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Macedonian Prayer Featuring God Himself

23 January 2009 | By Sinisa-Jakov Marusic in Skopje

Sinisa-Jakov Marusic Oh yeah, in case you white people out there don’t know yet you are all “Macedonoids”! That's what God said on TV.


Kosovo Security Force Debuts With Veteran Protest
23 January 2009 |

Kosovo’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.

UPDATE - Lajcak To Leave Bosnia OHR Post
23 January 2009 | by Srecko Latal

Bosnia’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.

Montenegro Makes History With War Compensation Offer
21 January 2009 |

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.

By Erna Mackic in Sarajevo and Nedjeljko Rudovic in Podgorica
 




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Cautionary Tales From EU’s Bulgarian ‘Toilet’

| 20 January 2009 | By Shiv Sharma in London

A controversial Czech art installation in Brussels has come as an unwelcome reminder to Bulgarians of their poor image in the European club.

It’s the ‘Hour for Europe’, Again locked

| 19 January 2009 | By Marcus Tanner in London

In the Middle East and in the Balkans, the EU is repeating many of the depressing mistakes it made in the early 1990s.

The Hidden Truth of Albania’s Deadly Environment

| 15 January 2009 | By Xhemal Mato in Tirana

Politicians are concealing the real costs of industrial projects that are irreparably degrading the country’s environment.

George Koumoutsakos

Beating Round the Bush

| 02 December 2008 | By George Koumoutsakos in Athens

By taking Greece to the International Court of Justice, Skopje is opting for litigation over dialogue on the name issue.

Reflections on the Struggle for Albanian Independence

| 28 November 2008 | By John L. Withers II in Tirana

An American look at the courage that inspired the birth of a nation, and at the unlikely alliance between an Albanian independence leader and an aristocratic president.

Serbia Finally Embraces a Two-Party System locked

| 13 November 2008 | By Julijana Mojsilovic in Belgrade

After the split in the hard-line Radical Party, Nikolic’s breakaway Progressives are emerging as the most likely future challengers to Boris Tadic’s ascendancy.

Takis Michas

Why Critics of Greece’s Macedonia Policy Keep Silent

| 11 November 2008 | By Takis Michas in Athens

The Greek establishment still punishes people who deviate from the official line on Macedonia, as one former PASOK official discovered to his cost.

Corruption is Robbing Albania of its Future

| 07 November 2008 | By B.Bix Aliu in Tirana

The struggle will not succeed unless prosecutors are given free rein to investigate offenders; lifting immunity from prosecution for all officials would also help.




 
 

A new photo exhibit dubbed “Unknown Europeans” is introducing Macedonians to some of the smallest minorities in Europe.


Ten eco-hotels and guest houses to choose from when visiting Bulgaria's wild, untouched countryside.


A giant shopping mall that will open later this year is expected to increase competition in the Albanian retail market and drive down prices of commercial real estate.



The  “Magnificent 7”   European documentary film festival  - a showcase of the seven “most provocative, artistic and controversial feature documentary films made in Europe last year” - takes place at the Sava Centar from January 25th -29th.


Marcus Tanner reviews Confrontations with Humanity’s Worst Criminals and the Culture of Impunity by Carla del Ponte in collaboration with Chuck Sudetic (Other Press).


Those who have a hard time letting go of the festive season can go to the Sava Centar on Sunday, January 25, for a final hurrah of holiday entertainment.