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Sarajevo is not your city, Mr Karadzic, but mine

02 March 2010 | By Nidzara Ahmetasevic

Radovan Karadzic Radovan Karadzic, Sarajevo is not your city, and you have no right to say that it is, just as you do not have the right to say in public, even if it’s in court, that someone has dug up bones around Bosnia and brought them to Srebrenica to make a fake graveyard. This is insulting.


Feith: ICJ Opinion May Ease Tensions
09 March 2010 | Bojana Barlovac

Pieter Feith, the head of the International Civilian Office in Kosovo, said that the opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence could help alleviate tense relations between Belgrade and Pristina.

Returned Asylum Seekers Arrive in Region
12 March 2010 |

A bus carrying Macedonian and Serbian nationals who unsuccessfully sought asylum in Belgium arrived in the two Balkan countries on Thursday after departing Brussels the previous day.


Indictment for Derventa Crimes Filed
12 March 2010 |

The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina has filed an indictment for confirmation by the State Court, against Ivica Perkovic, a former member of the Croatian Defence Council, HVO, who is charged with crimes against Serb civilians in Derventa.



Macedonia Press Review – November 10

Skopje | 10 November 2009 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic
 
Macedonia Press
Macedonia Press
Here are the top stories in Macedonia’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

DNEVNIK

The fear of swine flu has closed the elementary school Goce Delcev in Skopje after three of its students were diagnosed with the influenza. Only seven students appeared on class yesterday, the daily reveals. From the 107 infected in the country, 85 per cent are in the capital Skopje.

UTRINSKI VESNIK

The torrential rains have raised the level of several rivers in western Macedonia and flooded many houses there, the daily says. The meteorologists warn that the rains are not over yet. The hydrologists on the other hand say the dams in the region will be able to hold the coming waters.

VREME

More and more signals point out that on 7 December, at the EU council, Macedonia will not get a date for start of its EU accession talks due to a Greek veto over the name row. Scenarios for handling the problem afterwards are already being considered, the daily says.



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Next month, Croatia’s anti-smoking laws will take effect and lighting up in most bars will be restricted.

 


Belgrade Alternative Guide is a project set up by 10 young Serbians who see it as their responsibility to show visitors the true Belgrade.


Demand for office space in Sofia increased towards the end of 2009. By the end of 2009, rental values were 22.5 per cent off their summer 2008 peak and this more realistic pricing brought renewed interest in the sector, according to Elta Consult, a commercial property agency based in Bulgaria.



Accidentally good food on the banks of the Danube.


A powerful new novel follows the fortunes of five Bosnians, trying and not always succeeding, to find their way home.


Lebanon is a film about a group of young Israeli soldiers who were part of the force that invaded the Lebanon in 1982. Along with ‘Waltz with Bashir’,the acclaimed 2008 bio-pic, this is another significant film which examines the controversial military conflict. Samuel Maoz, the director, re-lives his military days, through this small masterpiece of frantic, claustrophobia and humanity.