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SERBIA: Kosovo Sails Away
After more than a year of UN sponsored negotiations, a decision on the southern Serbian province Kosovo is now imminent.SERBIA: Two Anniversaries And A Question
Talks on the troubled southern Serbian province Kosovo ended last weekend at a significant moment for Serbia, when the anniversaries of the death of two leading historical figures were being marked.BALKANS: Ruling Fails to Bring Reconciliation
"Regardless of the decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), I know what I will tell my children about the war," Bosnia-Herzegovina leader Zdravko Komsic said after the ICJ cleared Serbia of genocide in the 1992-95 war.RIGHTS: Serbia Held Not Guilty of Genocide
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Monday that Serbia was not guilty of genocide in neighbouring Bosnia.BALKANS: Serbs Want to Hand Kosovo an Independence Invoice
As the Albanian-dominated southern Serb province Kosovo inches towards independence, nationalist Serbs are raising an economic obstacle to back the political resistance to independence - an accounting of the money spent to develop Kosovo all these years.BALKANS: Serbia Introduces Mental Health Strategy
Serbia is to implement a 10-year plan to improve mental health that declined for many in recent years of harsh isolation and transition into a market economy.BALKANS: Kosovo Stranded Between Serbia and Independence
The long awaited United Nations proposal on the status of the southern Serbian province Kosovo takes it towards independence, but not all the way.BALKANS: Sentences Bring the Spotlight on Islamists
The sentencing of three young Muslims to a total of 40 years in prison has raised new concern over the spread of militant Islam in the Balkans.SERBIA: Nationalists Lead, But Reformists May Govern
The Sunday elections in Serbia put the ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party (SRS) in the lead with more than 28 percent of the vote. But some analysts say nationalism has not necessarily prevailed, because the remaining voters cast their ballots in favour of pro-democracy and reform-oriented parties.BALKANS: Elections to Point to Serbia’s Future
Serbia goes to the polls Sunday with deeply divided feelings over what the leaders offer and which way the country should go.SERBIA: Still a Weak ‘Economic Tiger’
The big claims about the economic progress of Serbia at the start of the New Year came as no surprise. But the doubts about some of these claims should cause no surprise either.ROMANIA: EU Gets a New Country, and a New Culture Capital
All seems ready in the central Romanian town Sibiu for a spectacular celebration of the country's membership of the European Union (EU) Jan. 1. From that day this town becomes also the culture capital of Europe jointly with Luxembourg for a year.MEDIA: Women Fight Prejudice in Balkans
The end of communism and the wars of the 1990s changed life in the Balkans, but the new nations that emerged are alike in presenting women in outdated stereotypes.BALKANS: New Nation Goes ‘On Sale’
People speak in Montenegro these days of the new "homeless" along the coast - those who sold their houses to foreigners.ENVIRONMENT-ROMANIA: GM Soy to Be Banned
Environmentalists in Romania have secured a victory in getting genetically modified (GM) soy finally banned.BALKANS: Sink in Debt, the Developed Way
'You cannot put off the coming holidays until next spring, but you can put off your debts', goes an ad launched widely by a bank.MEDIA-CROATIA: Journalists Suspended over Some Old Quotes
A new debate has broken out in Croatia over freedom of expression after two editors with the state television were suspended for airing a clip from an old speech by President Stipe Mesic.ENVIRONMENT-ROMANIA: A Small Victory Called Route 66a
The controversy over construction of a major highway in western Romania that threatens to destroy the precious Retezat and Domogled natural reserve parks has been put off at least for now.BULGARIA: Secrets Will Be Out
The Bulgarian parliament finally adopted a much delayed law Wednesday to open most of the country's archives of former communist secret services.BALKANS: Forget the Bombing, Come Over
Three Balkans nations, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro, have been invited to join the Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme by leaders gathered at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) summit in Riga, Latvia.BALKANS: Trial to Proceed Without Accused
The trial of ultranationalist Serb leader Vojislav Seselj will proceed in his absence at the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague in the Netherlands, although the leader of former paramilitaries has been in detention since February 2003.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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