The issue of national identity is taken seriously by Balkan people – including the least serious among them.
Analysis
Balkan Economies Brace for Fallout from Greece Crisis
Tirana, Pristina, Skopje, Belgrade, Sofia, Bucharest, Sarajevo, Zagreb | 18 March 2010 | By Balkan Insight staff
Greece has been the economic motor of the region in recent years. As a result, its severe financial troubles hold consequences for several countries beyond its borders.
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Bulgaria Gays Roused by Town ‘Ban’ on Parades
Sofia | 18 March 2010 | By Boryana Dzhambazova
Little town in southern Bulgaria finds itself at the centre of a civil rights storm after city council says no to parades by ‘guys wearing thongs’.
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Serb-Albanian Deadlock Keeps Bujanovac in Limbo
Bujanovac | 17 March 2010 | By Mukarrem AmetiThere is no sign of a breakthrough in talks on establishing a multi-ethnic authority in the divided South Serbian town, though all agree that hopes of prosperity depend on a deal.
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Gruevski Mulls Benefits of Snap Poll in Macedonia
Skopje | 15 March 2010 | By Sinisa-Jakov Marusic
Politically astute leader may decide to capitalise this year on his high popularity ratings – while the opposition remains weak – and so secure another four years in office.
Privatisation offers new Hope for Serbia's Auto Industry
Belgrade | 18 March 2010 | By Laura Wolfs
From 2000 onwards, the government took steps to split up the Zastava conglomerate, and prize its component companies away from the mothership and into private hands. For Zastava Automobili, now Fiat Serbia, things have turned out well. Others were not so lucky.
Serbia's Car Dealers Show Off
Belgrade | 18 March 2010 | By Laura Wolfs
This year, some 370 exhibitors will be showcasing their products at the Belgrade Car Show.
No Halt to Dinar’s Decline
Belgrade | 15 March 2010 | By Ian Mihajlovic
A slow weakening of the Dinar is the best case scenario for the Serbian currency as short term measures are not geared to favour interest groups.
Subsidies keep Serbian Auto Sale Moving
Belgrade | 18 March 2010 | By Laura Wolfs
State subsidies for the purchase of new cars helped to prevent a complete breakdown in car sales last year. What’s in the bag for this year?
Serbia: Inward Investment the Key to Future Development
Belgrade | 15 March 2010 | By Laura Wolfs
Interest is growing in Serbia as an investment destination for the automotive industry. Despite one or two detours along the way, the sector is slowly but surely moving forward.
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One-Way Tickets to a Belgian Promised Land
Presevo, Belgrade, Brussels, Kumanovo | 11 March 2010 | By Driton Salihu, Gjeraqina Tuhina, Dejan Anastasijevic, Pedja Obradovic and Miomir Serafinovic
Balkan Insight's undercover reporter took a 35 hour bus trip from Presevo in Serbia's south, to Namur in Belgium, in the company of economic migrants desperately seeking a better future in the EU.
