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POLITICS-SERBIA: Lettuce Vote, Then
A "travelling circus" of 15 presidential candidates is doing its colourful rounds of Serbia with just days to go before polling June 13.SOCIETY-SERBIA: Wars Over But Family Violence Continues
Shelters for battered women and abused children are closing down all over Serbia for lack of money.IRAQ: Balkans Soldiers Find Fortune in Baghdad
Fighting gets into your veins, said men who fought in former Yugoslavia. And so now that peace has come to their homeland, many have moved to Iraq.IRAQ: Balkans Soldiers Find Fortune in Baghdad
Fighting gets into your veins, said men who fought in former Yugoslavia. And so now that peace has come to their homeland, many have moved to Iraq.PRESS FREEDOM: Balkans Needs Media for Reconciliation
Independent local media is essential for reconciliation efforts within the Balkans, a meeting here declared on Press Freedom Day Monday.EU EXPANDS: But Not Enough for Former Yugoslavia
Slovenia will be the only former Yugoslav republic to become a full EU member from May 1; will the others be joining soon?EU EXPANDS: But Not Enough for Former Yugoslavia
Slovenia will be the only former Yugoslav republic to become a full EU member from May 1.POLITICS: Serbia Pays for the Comfort of Accused Leaders
Fierce debate has erupted over a law adopted by the new Serbian parliament to provide financial aid to leaders accused of war crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY).RIGHTS-SLOVENIA: New EU Member Says No to Minorities
People in the tiny Alpine republic of Slovenia that will become a full EU member May 1, voted overwhelmingly Sunday against restoration of basic rights to non-Slovenes.POLITICS-BALKANS: Now Serbs Want a Split
Serbs, who had fought to prevent the break-up of their former homeland are now seeking another split of what remains.POLITICS-SERBIA: New Solutions Sought in Balkans
New solutions are being sought for Kosovo after 28 people were killed in an attack last week.SUSTAINABILITY: A River Becomes a Bridge
The Danube is to many 'The Blue Danube', that waltz of happy romance composed by Johann Strauss. But to people in 11 countries through which the river flows from the Black Forest in Germany down to the Black Sea, it means much more.SUSTAINABILITY: A River Becomes a Bridge
The Danube is to many 'The Blue Danube', that waltz of happy romance composed by Johann Strauss. But to people in 11 countries through which the river flows from the Black Forest in Germany down to the Black Sea, it means much more.POLITICS-BALKANS: War Crimes Trial Opens in Serbia
Six men accused of the massacre of 192 Croatian prisoners of war back in 1991 went on trial in Belgrade last week.RELIGION-SERBIA: Church Takes On a Sausage
It seemed like excommunication days again, and over a sausage.ENVIRONMENT-BALKANS: GM Crops Sneak Up
Some farmers knew it, some did not, but GM soy and maize seeds entered Serbia last year.POLITICS-SERBIA: From Turks to Milosevic, and Now What
Modern Serbia has turned 200, and everyone is worried.ECONOMY-BALKANS: After Yugoslavia, the Yugo Goes
After 20 busy years in former Yugoslavia and the Balkans, the little "Yugo" car has come to the end of the road.SOCIETY-BALKANS: Countdown Begins to New Lessons
Less than 100 days from now Slovenia becomes the first among the six former Yugoslav republics to join the EU.SOCIETY-SERBIA: Children of War Look For a New Home
Marija is smiling for the photograph as her father hugs her and other family members look on.SOCIETY-SERBIA: Aggressors Turn Babysitters
Marko Jovanovic is busy these days helping children paint a mural at a home for disabled children on the outskirts of Belgrade. This is where he will do his military service for the next 13 months.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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