MEDIA-BALKANS: It’s Dangerous to Tackle Taboos in Croatia

The host of a popular talk show on state-run Croatian Television (HRT), Denis Latin, and his aides received some 200 telephone threats over the course of two days, including threats against their lives, after airing a programme dealing with the legacy of 1991-95 independence or "homeland" war.

ENVIRONMENT: France’s Nuclear Waste Heads to Russia

France sends thousands of tonnes of nuclear waste to Russia each year, but the details are shielded by a decree of "national security" in order to block debate on the issue, says the environmental watchdog group Greenpeace.

RIGHTS: French Blacks Look to the U.S.

Black citizens in France have set up a new alliance to promote "our need of recognition."

BALKANS: Serb Executors Sentenced At Last

Fourteen Serbs were given prison sentences of up to 20 years each Monday for the execution of 200 Croatian prisoners of war.

BALKANS: General’s Arrest Creates Dilemma

Fugitive Croatian general Ante Gotovina wanted for war crimes against Serbs in 1995 was arrested in Spain Thursday, and awaits extradition to the international war crimes tribunal.

BALKANS: In Europe, And So Far From It

The International Crisis Group has proposed liberalisation of the restrictive visa regime by the EU for some Balkans countries.

BALKANS: Muslim Exaggerations Begin to Surface

The death toll in the wars of the 1990s in Bosnia stands at about half the usually stated figure of 200,000, new research shows.

RUSSIA: Election May Not Be a Solution in Chechnya

Chechnya held its first parliamentary elections over the weekend since Russian troops took control of the province six years back, but the election may fall well short of a solution.

RIGHTS: Europeans Protest over Hosting U.S. Prisoners

Revelations that the U.S. government maintained illegal camps to detain Muslims on European territory has led to a wave of protests across the continent.

DEVELOPMENT: France Begins to Tax Flights for Aid

The French government approved a small levy this week on all commercial flights from France in order to fund development aid.

ICELAND: Homosexuality Finds New Acceptance

Attitudes to gays and lesbians have changed rapidly in Iceland. Thirty years ago they were invisible. Now Iceland has one of the most progressive policies towards homosexuals. How has this happened?

HEALTH: AIDS Rises with Carelessness in Western Europe

Cases of AIDS have risen recently in several Western European countries such as France, Germany and Britain on the back of a new laxity in sexual habits, new research shows.

BELARUS: Poles Point to Denial of Rights

The West is not doing enough to raise awareness of human rights abuses in Belarus, human rights groups in Eastern Europe say.

RUSSIA: New Constraints on ‘Religious Extremism’

The Russian parliament is preparing new legislation to restrict missionary work suspected of sparking religious extremism.

BALKANS: Bruce Lee Returns to Calm a Fight

It took a long dead martial arts star to bring the divided people of this war-torn town together Saturday, at least for a while.

SPAIN: Nowhere to Turn – Immigrant Women Especially Vulnerable to Domestic Violence

Immigrant women are the least protected against domestic violence in Spain, since they often have nowhere to turn for help, civil society groups underscored Friday, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

BALKANS: Talks on Future of Kosovo Begin

United Nations mediator Martti Ahtisaari began his first fact-finding mission in Kosovo and Serbia this week on the future of the breakaway southern Serbian province.

RUSSIA: Chechnya Faces Election, and Looks at Hope

Parliamentary elections scheduled in Chechnya Nov. 27 will mark the final stage of the Kremlin's peace plan for the troubled republic.

POLITICS: A Conservative Woman For Germany’s Challenges

After months of political limbo, conservative Angela Merkel was sworn in Germany's first woman chancellor Tuesday.

BALKANS: Let’s Buy Their Coast

The approaching winter brings with it the high season for the fairly new business of property sale on the picturesque Adriatic coast. Tempting for foreigners, troubling for local people.

DEVELOPMENT: Migration Casts Its Shadow

Development groups insist that the European Union's development policy statement due to be adopted by member states next week must not compromise its poverty focus for migration policies.