Business Analysis
Pristina | 08 June 2009 | By Lavdim Hamidi
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.
Belgrade | 03 June 2009 | By Colin Graham
Coordinated action from the National Bank and the Government on rates and liquidity, and a realistic lending policy from the commercial banks may be the key to economic stability.
Tirana | 01 June 2009 | By Gjergj Erebara
With too few contributors, too many beneficiaries and rampant fraud, the system is close to collapse. But no government seems ready to oversee the painful reforms required.
Belgrade | 20 May 2009 | By Branka Trivic
Diplomats and experts in Belgrade hope Washington will deliver on its pledges to mend fences with Serbia – despite their frank disagreements over Kosovo.
Private media says government decision to put privatisation of municipal broadcasters on hold leaves them at a disadvantage.
Pristina | 18 May 2009 | By Lavdim Hamidi
Kosovo’s imminent membership of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, will open the door to sizable loans from the global institution and encourage economic reforms, economists say.
Pressures on children to start earning as soon as possible mean many pupils never compete their education.
Tourism in the Balkans
| 31 May 2009 | By Mladen Vuksanovic
From Roman memorials to Neolithic sites, medieval fortresses and deep gorges, this little known part of Serbia has more than enough to impress travellers.
Real Estate in the Balkans
Belgrade | 02 June 2009 |
Real estate agents, only four months ago, were adamant that residential property in central Belgrade could not drop in value.
By Ian Mihajlovic
Business News
Albania: Campaign Funding Under Scrutiny
Tirana | 09 June 2009 |Transparency International Albania, the local branch of the international watchdog, has called on Albania political parties to make public the details of campaign donations and how they are used.
Macedonia Foreign Trade Plunges
Skopje | 09 June 2009 |Macedonia’s foreign trade volumne has plunged dramatically since the start of this year, according to the latest data from the State Statistics Office.
Romania Press Review – June 9
Bucharest | 09 June 2009 |Here are the top stories in Romania’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
Macedonia Press Review – June 09
Skopje | 09 June 2009 |
Here are the top stories in Macedonia’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
Macedonia To Open IT University
Skopje | 08 June 2009 |A new state-run Information Technology University will start enrolling students this September, Macedonian Information Minister Ivo Ivanovski has announced.
Romania Press Review – June 8
Bucharest | 08 June 2009 |Here are the top stories in Romania’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
Croatia: Sinking Shipyards See EU Hope
Zagreb | 08 June 2009 |Following a recent EU move to rescue Poland’s historic Gdansk shipyard, EU candidate Croatia is hoping for a similar deal.
Albania Banks Accused of Abuse
Tirana | 05 June 2009 | By Gjergj ErebaraAlbania’s government watch dog Competition Authority has opened an investigation into the public debt market based on suspicions that some local banks are running abusive practices.
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Making Progress on Land Ownership
08 June 2009 Reforms in commercial land ownership in Serbia are again underway after several false starts, under previous government regimes in recent years.
Pictures from the construction and tunnel works on the Rreshen-Kalimash road, part of the Albania-Kosovo highway.
By Casey Cooper Johnson
Srecko Latal
A true buried treasure for rock fans in Belgrade.
This collection of travelogues sheds as much light on the British culture of the authors as it does on the Balkans, writes Marcus Tanner.
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