UPDATE - Lajcak To Leave Bosnia OHR Post
Sarajevo | 23 January 2009Bosnia’s top international envoy, Miroslav Lajcak, is leaving his post in Bosnia in the middle of a political deadlock to take up the job of Slovakian Foreign Minister, sending the international community into urgent consultations to
identify a possible replacement.
Kosovo Security Force Debuts With Veteran Protest
Pristina | 23 January 2009Kosovo’s new armed force, the Kosovo Security Force, set off on a rough start one day into its mandate with protests by former soldiers who did not make it past the entrance selection.
Serbs Would Not Turn In Mladic - Poll
Belgrade | 23 January 2009Two-thirds of Serbs would not turn in fugitive genocide suspect Ratko Mladic, whose arrest is necessary for Serbia's futher progress towards the European Union, according to a poll released on Friday.
Macedonia Ruling Party Tipped to Win Presidency 
| 22 January 2009 | By Sinisa-Jakov Marusic in Skopje
Gruevski and Ali Ahmeti
It hasn’t even unveiled its nominee as yet but most experts believe VMRO DPMNE’s choice will win the race in March to become next head of state.
Montenegro Makes History With War Compensation Offer
| 21 January 2009 | By Erna Mackic in Sarajevo and Nedjeljko Rudovic in PodgoricaMap of Montenegro
While Podgorica creates regional precedent, offering to pay families of Bosnians deported and killed in 1992, victims insist justice won’t be done until those behind the crimes face trial.
Ex-Guantanamo Prisoner Rebuilds Life in Albania
| 19 January 2009 | By Besar Likmeta and Ben Andoni in Tirana
Abu Bakr Qassim
A Chinese Uighur, relocated to Tirana following release in 2006, says there can be no ‘closure’ for him until President Obama fulfils his promise to close the detention centre.
VAT Rise Hits Kosovo’s Embattled Consumers
| 16 January 2009 | By Lavdim Hamidi in Pristina
Photo by Petrit Rrahmani
Jump in sales tax from 15 to 16 per cent is pushing up many prices, adding to burden on society’s poorest.
It’s the ‘Hour for Europe’, Again
By Marcus Tanner in London19 January 2009 In the Middle East and in the Balkans, the EU is repeating many of the depressing mistakes it made in the early 1990s.
Cautionary Tales From EU’s Bulgarian ‘Toilet’
By Shiv Sharma in London20 January 2009 A controversial Czech art installation in Brussels has come as an unwelcome reminder to Bulgarians of their poor image in the European club.
Global Downturn Slows Serbia Privatisation Drive
By Ljilja Cvekic in Belgrade22 January 2009 Plans to create a new ‘people’s capitalism’ through offers of free shares in privatised companies could prove more difficult to pursue in the current economic climate.