secretary-General's special mediator Matthew Nimits has invited Greece and Macedonia to resume negotiations over what Macedonia calls itself.GREECE: Migrants Confined in Degradation
"Conditions in the detention centre of Samos are offensive to human dignity, and a violation of human rights; it is a compromise of Greek status internationally."GREECE: Justice Sought for Abducted Pakistanis
On Sep. 16, when the latest election was being held, Tzaved Aslam's younger brother was arrested in Pakistan for the second time in a year. Formally he is again accused of trafficking but the real reason, Aslam told IPS, "is another attempt to force me to pull out from the case of the Pakistanis kidnap that took place in Athens in July 2005."GREECE: Disputes Return After the Election Intermission
As he headed for re-election Sep. 16, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis addressed the nation saying that "the centre right New Democracy's (ND) victory is a clear message to move on with urgent reforms."GREECE: Nigerian Women Make a Living on the Street
Every night besides the town hall of Athens, next to Omonia square, where the narrow streets of the popular entertainment hub district Psirris begin, black girls from Nigeria gather to work.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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