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Pictures from the construction and tunnel works on the Rreshen-Kalimash road, part of the Albania-Kosovo highway.
By Besar Likmeta
Is there any difference between an Albanian election and a turbo-folk festival? Casey Cooper Johnson
This past week I had the pleasure of sitting down for a chat with Leonid Markaryan, the Principal Officer for Civil Affairs in UNMIK, to discuss UNMIK’s management of the Roma camps in North Mitrovica, which, it has been known for years, are heavily contaminated by lead poisoning.
Real estate agents, only four months ago, were adamant that residential property in central Belgrade could not drop in value.
By Ian Mihajlovic
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Lawrence Marzouk
Southern Albania’s dramatic coastline is yet untouched by the blight of modern tourism. Communism brought few benefits to the country, but it did spare the area, blessed with a sea, sand and mountains, from the ravages of package holidays.
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By David Galic
Sit in the posh seats, or hang around the walls of the fortress. Whichever you chose, if Belgrade’s alternative music scene is your thing, this is where you should be.
World renowned Albanian writer Ismail Kadare was awarded on Wednesday the Prince of Asturias prize, Spain’s highest literary recognition.
With the 15th iteration of the Sarajevo Film Festival scheduled to take place this August, this event has come to be seen as a symbol of the rejuvenation of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital.
Srecko Latal
Convicted criminal Tasim Kucevic shocked TV viewers in Bosnia and Herzegovina after cameras filmed him attacking and knocking down a middle-aged woman, while his bodyguard pinned a reporter to a fence.
As an American who has lived in London for the past two years, I didn’t have much of a benchmark to develop expectations of life once I moved to Belgrade.
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.
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