Balkans
“We Bombed The Wrong Side” (General Lewis Mackenzie)
In my previous articles I have portrayed Kosovo with quite dark colours. I have summarized Kosovo
“as Serbian province, occupied and now international protectorate administrated by UN...
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When UN made new Kosovo related decision on September 2010 it was believed that resolution would enable a dialogue for resolving this frozen conflict. With minimal...
made popular Nov 9 2010
”Young people, they are starting to think that ethnic divisions are normal ... if something doesn’t happen to change this, there will be no change.” (Emin...
made popular Oct 6 2010
New “World Drug Report” by UNODC shows that famous Balkan route still facilitates lucrative business. The small seizures are indicating how influential...
made popular Jul 12 2010
Peace is the essential prerequisite to solve global challenges, such as climate change, decreasing biodiversity, lack of fresh water and overpopulation. The...
made popular Jun 15 2010
“Freedom of the press, freedom of association, the inviolability of domicile, and all the rest of the rights of man are respected so long as no one tries to use...
made popular May 3 2010
Serbia’s parliament has passed a landmark resolution offering an apology for the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 - the worst incident of the Bosnian War.
The...
made popular Apr 1 2010
“US recognition of severed Kosovo province was a serious mistake, leading to an escalation of tensions, instead of calming down the situation in the Balkans ......
made popular Feb 24 2010
I wonder how many readers saw anything in western media related to informal statement on 20.1.2010 made by Croatia’s President Mesic. Here quote:
“If...
made popular Jan 25 2010
The last election in Croatia can bring a refreshing change with new President Ivo Josipovic – a university law professor and a composer of classical music – but he...
made popular Jan 15 2010
Bosnia and Herzegovina is in the continued process of stabilization, seeking economic and infrastructural improvements which will ripen the country’s prospects for...
made popular Jan 11 2010
“Somebody in our government said to me in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, Iraq was yesterday’s war. Afghanistan is today’s war. If we don’t act pre-emptively,...
made popular Jan 8 2010
Belgrade would like to see Kosovo join the European Union alongside the rest of the Balkans but as part of Serbia, President Boris Tadic said on Wednesday.
The Serbian...
made popular Jan 7 2010
Serbia’s application to join the EU was finally made before X-mas. Early December EU foreign ministers agreed to unblock Serbia’s interim trade agreement, which...
made popular Jan 1 2010
The race between the two EU’s eastern gas pipelines is going on while next winter can again show some supply problems via Ukraine. South Stream got latest boost...
made popular Nov 16 2009
The refugee question is of paramount importance in Balkans - still. Beginning 1991, political upheavals – such as the breakup of Yugoslavia – displaced millions of...
made popular Nov 11 2009
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, scene of Europe’s bloodiest recent war and an alternately wild, entrancing and deeply divided place, the need for a sharper, more focused...
made popular Oct 2 2009
In Bosnia and Herzegovina - scene of Europe’s bloodiest recent war, and an alternately wild, entrancing, and deeply divided place - the need for sharper, more...
made popular Oct 1 2009
Promoting a culture of coexistence, a multi-ethnic society or at least ethnic tolerance is not an easy task, not even in Europe, not even with help of billions of aid...
made popular Sep 14 2009
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New NATO S-G Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark is to visit Kosovo today, 13th August 2009 with his first official visit as NATO top official.
made popular Aug 13 2009
This summer came 10 years since Nato stopped bombing Serbia. Agreement was made that Serb forces leave Kosovo and the province will be administrated de facto...
made popular Aug 10 2009
“Blogactiv.eu” –article, posted by “Challenge for Europe” on 19th June 2009 highlights the importance of EU’s Community Initiatives as most successful...
made popular Jun 22 2009
The results of the Global Peace Index for 2009 suggest that the world has become slightly less peaceful in the past year, which appears to reflect the intensification...
made popular Jun 19 2009
The new report made by Minority Rights Group International (MRG) gives a bare picture about worsening situation of minority rights in today’s Kosovo. Instead to...
made popular Jun 1 2009
Latest developments during last weeks related the EU’s policy of diversifying Europes’s energy supplies give a clear indication that EU’s pipedream Nabucco is...
made popular May 22 2009
Despite the efforts to save energy a strong scenario for near future is that the quantity of gas needed in EU region will remain same as today if not bigger. Sources...
made popular May 16 2009
I was just watching a film“UN death camps in Kosovo April 2009” about protest which was hold by Roma children living in UN camps in North Mitrovica, Kosovo. The...
made popular May 2 2009
While remembering the 10th anniversary of Nato bombings against Serbia I like to highlight some basic issues before, during and after bombings 1999:
• Public...
made popular Mar 26 2009
I just read the article “Kosovo a Year Later” of Mr. Bandow in “The American Spectator” and must say it was very refreshing; it challenges the manipulated...
made popular Mar 19 2009
When EU normally is disseminating EU doctrine to outside world there some times could be nice idea to apply some practice of others in Brussels. This came to my mind...
made popular Mar 17 2009
This post was first published in TH!NKABOUTIT site 25th February 2009.
During last twenty years war for humanitarian reasons has came quite popular in political...
made popular Feb 27 2009
An Italian non-governmental organisation – the Rome-based “Un ponte per …” - is investigating consequences of NATO’s 1999 bombings of Serbia and the...
made popular Feb 24 2009
Kosovo Albanians celebrated Feb.17th their first year of sc. Independence. Among normal praising statements and congratulations there was also various definitions of...
made popular Feb 19 2009
It is nearly five years since the outburst of ethnic Albanian violence in Kosovo on March 17, 2004, when 19 people killed and 954 wounded and when 35 Orthodox holy...
made popular Feb 17 2009
In Croatia a Round Table discussion entitled “Croatia: Tired of EU Reforms?” was held last week. The title of event was quite describing because a recent Gallup...
made popular Feb 16 2009
AFP/Washington reports Feb.13th 2009 that The Balkans pose the greatest threat of instability in Europe in 2009, according to an annual threat assessment presented...
made popular Feb 16 2009
The internal report shows that a project of World Bank in southern Albania led to the destruction and destitution of a powerless village Jale in 2007. The report,...
made popular Feb 12 2009
The UN General Assembly chose January 27 as the official day for the commemoration, as it was on this day in 1945 that Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz...
made popular Jan 30 2009
American history professor Charles Ingrao said that he expects the new U.S. administration’s Balkans policy to differ from that of George Bush. U.S....
made popular Jan 13 2009
I am a bit worried about a trend at the beginning of year 2009 - a trend I hope will not dominate the rest of the year. The phenomena in my mind is the new tradition...
made popular Jan 12 2009
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A man chops firewood at an open air wood market near the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. Bulgaria’s energy ministry says Russian gas supplies to Bulgaria are suspended for an indefinite period, along with supplies to other European...
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