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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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Kosovo's Bureaucracy Hinders Investment

Pristina | 19 June 2009

Bureaucracy surrounding the registration of businesses in Kosovo hinders foreign investment, according to the World Bank Advisor for local governance Mikra Krasniqi.


Albania Invites Macedonia and Kosovo

Skopje | 19 June 2009

Albania’s President Bamir Topi has invited the presidents of neighboring Macedonia, Kosovo and Montenegro to visit his country next week.

Kosovo Press Review - June 19

Pristina | 19 June 2009

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


Analysis

Contractors Pressured to Open Albania-Kosovo Road Before Electionlocked

Tirana | 12 June 2009 | By Gjergj Erebara

Government pressure on project designers to finish the tunnel works on the highway before the June 28 poll is raising serious safety concerns. 


BIRN Show Triggers Row on Freedom of Speech in Kosovo

Pristina | 11 June 2009 | By Lawrence Marzouk
Jeta Xharra
Jeta Xharra

Journalists’ associations, NGOs and international diplomats have rallied to support BIRN’s popular TV programme, Life in Kosovo, following a hostile press campaign waged against the show, its presenter Jeta Xharra, and staff.


Kosovo Workers "Losing Confidence" in Unionslocked

Pristina | 08 June 2009 | By Lavdim Hamidi
Workers
Workers

Workers are losing confidence in their trade unions because of poor organisation and a lack of communication between the two main labour groups, activists and economists have warned.


Free Press Threatened in Kosovo

Pristina | 08 June 2009 | By Vjosa Musliu
Kosovo newspapers
Kosovo newspapers

BIRN team investigated concerns about freedom of the press in Kosovo and discovered the media’s critical voice is being jeopardised by conflicts of interests, political and business interference and the psychological power of Omerta.



 
 

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.