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Singing the hits of '99

11 December 2009 | By Alex Anderson

Alex Anderson 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.


Nauru, Kosovo - MasterCard Diplomacy?
18 December 2009 | By Tim Judah

The Pacific island state of Nauru has recognised South Ossetia and Abkhazia, both of which declared independence from Georgia last year. Can this have Balkan ramifications?

Macedonia Celebrates EU Visa Scrapping
18 December 2009 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic

As the scrapping of visas for citizens traveling to the European Union is set to become official on Friday at midnight, Macedonians celebrate with a massive party in Skopje's main square and a state lottery for a free trip to Paris.

Karadzic: Disqualification of Serbian Attorneys
18 December 2009 |

Indictee Radovan Karadzic claims that the Hague Tribunal Registrar prevented him from choosing an attorney by imposing "fictive obstacles".



Serbian PM Discusses Kosovo, Economy at UN

Belgrade | 25 June 2009 |
 
Cvetkovic with Ban Ki-Moon in NYC
Cvetkovic with Ban Ki-Moon in NYC
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York today where the discussed Kosovo and the world economic downturn, the government press service reported.

"Cvetkovic stressed that Serbia’s view was that the UN should continue to be the chief mediator in resolving all matters in the southern Serbian province," read the statement.

Cvetkovic who flew to New York to attend a UN Economic Conference on the global financial crisis’ impact on development, underlined in his informal talks with Ban, the importance of UN’s maintaining an active role in stabilising the situation, which is the only way to guarantee a palatable peace.

In New York, Cvetkovic also held informal meetings with Russian Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin. 



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