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The Free Speech Terrorists

04 June 2009 | By Casey Cooper Johnson

Casey Cooper Johnson For a good part of my lifetime, the most menacing term I have come to fear is neither fascism nor global warming. No, more than Hitlers or melting glaciers, I fear terrorists.


Kosovo: HRW Condemns Media Attack
09 June 2009 |

The government of Kosovo should condemn threats and defend press freedom, Human Rights Watch said in a Monday press release, amidst a campaign against popular Kosovo journalist Jeta Xharra, the host of the weekly “Life in Kosovo” TV show.

Albania: Campaign Funding Under Scrutiny
09 June 2009 |

Transparency International Albania, the local branch of the international watchdog, has called on Albania political parties to make public the details of campaign donations and how they are used.

Izet Smajic Case Referred to Lower Court
09 June 2009 |

The first trial for the Tuzla convoy incident has been referred to the competent regional court by a decision rendered by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.  





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There Must Not be Another ‘Lost Generation’

Sarajevo | 12 May 2009 | By Aida Alic

Andrej Nosov, President of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, YIHR, tells Aida Alic about the Days of Sarajevo festival in Belgrade, Serbia’s attitude towards its past and the crucial role artists can play in reconciliation.  

Unlocking the Dark Secrets of the KLA’s Camps locked

Belgrade | 16 April 2009 | By Gordana Igric

Michael Montgomery retraces the journey that led him to discover KLA detention camps in Albania and discusses the ICTY’s destruction of crucial evidence of possible organ trafficking in Burrel.

New Macedonia President Must Represent All locked

Skopje | 04 April 2009 | By Ana Petruseva

EU`s ambassador to Macedonia, Erwan Fouere,  talks to Ana Petruseva about the second round of the elections, the ‘name’ issue, and why the handling of the recent protest in Skopje left him profoundly disturbed.

Speaker: Kosovo Parliament 'World's Busiest' locked

Pristina | 26 March 2009 | By Krenar Gashi

Parliament speaker Jakup Krasniqi rebuts criticism contained in EU report that MPs are failing to hold the government to account.

EU Cannot Integrate Bosnia ‘Protectorate’ locked

| 12 March 2009 | By Srecko Latal in Sarajevo

Olli Rehn, Europe’s enlargement commisioner, says slow pace of reforms is undermining country’s accession hopes.

US Military Met With Mladic After Indictment locked

Belgrade | 05 March 2009 | By Branka Trivic

American Professor Charles Ingrao says research shows US military often encountered Hague tribunal’s top war-crimes indictee in 1996 but failed to arrest him because that was not then their policy.

Stanisic Case 'A Classic Espionage Tale' locked

Belgrade | 04 March 2009 | By Branka Trivic

Journalist Greg Miller of the Los Angeles Times speaks to Balkan Insight about the “classic espionage tale” of how the trusted chief of Slobodan Milosevic's intelligence service, Jovica Stanisic, was in fact working with the CIA in the 1990s.

Brussels Must Win Over Serbs, Kosovo Serbs-Pack locked

first | 17 February 2009 | By Vjosa Musliu in Pristina

The European Union must get Serbia to accept the EU law and justice mission to Kosovo and  in turn also convince Kosovo Serbs to work with it, European Parliament deputy Doris Pack tells Balkan Insight . 




 
 

Secuko Inumaru, a Japanese woman, living in Belgrade since 1978, gives her impression about the city.


Mytikas, at 2,917 metres, is the highest peak of Mount Olympus in Greece, home, according to the mythology of the Dodekatheon, the 12 gods of the Greek Pantheon. But these days, it is much more famous for the incredible range of flora and fauna it supports.


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

By Ian Mihajlovic



A true buried treasure for rock fans in Belgrade.


This collection of travelogues sheds as much light on the British culture of the authors as it does on the Balkans, writes Marcus Tanner.


EXIT is the biggest musical event in the Balkans and, according to many festival aficionados, one of the best in Europe.