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Don’t Kill the Balkan Baby, Please

10 June 2009 | Srecko Latal

Srecko Latal The baby was sick for many years. The parents spent a fortune on a doctor but the doctor was unsure what the problem was, let alone how to cure it.


NATO To Reduce Troops in Kosovo
12 June 2009 |

NATO Defence Ministers agreed yesterday in Brussels to reduce the KFOR troop presence in Kosovo, taking into account the steady improvement of the security situation there. 

Media Frenzy Over Mladic Videos
12 June 2009 |

A media frenzy has begun over the airing on Bosnian TV of home videos showing war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic moving about freely long after indictments were issued against him, with global media outlets linking the scandal to Serbia's EU bid.

Djukic: Sentenced to 25 Years
12 June 2009 |

The Trial Chamber finds Novak Djukic guilty of the Tuzla Kapija shelling. 





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Ban Calls on Kosovo to Work with UNMIK

Pristina | 13 June 2009
Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon 

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has called on Kosovo’s local institutions to take a more constructive stance towards UNMIK.


Media Frenzy Over Mladic Videos

Sarajevo, Belgrade | 12 June 2009

A media frenzy has begun over the airing on Bosnian TV of home videos showing war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic moving about freely long after indictments were issued against him, with global media outlets linking the scandal to Serbia's EU bid.

NATO To Reduce Troops in Kosovo

Pristina | 12 June 2009

NATO Defence Ministers agreed yesterday in Brussels to reduce the KFOR troop presence in Kosovo, taking into account the steady improvement of the security situation there. 


Analysis

Contractors Pressured to Open Albania-Kosovo Road Before Election locked

Tirana | 12 June 2009 | By Gjergj Erebara

Government pressure on project designers to finish the tunnel works on the highway before the June 28 poll is raising serious safety concerns. 

Mladic Videos “Ancient History” locked

Sarajevo, Brussels | 11 June 2009 | By Nidzara Ahmetasevic and Gjeraqina Tuhina
Mladic in Belgrade- FTV
Mladic in Belgrade- FTV

Footage of indicted ex-general moving round freely in Serbia seems unlikely to derail EU moves to bring Belgrade closer into the fold.
 

Austrian Lawsuit Shakes Confidence in Macedonia locked

Skopje | 11 June 2009 | By Sinisa-Jakov Marusic

The biggest ever case involving a private company suing Macedonia is threatening to deter foreign investors and undermine the country’s European ambitions.

BIRN Show Triggers Row on Freedom of Speech in Kosovo

Pristina | 11 June 2009 | By Lawrence Marzouk
Jeta Xharra
Jeta Xharra

Journalists’ associations, NGOs and international diplomats have rallied to support BIRN’s popular TV programme, Life in Kosovo, following a hostile press campaign waged against the show, its presenter Jeta Xharra, and staff.

 

Before the bad weather moved in, after one of those sunny days in May, I took a stroll down Knez Mihajlova.


Croatia had around 1.8 million tourists in the first five months of 2009, nine per cent fewer than during the same period last year.


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

By Ian Mihajlovic



Bosnian-born, Serbia-based folk star Fakreta Jahic Zivojinovic, better known as "Lepa Brena", once again defied local politicians and politics, and holding a concert at the Mostar City Stadium before 13,000 delighted fans.


“Denying genocide is almost a certain sign that a country that has committed one has not gone through an awakening, which means that a danger of repeating genocide still exists.”


Bosnian-born, Serbia-based folk star Fakreta Jahic Zivojinovic, better known as "Lepa Brena", once again defied local politicians and politics, and holding a concert at the Mostar City Stadium before 13,000 delighted fans.