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Love Hurts

05 February 2010 |

Simon Cottrell It's a shame that the internet is a virtual medium, because there are a lot of people out there that I'd like to express my deep feelings of friendship to, and having spent the last two years here in Serbia, I'd like to do it in a truly Serbian way.


Feith: 'New Beginning' for Mitrovica
05 February 2010 | Lawrence Marzouk

The International Civilian Representative in Kosovo, Pieter Feith, has said the appointment of a team to create a new Serb-majority municipality in the divided city of Mitrovica could herald a 'new beginning'.

Georgieva, Ciolos Approved with New Commission
09 February 2010 |

The European Parliament has approved the new European Commission at its session in Strasbourg. Kristalina Georgieva and Dacian Ciolos are the new commissioners from Bulgaria and Romania, respectively.

Koricanske stijene: Awareness of Security
09 February 2010 |

A member of the Intelligence-Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina says he spoke to Milorad Skrbic while investigating the murder at Koricanske stijene and "determined that he did not have any operational data about this event".




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New Remains Discovered in Albania Mass Grave

Tirana | 08 February 2010
New remains found at Barracks 313
New remains found at Barracks 313

Criminologists probing a communist execution site find new remains, while Albania’s prime minister describes the discovery as “shocking” and calls for the creation of an institute that will seek to find the graves of thousands of others still missing.




Albanian Leaders to Hold Crisis Talks

Tirana | 09 February 2010

Albanian President Bamir Topi announced in a statement on Tuesday that he has called for talks to be held between the ruling and opposition leaders on February 13 in an effort to solve the country's ongoing political crisis.

Macedonia, Albania Discuss Corridor 8

| 09 February 2010


The key project that can contribute to further cooperation between Albania and Macedonia is the continued construction of the east-west European road and rail network, the countries' foreign ministers concluded Monday at a meeting in Tirana.


Analysis

How Albanian Reporter Helped Scupper Treaty with Greece locked

Tirana | 03 February 2010
Ted Blushi
Ted Blushi

A journalist’s investigations into a secretive maritime treaty prompted Albania’s Constitutional Court to annul the agreement. The government calls it a diplomatic setback but the reporter defends his work.


Balkans Becoming Economically Freer, Says Index locked

| 21 January 2010
Tirana
Tirana

Albania has region’s freest economy, Bosnia the least free, while Bulgaria is sole country in region whose score has dropped.


Cynical Politicians use Albania Floods to Score Points locked

Tirana | 12 January 2010

With floodwaters covering most of northern Albania, both government and opposition are competing to make political gains from the disaster.



 
 

Whether it’s the Lotto, betting shops or gambling dens, Serbians are up for a gamble in increasing numbers and despite, or perhaps because of, the economic crisis, business is better than ever.


Albania’s parliament has extended the country’s moratorium on the use of speedboats along its coast for another three years. The moratorium is part of an effort to thwart illegal smuggling.


An international competition to manage Arena Zagreb has attracted only one local company.



Trencherman checks out this Celebrity Haunt.


Tim Judah, the Economist's Balkan's Correspondent, and regular Balkan Insight contributor, has fully updated one of the seminal works on the modern history of Serbia, bringing the narrative through to the present day.


Slobodan Trkulja is one of  Serbia’s hottest export items and his compositions and arrangements of traditional Serbian music have been widely praised.