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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.


Newspaper Quibbles Over Kosovo Death Threat
06 June 2009 |

The Pristina newspaper at the centre of threats made against the BIRN Kosovo journalist Jeta Xharra has issued a ‘clarification’ of a remark widely construed to have been a death threat, while another daily has urged government officials to protect the freedom of speech.

Newspaper Quibbles Over Kosovo Death Threat
06 June 2009 |

The Pristina newspaper at the centre of threats made against the BIRN Kosovo journalist Jeta Xharra has issued a ‘clarification’ of a remark widely construed to have been a death threat, while another daily has urged government officials to protect the freedom of speech.

Week Ahead: Novak Djukic Verdict Due
05 June 2009 |

A verdict in the case of Novak Djukic, who is charged before the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina with crimes committed in Tuzla, is due to be pronounced, while two status conferences at two new trials are due to take place next week.





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Milan Markovic: The First Bureaucrat

Belgrade | 01 June 2009 | By Slobodan Georgijev


The leader of the Coordination Body for southern Serbia, has tried to put the relationships between Serbs and Albanians in the south on a firmer footing – so far without great success, despite the goodwill invested.

Dragan Sutanovac: President’s Best Man

Belgrade | 25 May 2009 | By Slobodan Georgijev

Joseph Biden’s meeting with the Serbian defence minister shows that Sutanovac has a good reputation in the west, but that is not a guarantee of success at home.

One Kosovo Market Plots the Inter-Ethnic Path

Pristina | 25 May 2009 | By Vjosa Musliu

A small market, run by local Serbs in Gjilan, east Kosovo, may appear nothing special at first sight. But, in a country which often remains ethnically divided, these market traders and customers are demonstrating how good cheese and cheap produce can bring communities together.

Milutin Mrkonjic Mrka: X-Man

Belgrade | 20 May 2009 | By Slobodan Georgijev

Slobodan Milosevic’s favourite builder in the 1990s is fulfilling the same role for Boris Tadic in the new millennium.

Sreten Jocic - The Boss

Belgrade | 11 May 2009 | By Slobodan Georgijev

The arrest of Sreten Jocic shows that Serbia and Croatia can sometimes work together.

Rescue in Albania: How Thousands of Jews Were Saved From the Holocaust

Pristina | 11 May 2009 | By Lawrence Marzouk

A documentary from a Pristina film crew is shedding new light on this little known tale of heroism. Lawrence Marzouk speaks to Dardan Islami, the director of Rescue in Albania.

Novak Djokovic - Real Serbian Hero

Belgrade | 04 May 2009 | By Slobodan Georgijev

Rather than wait for the state to organise a tournament where he could play, Djokovic and his family planned one themselves, helping to make tennis a national sport.

Mirko Cvetkovic - The Quiet Enforcer

Belgrade | 28 April 2009 | By Slobodan Georgijev

The first minister of the Serbian government whose approach shows that in politics, as in poker, sometimes it is best to wait for others to place their bets, and only then show your hand.




 
 

The Croatia of the Tito era has become a thing of the past and, despite the state’s policy of not privatising the infrastructure of many Yugoslav-era seaside resorts, nightlife that can compete with anything on Ibiza is starting to blossom on the hundreds of islands and along the remarkable Adriatic coast.


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

By Ian Mihajlovic



I’d never experienced the old menu, but I’m a sucker for anything new, and someone in the office had received a circular inviting us to sample the new menu at Daka.


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


Angels fall, demons rise and Tom Hanks saves the day. Again.