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A Flourishing Albanian ‘Neighborhood’ Benefits the Balkans
US policy-makers remain wary of the concept of ethnic solidarity - but harnessing natural links between Albanian communities in the Balkans will actually reduce tensions, strengthening state structures and helping to stabilize the region.
Serbia Library Chief Purged for ‘Backing Terrorism’
Sacking of Sreten Ugricic for supporting a Montenegrin writer’s right to hold controversial views has drawn condemnation as a return to the worst practices of Milosevic’s Serbia in the Nineties.
‘Sanaderization’ Spreads to Montenegro
Echoing events in Croatia, corruption clean-ups conducted in response to the pressure of EU accession process are gaining strength in many parts of the Balkans.
Drive For Balkan Extradition Deal Nears End
Serbia’s initiative to establish a pan-Balkan extradition treaty may see lift-off next year - but Kosovo’s exclusion from the scheme looks like another politically driven error.
Hard Times Ahead For Crisis-Hit Balkans
A conjunction of local issues and the impact of the crisis in the eurozone have clouded the economic and political outlook for the whole region.
Balkans Loom Large in Italy’s Green Energy Goals
Italy’s need to meet its EU carbon reduction target underpins its ambitious investments in the energy sector in the Balkans and North Africa.
Montenegro is Ecological on Paper Only
Jelena Marojevic, a coordinator for the NGO Green Home, says the Moraca dams project is another sign that Montenegro does not take its environmental claims seriously.
Jury Out On Who Will Profit From Dams
Arguments continue over whether energy from the dams will help solve Montenegro’s own power shortage – or end up being sold in Italy. Meanwhile green groups fear for the bio-diversity of Lake Skadar.
Several Years of Deals and Contracts
A timeline of events surrounding the Adriatic energy deals from 2007 till today
The Italian Connection to Montenegro’s Power Company
Italy’s A2A has been a major actor in Montenegro’s former state-owned power utility since 2009.
Rough Justice for Balkan Rape Victims
Convicted rapists in Montenegro and Serbia routinely receive minimal jail terms of around three years, while their victims face years of trauma and distress. Yet in other European countries like the UK, the average sentence is eight years.
The Big Three: Terna, CGES and Enel
A look at the three main players in the Montenegro-Italy power deals
The Italy-Montenegro Cable
The planned undersea connection, running between Tivat and Pescara, is at the centre of the two countries’ power deals.
Serbian Privatisation: Criminals Still Cashing In
Eleven years after embracing capitalism, Belgrade has cancelled almost 30 per cent of all privatisation deals because of corruption or mismanagement. Yet the system remains open to abuse.
Failed Tender Won’t Affect Marine Cable
Drazenka Becirovic, adviser at the Montenegrin Ministry of Economy, discusses the prospects of planned energy investments in Montenegro after the unsuccessful closure of the tender for the construction of the Moraca river dams.
