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Southern Comfort in Vranje

20 April 2010 | By Aaron Rowlands

Aaron Rowlands While refreshing myself recently in Novi Sad, I started a conversation with an affable hostel owner who told me of his two sons on a high-school exchange in America. For them, it had been a bit disappointing, he explained.


French FM Urges Pristina, Belgrade Dialogue
30 April 2010 | Bojana Barlovac

French FM Bernard Kouchner said that Serbia's EU integration is not conditional on a recognition of Kosovo's independence, but that the Kosovo question is an obstacle on Belgrade's EU path.

Tadic in Norway Talks Business Cooperation
04 May 2010 | Bojana Barlovac

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has offered his support to Serbia's EU integration, as Serbian President Boris Tadic meets with the country's leaders on a two-day official visit to Norway.

Novalic: Military Training
04 May 2010 |

Mithat Pirkic, the last witness for Cerim Novalic's Defence, tells the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina the indictee participated in mandatory military training in September 1992.




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Report: Pristina, Belgrade May Begin Talks This Year

Pristina | 04 May 2010
The Hague based International Court of Justice
The Hague based International Court of Justice

Pristina and Belgrade may begin talks on decentralisation, cultural heritage and the northern part of Kosovo later this year, the BBC Albanian service reports.




Kosovo: Kurti Trial Postponed Until June 21

Pristina | 04 May 2010

Judge Ferdinando Buatier de Mongeot of the EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo has adjourned the trial against the Vetevendosje [Self-Determination] leader Albin Kurti until June 21.

Kosovo Press Review - May 4

Pristina | 04 May 2010

Here are the top stories in Kosovo’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.


Analysis

Poor Infrastructure Keeps Kosovo Off Tourist Map locked

Pristina | 26 April 2010
Prizren
Prizren

Pristina was listed a ‘highlight’ of the Western Balkans in the Lonely Planet guide – and officials claim tourist numbers are rising – but the lack of basic amenities continues to deter many visitors.


Ban on British Cars Drives Kosovars to Court locked

Pristina | 26 April 2010

The people of a village where many locals own right-hand-drive UK cars have joined a legal challenge to a July 2009 ruling which banned such vehicles from the roads.


Report Condemns Growing Attacks on Kosovo Judiciary locked

Pristina | 22 April 2010
Pristina Court Room
Pristina Court Room

Improved security for judicial staff urged by OSCE to prevent intimidation of courts and loss of public confidence in their impartiality.



 
 

Now, I don’t know if it’s just this town or the unique characters I encounter, but I have met an unusual amount of love struck and babbling fools, stereotypical of the lyrics found in those melodramatic Serbian love songs.


Nestled at the bottom of towering mountains, the bay of Kotor, on Montenegro’s coast has old world charm aplenty, to go with it’s stunning natural beauty, but visit out of season to avoid clogged roads and high prices.


A number of real estate agencies in Croatia have indicated that they expect property prices to drop in 2010, the Croatian Times reports.



Packed with ministers and glitterati in the evenings, Trencherman’s lunchtime visit was a much quieter affair.


Renowned Albanian writer Ismail Kadare has canceled a visit to Greece in the wake of racist chants against Albanians sung during a military parade in Athens at the end of March, local media reported on Thursday.


The popular Broadway musical, born of the even more popular film has been packing in audiences for some time. The full theatre on a Wednesday night suggests that this phenomenon is unlikely to end anytime soon.