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24 May 12 / 13:56:12

Microfinance Law - This is a Bank Robbery

Jeta Xharra

The law on banks and microfinance institutions, which has been passed by Kosovo parliament few weeks ago, and silently approved by the President of Kosovo yesterday goes against Council of Europe recommendations and damages civil society in Kosovo.

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18 May 12 / 19:26:10

Macedonians Behave! Tourists are coming

Ana Petruseva

The Macedonian government is into massive campaigns. Sometimes it is to advertise how hard it is working, which we all know it does 24/7, but mostly it is to tell its humble citizens the difference between right and wrong, and most importantly educate Macedonians how to behave, as they don’t seem to fit the high standards of the government.  

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16 May 12 / 16:07:16

German Remembrance of Dark Past Holds Lessons for Balkans

Besar Likmeta

Without a culture of remembrance of the victims who perished during the Balkans wars or withered in communist gulags, our recent and painful history is doomed to kindle hatred in the future.

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15 May 12 / 11:15:27

What about freedom?

Dusica Cook

In the night between 12 and 13 May, Tuzla became a town in which it is no longer safe to gather in the open. Beware – the police might beat the crap out of you!

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14 May 12 / 14:43:39

Dacic, the Kingmaker

Kreshnik Hoxha

As France turns to a socialist president and Greece punishes the parties which backed austerity measures imposed by the EU, tough times lie ahead for Brussels.

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13 May 12 / 14:55:23

Butchering the Media

Lawrence Marzouk

Unlike most capital cities in Europe, Pristina is home to the odd wandering cow, grazing on the meagre roadside pasture. 

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12 May 12 / 12:45:23

Travel around Kosovo. The fourth option

Elizabeth Gowing

The holiday weekends are upon us – a pair of Easters, May Day, Europe Day, Spring-in-your-step-so-you-just-want-to-take-time-off day.

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09 May 12 / 11:06:49

Shame of the Balkans

Kreshnik Hoxha

We, the people of Balkans, are an unusual bunch. Be it in Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Belgrade, Pristina or Skopje, people keep complaining about the consequences of our dark and bitter past. 

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08 May 12 / 14:55:14

Bling, Bling Kosovo

Lawrence Marzouk

The growing gap globally between rich and poor is both troubling and well documented.

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07 May 12 / 12:34:56

Clothes with a conscience

Elizabeth Gowing

Cotton growers are responsible for more than 25 per cent of all insecticides used in the world and 12 per cent of all the pesticides. 

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30 Apr 12 / 20:47:30

Kosovar Society Transformed by Greed

Kreshnik Hoxha

Fifteen years ago, not being loyal to the state was not frowned upon, because the state had a belligerent policy towards Albanians. 

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29 Apr 12 / 12:34:21

Sweating for EULEX

Lawrence Marzouk

Do you remember those warm spring days of 2010 when a fresh wind of optimism swept through Pristina?

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28 Apr 12 / 16:12:45

Juicy Gossip: A Day Spent in Orchards of Gjilan

Elizabeth Gowing

What do you get when you mix 200 tonnes of apples, care for local suppliers, a dash of entrepreneurship and an ostrich?

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19 Apr 12 / 09:52:34

A better working environment? Offices thinking green

Elizabeth Gowing

Do you have a green mug? Where did your office furniture come from? Are you ready for community printing?

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18 Apr 12 / 12:34:23

There’s No Business

Lawrence Marzouk

Strabag, the biggest construction company in Austria and one of the few international companies of note to have set up base in Kosovo, is selling up and leaving.