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25 November 2009 | By Krenar Gashi

“Did you see it?! It’s not that great. It could have been much better. How could they waste so much money on such a lame ad?” These are some of the things we hear in Pristina nowadays.

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Jeremic Warns Montenegro on Kosovo
07 December 2009 | Bojana Barlovac

Serbian Foreign Minister said that the establishment of diplomatic relations between Montenegro and Kosovo institutions would represent an unnecessary provocation. It would be as if Podgorica were sticking its figner in Serbia's eye, he said.

EU Unblocks Serbia Interim Trade Agreement
07 December 2009 |

EU foreign ministes meeting in Brussels Monday evening agreed to unblock Serbia's interim trade agreement, paving the way for the country to apply for EU candidacy status. However, they failed to agree on whether to give Macedonia a start date for EU accession negotiations, and decided to continue their debate over dinner with a press conference scheduled for Tuesday.

Kondic et al: Irrelevant Passes
07 December 2009 |

A Prosecution witness says indictee Vinko Kondic, who did not attend the hearing, was "mentally killing him" during the course of an examination conducted in the summer of 1992.

Kosovo Independence Puts Romania in Quandary

| 25 February 2008 |

Bucharest split between ambition to play major regional role and fear of encouraging Transylvanian Hungarians.

By Marian Chiriac in Bucharest

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Balkan Small Talk

Is This the World’s Ninth Ugliest Building?

Pristina’s landmark National Library has been ranked the ninth ugliest building in the world.

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Tourism in the Balkans

Swine Flu Hits Macedonian Tourist Agencies

The fear of the swine flu may be having a ruinous effect on Macedonia's tourism agencies, with some agencies reporting an up to 90 per cent drop in demand for New Year holidays.

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Real Estate in the Balkans

Tirana Lacks Office Space

A study published by Colliers International reveals that Tirana has one of the lowest office space vacancy rates in the world, with only 2 per cent of the market open to leasing.

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Did You Visit?

Sir Nole - A trip back to communist dining

Sir Nole is, I understand, quite a famous place. We arrived there however, by accident.

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Did You Read?

’89 The Unfinished Revolution by Nick Thorpe

Nick Thorpe headed off for Hungary in 1983 to take part in a small peace rally and never came back. More than a quarter of century on he is still there, the doyen of BBC correspondents in Eastern Europe and in many ways uniquely qualified to give a broad overview of the vast changes that have taken part in Europe’s other half since “annus mirabilis” of 1989.

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New Moon Casts Dark Shadows

The continuation of the cult teenage saga, The Twilight, demonstrates that cinematographic quality is not a prerequisite for box office success.

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