Intro
I am writing this because they asked me to. No, seriously, it is just an idea to have a place to share some thoughts about this place, and maybe, sometimes some others, which don't really fit in more more formal pieces - but are often more interesting.
BIRN post-election reading list…
| 08 May 2008 | By Tim Judah
Oh no…Serbian elections again. If you include the referendum of October 2006 this is the fourth time since then that Serbs will have voted in the most crucial, blah, blah vote since, blah blah. You know what I mean.
Organs: Investigation not Hysteria
| 18 April 2008 | By Tim Judah
The organs trafficking story is foul. But, hysteria is not the way to deal with it.
Kosovo: Old vs New Style News
| 19 February 2008 | By Tim Judah
From my point of view one of the interesting questions arising from the declaration of independence on February 17th is whether, journalistically the future holds something different.
Post-UNMIK Era Has Already Begun
| 16 February 2008 |
Well finally preparations are under way and Albanians are getting ready to party like it's 1999. It's late afternoon and I am in the UNMIK building writing this.
Round Kosovo with Bob the Builder
| 14 February 2008 | By Tim Judah
I have seen the future and it is made of meat and built by Bob the Builder. I have been out with Enver Hoxhaj, Kosovo's Minister of Education.
Tim Judah writes about the Balkans for the Economist. Sometimes he writes for other people as well, but only if they pay properly. He is sick of people who think you should do things for them because they are so great. They are not. He is the author of two books on the region, and is now finishing a third. Some of his pictures are here.
BIRN post-election reading list…
Organs: Investigation not Hysteria
Kosovo: Old vs New Style News
Post-UNMIK Era Has Already Begun
Round Kosovo with Bob the Builder
Rip Van Winkles Back to Kosovo




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.