Features
Serbia's Chinese Welcome Year Of The Ox
Belgrade | 23 January 2009 | by Ljilja CvekicChinese Market In Belgrade
As the Chinese New Year approaches, Belgrade’s Chinese community look forward to “Prosperity Through Fortitude” in the Year of the Ox.
Happy Birthday Mr President, And Thank You For the Gas
| 15 January 2009 | By Slobodan Georgijev in BelgradeAppearing as deus ex machina in the middle of the gas crisis to negotiate a temporary gas supply deal for Serbs, then giving some as a gift to neighbouring Bosnia, the Serbian president reinforced his image as a crafty, efficient and imaginative regional leader.
Blagojevich: The Serb Who Dreamed of the White House 
| 15 January 2009 | By Drago Hedl in Veliko Krcmare, Vanja Petrovic and David Galic in Belgrade
While Serbs feel that the American corruption case is irrelevant to their life, In his father’s native Sumadija, relatives of the scandal-tainted Governor of Illinois, remain loyal, feeling his big ambitions may have led to his being ‘set up’.
Two Cheers for Steam Trains and Peasant Skirts
| 08 January 2009 | By Marcus Tanner in LondonIt’s not the Yugoslav state I miss so much as a couple of aspects of the pre-war life that it had quite inadvertently preserved.
Albanian Brides Revive Serbia’s Dying Villages
| 08 January 2009 | By Zoran Maksimovic in Novi Pazar
In the depopulated rural Sandzak region, Serbian bachelors are learning that love – and the hope of family life – comes from northern Albania.
Kosovo Muslims Celebrate Christmas in Style
| 24 December 2008 | By Krenar Gashi in PristinaThe Mother Theresa Square in Pristina - Photo by Petrit Rrahmani
The Christian winter festival has caught on in a big way in Europe’s newest state, where most see it as party time.
War Tears Heart out of Bosnia’s Jewish community
| 22 December 2008 | By Denis Dzidic in SarajevoJevrejsko groblje Sarajevo
Although Jewish fatalities in the conflict were
few, the community suffered in other ways, and numbers have dropped sharply
since 1995.
Serb and Albanians Taste the Difference
| 15 October 2008 | By Nikola Lazic in Bujanovac
They may be at odds over most things, but these two nations do share a love of soupy beans and tender kebabs.