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YUGOSLAVIA: The Country Is No More
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ceased to exist at 19.05 GMT Tuesday.Serbia and tiny Montenegro had together comprised the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). What remains of Yugoslavia is now a loose union between the two.
POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: The Country Is No More
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ceased to exist at 19.05 GMT Tuesday.ENVIRONMENT-YUGOSLAVIA: Water That is not for Drinking
More than 100,000 people from the central Serbian town of Kraljevo are depending on drinking water supplied by trucks or buy bottled water. The reason: the level of carbolic acid (phenol) in the town's waterworks has risen to 60 times higher than normal.SCIENCE-YUGOSLAVIA: No Human Clone for Serbia
The sensational announcement last month that a human clone is to be born in a private clinic by January 15 in Serbia caused an avalanche of denials by local experts and health ministry officials.RIGHTS-SERBIA: Women Seen as ‘Endangered Species’
A new study on the status of women in Serbia says that "in many aspects women can be described as an endangered species" although they are more than half the population.RIGHTS-YUGOSLAVIA: Angry Start to New Year
The New Year dawned in Serbia with an outbreak of several incidents of violence over racial and religious differences over several days.RIGHTS-YUGOSLAVIA: Women Sold ‘Like Sacks of Potatoes’
After the wars that tore the former Yugoslav federation apart in the nineties, the area has become notorious now for trafficking of women who end up as sex slaves.RIGHTS-YUGOSLAVIA: Women Sold ‘Like Sacks of Potatoes’
After the wars that tore the former Yugoslav federation apart in the nineties, the area has become notorious now for trafficking of women who end up as sex slaves.RIGHTS-YUGOSLAVIA: Women Sold ‘Like Sacks of Potatoes’
After the wars that tore the former Yugoslav federation apart in the nineties, the area has become notorious now for trafficking of women who end up as sex slaves.2002-2003/YUGOSLAVIA: Into a Brighter Future Already
Two years after former leader Slobodan Milosevic fell from power, some good signs are beginning to show.2002-2003/YUGOSLAVIA: Into a Brighter Future Already
Two years after former leader Slobodan Milosevic fell from power, some good signs are beginning to show.RIGHTS-SERBIA: Women’s Issues Come Up with New President
Opposition to the imminent appointment of a woman as Serbian President has led to a new debate on discrimination against women.RIGHTS-SERBIA: Women’s Issues Come Up with New President
Opposition to the imminent appointment of a woman as Serbian President has led to a new debate on discrimination against women.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: How to Vote and Not Elect
Serbia faces a deep crisis only two years after former leader Slobodan Milosevic fell from power after the re-run for presidential elections failed Sunday for the third time.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: How to Vote and Not Elect
Serbia faces a deep crisis only two years after former leader Slobodan Milosevic fell from power after the re-run for presidential elections failed Sunday for the third time.RIGHTS-YUGOSLAVIA: Prosecutor Arrested for Selling Woman
Deputy State Prosecutor of Montenegro Zoran Piperovic was arrested earlier this week for involvement in a criminal ring that sold a woman as a sex slave.RIGHTS-YUGOSLAVIA: Prosecutor Arrested for Selling Woman
Deputy State Prosecutor of Montenegro Zoran Piperovic was arrested earlier this week for involvement in a criminal ring that sold a woman as a sex slave.DEVELOPMENT-YUGOSLAVIA: New Belgrade Comes to Life
The "sleeping house of the Balkans" has woken up and begun to build again. Over the past six months New Belgrade has become the largest construction site in the region.DEVELOPMENT-YUGOSLAVIA: New Belgrade Comes to Life
The "sleeping house of the Balkans" has woken up and begun to build again. Over the past six months New Belgrade has become the largest construction site in the region.HEALTH-YUGOSLAVIA: Previously Hidden, HIV/AIDS Begins to Surface
Serbia is learning to break the taboo on AIDS as it emerges from earlier years of isolation when, under the rule of former president Slobodan Milosevic, AIDS and HIV patients were the problem of non-governmental organisations, not of the government.HEALTH-YUGOSLAVIA: Hidden AIDS Begins to Surface
Serbia is learning to break the taboo on AIDS as it emerges from earlier years of isolation.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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