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You Owe Me €350 Mr. Djilas

19 June 2009 | By Simon Cottrell

Simon Cottrell So the day has finally come.  As I write this, I’m wondering if it’s the black eye and the pressure on the 9 sutures just beneath the eyebrow or the loss of my favourite sunglasses that’s hurting me most.


Ban Ki-Moon: Kosovo Relatively Peaceful
18 June 2009 |

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon unveiled his quarterly report on Kosovo yesterday to the Security Council.

US Urges Calm After Albania Politician Murder
19 June 2009 |

The US Embassy in Tirana has urged Albanian politicians to maintain a "peaceful environment" in the run-up to elections after a local party boss was killed by an explosive device placed in his car.

"Happy Birthday, Mr President"
19 June 2009 |

The Serbian National Movement, based in Banja Luka, Bosnia, has put up posters in nine cities across Bosnia and Herzegovina, wishing war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic a happy birthday.


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'Happy Birthday, Mr President Karadzic'

| 19 June 2009
Photo by InfoBrcko.com - Posters in Brcko
Photo by InfoBrcko.com - Posters in Brcko

The Serbian National Movement, based in Banja Luka, Bosnia, has put up posters in nine cities across Bosnia and Herzegovina, wishing war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic a happy birthday.


Bosnia Adopts Disputed Protectionist Law

Sarajevo | 19 June 2009

A controversial law to protect local farmers from an influx of imported goods from neighbouring countries has been adopted by the Bosnian Parliament.

Bosnia’s Press Review – June 19

Sarajevo | 19 June 2009

Here are the top stories in Bosnia and Herzegovina main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.


Analysis

Years After the War, Veterans Relive Nightmares

Sarajevo, Zagreb, Belgrade | 17 June 2009 | By Nidzara Ahmetasevic, Merima Husejnovic, Goran Jungvirth and Zelimir Bojovic
Vukovar
Vukovar

Many ex-fighters in the Yugoslav conflict now suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome. Some are working together, fighting to recover their mental health and their rights.




Bosnian Serbs Calls International Envoy’s Blufflocked

Sarajevo | 16 June 2009 | By Srecko Latal
Valentin Inzko
Valentin Inzko

The latest clash between Western bodies and defiant Bosnian Serbs has left Valentin Inzko looking politically diminished.


Mladic Videos “Ancient History”locked

Sarajevo, Brussels | 11 June 2009 | By Nidzara Ahmetasevic and Gjeraqina Tuhina
Mladic in Belgrade- FTV
Mladic in Belgrade- FTV

Footage of indicted ex-general moving round freely in Serbia seems unlikely to derail EU moves to bring Belgrade closer into the fold.
 


Balkan Prosecutors Act to Ease Dual Citizenship Dilemma

Sarajevo | 11 June 2009 | By Erna Mackic
Bosnia Court
Bosnia Court

Until a political decision is made concerning the extradition of suspected war criminals holding dual citizenship, prosecutors are working on provisional solutions.  



 
 

We were ready to let loose, we’d stuffed all the girls and our glitter into one car and had one last friend to visit.


Precariously perched on the rocky Montenegrin coastline, Herceg Novi is a perfect getaway from the hustle and bustle of city life.


Real estate agents, only four months ago, were adamant that residential property in central Belgrade could not drop in value.

By Ian Mihajlovic



The Black Turtle Pub started out life as a high school hang-out, later transforming into a veritable franchise, not to mention a seminal part of Belgrade’s bar culture.


“Denying genocide is almost a certain sign that a country that has committed one has not gone through an awakening, which means that a danger of repeating genocide still exists.”


In a display of what was meant to be anger, anguish and shock, we learn just how pedestrian a theatre shocker can be.