Difference Between Tabloids and Serious Media Erased
| 16 February 2009 | By Aleksandar Roknic, Belgrade
Most analysts considered Serbian media reports on the arrest on July 21, 2008 of the Hague tribunal’s most wanted indictee, Radovan Karadzic, as written in a sensational, uncritical and unobjective way.
Karadzic as Celebrity
| 16 February 2009 | By Goran Jungvirth, Zagreb
Although many Croatian citizens and media were happy to see Radovan Karadzic, one of the most wanted war crimes fugitives, arrested in late July 2008, most coverage of the event consisted of reporting on his transformation into a pseudo-doctor, his holidays in Croatia and his alleged affair with a woman who accompanied him during his lectures on alternative treatments.
The Two Last Cards
| 16 February 2009 | By Krenar Gashi, Pristina
The Kosovo media gave the arrest on July 21, 2008 of war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic an important place in the news schedules. While the arrest itself made the front cover in most media, the follow-up to this event also produced many surprises for Kosovo’s media scene.
Reading Between the Lines
| 16 February 2009 | By Nedjeljko Rudovic, Podgorica
The two most influential daily newspapers in Montenegro reported on the arrest in July 2008 of Radovan Karadzic from very different angles, underlining the stark divisions and continued strength of pro-Serbian sentiment there.
War Criminal or Poet?
| 16 February 2009 | By Nidzara Ahmetasevic in Sarajevo
To the media in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, was a true sensation, and one to be exploited day after day.
Serbia 'Closer To Mladic Arrest' - Official
Belgrade | 16 February 2009 |
Serbia has more reasons now to be optimistic regarding the arrest of both remaining war crimes fugitives than a few months ago, said Rasim Ljajic, the country’s point man for cooperation with the Hague war crimes court.
Kosovo History Books Scrap Nationalist Myths
By Vjosa Musliu in Pristina12 February 2009 The new state is making the first attempt to de-nationalize its history books, deleting hate speech and toning down nationalism.
Independence, One Year On
By Ilir Dugolli in Brussels
12 February 2009 Freedom has not solved all our difficulties, but it has allowed Kosovo to at last start concentrating on other issues.
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