PREMIUM
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Kosovo-Serbia Land Swap Gets Official Thumbs Down
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.
Investors Fail to Mine Kosovo’s Rich Opportunities
Pristina | 02 September 2010 | By Lavdim Hamidi
Despite Kosovo’s unexploited mineral reserves, the number of firms interested in exploring their potential is declining.
Romanian newspapers
Romania Press Review – September 2, 2010
Bucharest | 02 September 2010 |
Here are the top stories in Romania’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
Skopje Sees Politics Behind Kosovo’s Mass Grave Claim
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.
Grand Hotel
Privatised Kosovo Firms Face Repossession Threat
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.
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ICG, 'Kosovo-Serbia Land Swap Under Active Consideration'
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.
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa Lauded on 100th Anniversary
Pristina, Skopje and Tirana | 27 August 2010 | Petrit Collaku, Sinisa-Jakov Marusic and Besar Likmeta
As Nobel Prize laureate Mother Teresa is declared a "mother for the world" on the 100th anniversary of her birth, some Balkan states continue to argue over her origins.
Confusion Reigns Over Belgrade Waterways Licences
Belgrade | 27 August 2010 | By Gordana Andric
In a ‘Kafkaesque’ move, ship owners have been ordered to move their vessels and pontoons from the Sava Port because they do not have licences which the licencing authority is unable to supply.
Serbia Set to Agree IMF Deal
Belgrade | 27 August 2010 | By Vera Ovanin
Serbia will qualify for the fifth tranche of its stand-by deal with the International Monetary Fund as the government looks set to adopt a fiscal responsibility law and resist populist pressures to ramp up spending.
Low Poll Turnout in Bosnia May Boost Nationalists
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.
