Until lately, Kosovo had a decade of padding to quarantine itself from the rawness, violence and fear that clasped to the coattails of liberation in 1999, infecting the “provisional government” months that followed, carrying their bacillus of internecine murder – of alleged collaborators and of LDK members -- a good two years into the new decade (even longer in Ramush-land). It’s just been ripped away. 1999 is back. In our faces.
Romania Press Review – June 2
Bucharest | 02 June 2009 |
Bucharest
Here are the top stories in Romania’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
ZIUA
Pre-election polls show a tight race for votes for June 7 elections to the European Parliament among the Social Democratic Party, the Conservative Party alliance and the Democratic Liberal Party. According to the poll, each party stands to win 31 percent of the votes, followed by the National Liberal Party with 20 percent and the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania with 7 percent.
ADEVARUL
A Romanian woman is among the passengers aboard the Air France jet that went missing over the Atlantic Ocean, the Romanian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday. The plane is presumed to have crashed in the ocean.
ROMANIA LIBERA
Romania's foreign currency reserves have increased 7.9 per cent to 26.85 billion euros in May, following six consecutive months of drops. The growth was registered after receiving the first installment of an International Monetary Fund loan at the end of last month.
