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BALKANS: Millions of Illegal Guns Threaten Peace
The wars of the 1990s and centuries of tradition of holding personal weapons have left millions of illegally held guns around the Balkans.SOCIETY-BALKANS: New Year Begins with a Visit to the Old
Despite a legacy of 200,000 deaths and more than 50,000 disappearances during the war in the Balkans, the young are prepared to forget - perhaps because they have less to remember. Reconciliation among young Croats, Slovenes and Macedonians on one side, and Serbs on the other seems possible now.SOCIETY-BALKANS: New Year Begins with a Visit to the Old
Several days of New Year celebrations made Belgrade seem the capital once again of what was Yugoslavia. As the New Year began, many young people turned to the old.POLITICS-SERBIA: The Right Advances, but Still no Government
Right-wing parties led the way in Serbian parliamentary elections Sunday, but it is unlikely they could form a government.POLITICS-SERBIA: Choice Looms Between Past and Future
The parliamentary elections in Serbia this Sunday are turning into a contest between ways of the past and values for the future, analysts say.POLITICS-SERBIA: Trial Begins in Assassination Case
Thirty-six accused went on trial Tuesday afternoon in the case of the Mar. 12 assassination of former Serbian prime minister Zoran Djindjic.Zvezdan Jovanovic, the man alleged to have shot Djindjic was arrested within days of the killing. The suspected mastermind Milorad Lukovic "Legija" has not been caught, and is being tried in absentia.
POLITICS-SERBIA: Trial Begins in Assassination Case
Thirty-six accused went on trial Tuesday afternoon in the case of the assassination of former Serbian prime minister Zoran Djindjic.EUROPE: Milosevic Plots Political Comeback From his Cell
The International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia at The Hague is becoming a new power centre for Serbia. Its two most famous inmates are campaigning from their cells for parliamentary elections later this month.POLITICS-BALKANS: Serbia Now Faces a Royal Rescue
For the first time since the end of World War II, royalty has offered itself as a solution to Serbia's problems.SOCIETY-BALKANS: They Come Dressed in Black
The Balkan countries, Serbia among them, have often been dubbed as the dock of organised crime.POLITICS-CROATIA: Right Turn in the Balkans
The parties of the right have achieved substantial success in the Croatian parliamentary elections. They are now likely to rule for the next four years.SERBIA: Warnings Rise from Failed Election
Presidential elections failed for the third time in a little over a year in Serbia Sunday. The fragile democracy is in danger only three years after the ouster of former strongman Slobodan Milosevic.POLITICS-SERBIA: Warnings Rise from Failed Election
Presidential elections failed for the third time in a little over a year in Serbia Sunday. The fragile democracy is in danger only three years after the ouster of former strongman Slobodan Milosevic.SOCIETY-SERBIA: Capitalism Brings Such Rich Confusion
Serbia is among the poorest countries in the Balkans with an average monthly salary of barely 200 dollars. But there are ways to become a millionaire.SOCIETY: Serbia Moves to End that Suicide Fashion
The north of Serbia is turning out to be a suicide belt, experts are still trying to figure out why.RIGHTS-BALKANS: Human Trafficking Finds New Ways
Every week now, dozens of people are caught trying to cross illegally into Western Europe through the Balkans. They mask the many more who get through./ARTS WEEKLY/CULTURE-BALKANS: Romans Rise from the Waters
After 15 years of pause, archaeological excavations have been resumed in Serbia, an area rich with remains of ancient Roman sites along the Danube and Sava rivers.RIGHTS-BALKANS: Campaign Against Child Trafficking Begins
A regional campaign against children trafficking was launched this week in Serbia amid reports of an alarming rise in such cases.RIGHTS-BALKANS: Campaign Against Child Trafficking Begins
A regional campaign against children trafficking was launched this week in Serbia amid reports of an alarming rise in such cases.HEALTH-SERBIA: After the Wars, the ‘Vietnam Syndrome’
It was only after a young policeman killed four of his colleagues last week that the phenomenon that has come to be called the "Vietnam Syndrome" has drawn attention in Serbia.POLITICS-BALKANS: Minefields Keep Old Wars Going
The landmines planted during the wars in the Balkans have proved lethal leftovers. They have killed hundreds, and maimed many more. The number of amputations carried out in Belgrade alone runs into thousands.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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