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Britain’s police have clearly stopped smiling

09 September 2010 | By Marcus Tanner

“And the policeman smiled”. I always remember the very moving title of a book I read years ago about Jewish children who escaped the horrors of Nazi Germany and got to England. 


Extra Police Patrol North Mitrovica After Clashes
13 September 2010 | Bojana Barlovac and Petrit Qollaku

Police patrols have been increased in the north Kosovo town of Mitrovica after seven people were injured amid clashes between Albanians and Kosovo Serbs following a basketball match.

Macedonia: Envoy Denies EU Membership Claim
14 September 2010 | Sinisa Jakov Marusic

The EU ambassador to Macedonia, Erwan Fouere, has rejected claims by Macedonian state leaders that the country was invited to join the EU in 1995, but refused.

Kondic et al: Case Separation Motion
13 September 2010 |

The Defence of three indictees charged with crimes committed in the Kljuc area, has filed a motion for the separation of the case against Vinko Kondic, claiming the indictee is not capable of following the trial.



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Tadic and Ashton in Brussels
Tadic and Ashton in Brussels
Kosovo | Serbia

Belgrade’s Kosovo U-turn Marks 'End of an Era' locked

Belgrade | 09 September 2010 | By Branka Trivic

Under immense diplomatic pressure, Serbia’s pragmatic president chooses EU over Kosovo.





Macedonia

Journalists' 'Uprising' Mars Macedonia's Independence Day

Skopje | 09 September 2010 | By Sinisa Jakov Marusic

The organisers of an Independence Day demonstration say it is high time the country’s journalists fought back over declining standards and working conditions and pervasive censorship.

Romanian PM Emil Boc
Romanian PM Emil Boc
Romania

Romania: New Government Same Old Problems locked

Bucharest | 07 September 2010 | By Marian Chiriac

Recent changes in the Romanian government are more about turmoil within the governing party than any impetus to reform and revitalise the economy.

Vineyard at Rahovec
Vineyard at Rahovec
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Kosovo | Serbia

Kosovo Winemakers Face Bitter Harvest

Pristina | 07 September 2010 | By Petrit Collaku and Shengjyl Osmani

Growers have accumulated the equivalent of 16 million unsold bottles, owing to the Serbian blockade on Kosovo products and the overall economic crisis.

The Kosovo flag
The Kosovo flag
Kosovo | Serbia

Kosovo-Serbia Land Swap Gets Official Thumbs Down locked

Pristina, Belgrade, Presevo | 02 September 2010 | By Petrit Collaku and Bojana Barlovac

While Pristina condemns - and Belgrade ignores - the call by the International Crisis Group for a territorial exchange to be considered, some believe the option remains on the table.



Kosovo | Macedonia

Skopje Sees Politics Behind Kosovo’s Mass Grave Claim locked

Skopje, Pristina | 02 September 2010 | By Sase Dimovski and Petrit Collaku

Macedonia suspects political motives lie behind Pristina’s demand to inspect two sites in the country, where it believes about 40 missing citizens from the 1999 conflict may be buried.


Kosovo

Investors Fail to Mine Kosovo’s Rich Opportunities locked

Pristina | 02 September 2010 | By Lavdim Hamidi

Despite Kosovo’s unexploited mineral reserves, the number of firms interested in exploring their potential is declining.

Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel
Kosovo

Privatised Kosovo Firms Face Repossession Threat locked

Pristina | 01 September 2010 | By Besiana Xharra

Four former state concerns, including Pristina’s Grand Hotel, have days to stump up pay 18.5 million euro in fines for failing to meet agreed investment targets - or have their assets seized. 

 

Pristina, Kosovo.
Pristina, Kosovo.
Kosovo | Macedonia | Serbia

ICG, 'Kosovo-Serbia Land Swap Under Active Consideration' locked

Belgrade | 27 August 2010 | By Branka Trivic

While a territorial exchange remains a taboo subject in Pristina and Belgrade, Sabine Freizer, of the International Crisis Group, says officials in both capitals are mulling the idea in private.

 


Bosnia and Herzegovina

Low Poll Turnout in Bosnia May Boost Nationalists locked

Sarajevo | 26 August 2010 | Sabina Arlsanagic

Growing disillusion among voters about whether any parties can resolve the country’s ongoing crisis means that ethnic hardliners - with their core vote - could fare best in October.

 




 
 

Even if you have a ‘green’ conscience, behaving according to your green principles can be a difficult thing if you live in Belgrade. In the city of around two million residents, there are just 39 on-street recycling facilities. And although glass amounts to 10 per cent of household waste, there is now nowhere to leave it for recycling.


Bulgaria’s tourist industry is expected to gain 6.5 billion lev (€3.25 billion) this year, the chairman of the Bulgarian Tourist Chamber has said.


Pristina’s Ulpiana neighbourhood, mostly comprising Yugoslav-era apartment blocks, is now home to an eye catching eight-storey building corresponding to current architectural trends and standards.



Iguana, which used to be one of the Trencherman household’s favourite haunts, has lost a little of it’s sparkle of late, with detractors pointing to a narrowing of choices on the menu, some odd combinations of ingredients and even some suggestions that the famous sticky date pudding has started to resemble a slice of cake rather than a lovingly prepared dessert.


Set in wartime Thessaloniki and centring on a Greek police officer’s complicated dilemmas and intrigues, this is a fast-paced, gripping story of secrets and betrayal.


Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek, collectively The Doors, carved out an LSD fuelled niche in late 60s American Pop Culture. Director Tom DiCillo explores the mysteries, big and small, that walk hand in hand with the most notorious rock band in American history.