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The Great Guest!

21 May 2009 | By Vjosa Musliu

Joseph Biden is visiting Kosovo. Hurray! Hallelujah! Welcome to our new country! Our usual enthusiasm for visiting dignatories who are staunch supporters of Kosovo’s independence has reached fever pitch!


US Confirms Support for Balkans EU Integration
22 May 2009 |

Former Serbian Ambassador to the US, Ivan Vujacic, commented that US Vice President Joseph Biden’s recent visit to Serbia demonstrates support for the region’s integration into the European Union.

Obama Urged to End “Silliness” over Macedonia Name
22 May 2009 |

Greek lobbyists have written to President Barack Obama claiming the United States has no business supporting Macedonia's “subversion of history” and should now withdraw its support for the formal name of the fledgling Balkan state.

Red Interpol Warrants at Request of Belgrade
19 May 2009 |

Following a warrant issued by the Belgrade Interpol Office, red warrants have been issued against several people, who are suspected of having committed the crime in Dobrovoljacka Street in Sarajevo, but the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina has declined to disclose the names of these people
as yet.


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Court to Rule on Separation of Albania Blast Case

Tirana | 22 May 2009
The army depot blast in Gerdec
The army depot blast in Gerdec

Albania`s Supreme Court will rule on Friday on whether to separate defendants in a case arising from a deadly explosion at an ammunition depot on March 15, 2008.


Serbia: EC to Give Green Light for Visa Abolition

Belgrade | 22 May 2009

By activating an interim agreement with Serbia, the EC is predicted to give the green light for visa abolition for Serb citizens by this summer, most likely in late June.

 

Albania Press Review - May 22

Tirana | 22 May 2009

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


Analysis

Albania Opposition Leader Accused of Cowardicelocked

Tirana | 20 May 2009 | By Dardan Malaj
Edi Rama
Edi Rama

Socialist leader’s decision not to run for parliament shows he does not expect to win election, critics say. 


Loss of Srebrenica Victims’ Possessions Shocks Families

Sarajevo | 14 May 2009 | By Nidzara Ahmetasevic
Srebrenica victims are still being identified and buried 13 years after the war
Srebrenica victims are still being identified and buried 13 years after the war

Relatives of those massacred in 1995 are dismayed by reports that their loved ones’ exhumed possessions may since have been destroyed without their permission.


Poverty Drives Children From School in Albanialocked

Tirana | 13 May 2009 | By Blerina Moka

Pressures on children to start earning as soon as possible mean many pupils never compete their education.  


Kosovo Lake is "Open Gate for Criminality”locked

Pristina | 11 May 2009 | By Vjosa Musliu and Lawrence Marzouk
Fishing at Vernica lake
Fishing at Vernica lake

A lake bordering Kosovo and Albania has been described as “an open gate for cross-border criminality” by law-enforcement authorities.



 
 

Penny Derham, a British Diplomat, who has been living in Belgrade since 2006 gives her impression of Belgrade.


Over the course of forty years, Belgrade’s splavs have changed from modest weekend family retreats, into some of some of the best bars and nightclubs in the region.


Macedonia’s Ministry of Transport will put 460 state owned building lots up for sale, and invite public bidding contests.



A large crowd academics and historians attended the launch on Wednesday of a book which it is believed will make a long-term significant contribution to understanding of Croatia’s culture in the English-speaking world.


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


Belgrade recommendations for this week.