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BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: Serb Defiance Undermined By Sarajevo Exodus
Large numbers of Bosnian Serbs are moving out of the nine districts around Sarajevo now held by their forces, but due to be transferred to the control of the Muslim-led Bosnian government under the terms of the Dayton peace accord.BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: Serb Defiance Undermined By Sarajevo Exodus
Large numbers of Bosnian Serbs are moving out of the nine districts around Sarajevo now held by their forces, but due to be transferred to the control of the Muslim-led Bosnian government under the terms of the Dayton peace accord.SERBIA: 1,253 Days Later…
In Serbia now, it is time to remember things as they used to be.SERBIA: 1,253 Days Later…
In Serbia now, it is time to remember things as they used to be.BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: A Political And Military Minefield
NATO staff officers and western leaders planning the rapid deployment of up to 60,000 troops to police the Bosnian peace agreement signed in Dayton, Tuesday, anticipate a host of difficulties and dangers ahead.BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: A Political And Military Minefield
NATO staff officers and western leaders planning the rapid deployment of up to 60,000 troops to police the Bosnian peace agreement signed in Dayton, Tuesday, anticipate a host of difficulties and dangers ahead.YUGOSLAVIA: Peace, Politics and Economics
Not long ago, the crippling impact of the economic sanctions imposed on Serbia by western countries was virtually ignored by the official media here.YUGOSLAVIA: Dayton, Ohio, and the Quest for Balkan Peace
The U.S mediated talks on peace in ex- Yugoslavia, opening Wednesday at Wright-Patterson air base in Dayton, Ohio, in the United States, will attract all the main actors in the conflict.YUGOSLAVIA: Dayton, Ohio, and the Quest for Balkan Peace
The U.S mediated talks on peace in ex- Yugoslavia, opening Wednesday at Wright-Patterson air base in Dayton, Ohio, in the United States, will attract all the main actors in the conflict.NAM-YUGOSLAVIA: In Founding Member, NAM is Only a Memory
Is Cartagena the name of a rum? The name of a late-model car? A tropical island?BOSNIA-SERBIA: Belgrade Wants Heavy Hand to Enforce Ceasefire
A veneer of normalcy has returned to the Bosnian capital Sarajevo in the wake of last week's ceasefire, but city residents and official Belgrade displayed mainly cautious optimism as fighting in the north-west of the republic continued Monday.MACEDONIA: Paradise Lost, Instability Beckons
Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov used to call his nation "an oasis of peace" in the embattled Balkans -- until an assassination attempt last week nearly cost him his life.YUGOVLAVIA: A Mentor’s Tale – How Milosevic won Power
"Don't trust anyone whose passion for power is stronger than love for the beautiful, good or life itself."YUGOSLAVIA: Serbia Condemns Assassination Attempt on Gligorov
Serbia's new willingness to accept the independence of some neighbouring former Yugoslav republics, say observers, can be seen in the depth of feeling shown to Macedonian president Kiro Gligorov, target of an assassination bid on Tuesday.BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: Political Plan A Fragile Prospect For Peace
The future state of Bosnia-Hercegovina has a political shape -- if not yet a geographic one.YUGOSLAVIA: Milosevic Gets Tough With The Opposition
In a bid to preempt a nationalist backlash, Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic is once more clamping down on the opposition as he prepares to recognise Bosnia- Hercegovina in exchange for an easing of U.N. sanctions on his country.YUGOSLAVIA-UN: Milosevic Secures Hostage Release, And Waits on U.N.
Three buses carrying more than 120 U.N. troops previously held hostage by Bosnian Serbs, arrived in the Serbian town of Novi Sad, early Saturday -- signalling a major diplomatic victory for Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: Russia Smooths The Way For West’s New Offer
Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic is once more being courted by Russian and U.S. diplomats, as they try to coax him into further isolating Serb rebels over the border in Bosnia-Hercegovina.YUGOSLAVIA: Croatian U.N. Forces Decision Greeted with Relief
Croatia's decision to allow a slimmed- down United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) to remain in the country has been met with relief by the regime of Slobodan Milosevic, the Krajina Serbs and anti-war groups in the region.YUGOSLAVIA-REFUGEES: Displaced Face Resettlement – Not Return
If and when peace returns to the war-torn regions of the former Yugoslavia it will not necessarily mean the hundreds of thousands of displaced people living in Serbia who fled their towns and villages, will be able to return home.YUGOSLAVIA: People Huddle for Warmth As Power Cuts Cripple Belgrade
The two million inhabitants of sanctions- affected Belgrade are now having to spend up to 12 hours a day without light or heating as draconian power cuts take effect.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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