Russian Casinos To Find New Home in Balkans
Belgrade | 29 June 2009Casino in Belgrade
Several of the largest Russian casino owners plan to relocate to the Balkans after a Russian ban on gambling on the territory of the Russian Federation takes hold on July 1, the Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti said Monday.
Macedonia-Serbia Trade Plunges
Skopje | 29 June 2009Amid the global economic downturn, trade between Balkan neighbours Macedonia and Serbia in the first four months of 2009 has dropped by a staggering 37 per cent compared with the same period last year.
Albanians Rebuff Serbia War Crimes Indictment
Presevo | 29 June 2009Albanian political leaders from south Serbia said an indictment brought by Serbian war crimes prosecutors on Friday against 17 Albanians for the murder of "Serbs, Roma, Albanians and the rape of several women" in Gnjilane in 1999, is politically motivated.
Analysis
Wrangles Condemn Bujanovac to Polluted Future
Bujanovac | 29 June 2009 | By Mukarrem AmetiBujanovac
South Serbian town’s sprawling, malodorous dump symbolises local failure to sort out a working sanitary service.
Milosevic Media Face War Crimes Spotlight
Belgrade | 24 June 2009 | By Zelimir Bojovic
Vukovar In 1991
Moves to investigate reporters’ responsibility for war crimes in the 1990s may not end in trials but could deter others from using hate speech in future.
Global Recession Hitting East and Central Europe Hard
Sarajevo | 22 June 2009 | By Srecko Latal
The World Bank
Region’s economies likely to remain in doldrums longer than most, a World Bank report has warned.
Years After the War, Veterans Relive Nightmares
Sarajevo, Zagreb, Belgrade | 17 June 2009 | By Nidzara Ahmetasevic, Merima Husejnovic, Goran Jungvirth and Zelimir BojovicVukovar
Many ex-fighters in the Yugoslav conflict now suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome. Some are working together, fighting to recover their mental health and their rights.
There Must Not be Another ‘Lost Generation’
By Aida Alic12 May 2009
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.
Lessons for the Balkans from Belfast
By Marcus Tanner26 June 2009
The expulsion of Roma families from their homes in Northern Ireland shows how wrong the application of multi-culturalism can go when it is half-hearted.
Russian Casinos To Find New Home in Balkans
29 June 2009
Several of the largest Russian casino owners plan to relocate to the Balkans after a Russian ban on gambling on the territory of the Russian Federation takes hold on July 1, the Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti said Monday.