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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.


Albania Journalists Condemn BIRN Kosovo Threats
05 June 2009 |

The Tirana-based Albanian Union of Journalists has defended the ‘Life in Kosovo’ TV programme amid threats made to journalist Jeta Xharra, who heads the BIRN Kosovo team which produces the show.

RELEX Supports Kosovo Journalist
05 June 2009 |

The EU’s External Relations Committee office in Pristina, RELEX Kosovo, vows support for freedom of speech as the campaign against journalist Jeta Xharra intensifies.

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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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.