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BALKANS: Serbs Don’t Squeal
It would appear at first sight that Ratko Mladic, indicted for war crimes, has little to worry about. A survey shows that two-thirds of Serbs would not tip off the police about him, despite the million euros reward offered by the state.BALKANS: In a New Search for Alternative Energy
The gas crisis has unleashed new interest in turning to alternative energy sources in the Balkans.ECONOMY-BALKANS: The Old Ways May Be Recession-Proof
Two things Serbs never forget to pack when visiting friends and relatives abroad are the kore and the cream. The kore is the traditional hand-made pastry; and the Pavlovic face and body cream has long held its own against more upmarket brands.BALKANS: EU Now Appears Further Away
EU membership remains the declared goal of many of the countries carved out of former Yugoslavia, but recent developments have made that goal more distant than before.ECONOMY-BALKANS: Just When Hope Was At Hand
The Balkans region, crippled by the wars of the 1990s and then pushed through painful transition to a market economy, has been hit hard by the global economic crisis just when everyone believed the time had come for promising new development.BALKANS: Organised Crime Knows No Boundaries
Inter-ethnic hatred has remained alive among many Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs through the years since the wars of the disintegration of former Yugoslavia. But the 'brotherhood' imposed by communist rulers to keep people together remains alive in organised crime that knows no boundaries, or religious and ethnic divisions.SERBIA: Women Farmers Doubly Disadvantaged
Among disadvantaged women in Serbia, none seem worse off than farmers, a new study shows.BALKANS: Serbia’s Radical Party Cracks
"The curtain is coming down on one party...what used to be the SRS (Serbian Radical Party) does not exist any more...the life of the party I have helped build in the past 18 years has ended."SERBIA: Uneasy Over the Kosovo Parallel With Georgia
Serbia was remarkably quiet in the days following the conflict in South Ossetia that began Aug. 8. Speculation by international politicians and in media of a parallel with Kosovo simply could not fit into a simple picture.RIGHTS-BALKANS: Bringing Roma in From the Fringes
Some weeks ago, Serbia said farewell to folk singer Saban Bajramovic who died of heart failure at age 72 in the southern city of Nis. In an unusual gesture, Serbian President Boris Tadic attended the funeral, paying his last respects to 'The King of Gypsy Music'.BALKANS: Another Step Away From Reconciliation
Radovan Karadzic, one of the most wanted war crimes indictees from the Bosnian war, faces charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for his role in the bloody 1992-95 conflict, but there is no sign that his arrest and extradition will bring reconciliation in the region.SERBIA: Most Wanted Man Was Always There
Serbians are still in shock after revelations that Radovan Karadzic was living in Belgrade as a psychiatrist and bio-energy healer, holding seminars and lectures, and writing for the magazine Healthy Life under the name Dragan Dabic.SERBIA: Karadzic Arrest Opens Doors to EU
One of the most wanted men in the world, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, was arrested Monday night by Serbian security forces.BALKANS: Serbia Turns to Ancient Rome
Serbia has discovered, and now wants tourists to, that 16 Roman emperors of 3rd and 4th century AD were born in what is now Serbia.SERBIA: Socialists Switch to the Future
Two months after the May 11 elections dubbed as "crucial" for country's future, Serbia has now a pro-European coalition government made of former arch-enemies - the Democrats of President Boris Tadic and the Socialists of late leader Slobodan Milosevic - and parties of minority ethnic Hungarians from the north and Bosniaks living in south-western Serbia.BALKANS: ‘Peace Does Not Mean Reconciliation’
Peace has come to the Balkans after the bloody wars of disintegration of former Yugoslavia, and the region is economically booming, but there is little sign of reconciliation between the formerly warring nations, a conference at the International Press Institute concluded Tuesday.BALKANS: Now the Safest
After years of bloody chaos, instability and violence, the Balkans have turned into one of the safest areas in Europe, a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) report says.BALKANS: And They Call It All Patriotism
Following the parliamentary elections in Serbia earlier this month, many are asking just what it means to be patriotic.SERBIA: Night Life Is For Museums
Serbs appear like some others to have taken to visiting museums during the night.SERBIA: Socialists Return With a New Look
The Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), once a synonym for the rule of former leader Slobodan Milosevic, has returned into the spotlight as the kingmaker of a new government due to be formed in coming weeks.SERBIA: Pro-Europeans Win, Short of Majority
The pro-European bloc of parties claimed victory in the crucial Sunday parliamentary elections in Serbia. They now promise a brighter future for the nation of 7.5 million traumatised by the isolation, the poverty and the NATO bombing through the 1990s, followed by a slow and painful economic recovery, and recently the loss of the southern province Kosovo.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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