 RFE/RL Balkan Report 8/26/2009 5:10:50 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the countries of the western Balkans. For more stories on the Balkans, please visit and bookmark our Balkans page . |
 Bosnian Serb Bank Controlled By PM Hands Out Millions Milorad Dodik, the prime minister of the Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska, controls a development bank that was designed to grow the economy and put people to work. But in its three years of existence, the bank has doled out millions of dollars to friends and shadowy companies, loans that have done little to help the lives of ordinary residents. More  Likely New U.S. Diplomat For Eurasia 'Gets Things Done' The United States will soon have a new deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs. The man who is vacating the post after four years, Matthew Bryza, has announced he will be replaced by Tina Kaidanow, a longtime diplomat with more than 10 years of experience in the Balkans, who most recently served as the first U.S. ambassador to Kosovo. More  Montenegro Police Probe Reporter After Mayoral Brawl Montenegrin prosecutors are targeting a prominent journalist in an investigation into an incident in which he sustained a serious ear injury that he says was inflicted by Podgorica Mayor Miomir Mugosa, his son, and their driver, RFE/RL's Balkan Service reports. More  Montenegrin Journalists Beaten By Mayor, Son A prominent Montenegrin journalist was seriously injured after he and a photographer were attacked by the capital's mayor and three others, RFE/RL's Balkan Service reports. More  Srebrenica Widow To Get New Home After TV Appearance A Bosnian woman whose husband and two sons were killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre is having her home rebuilt after a TV broadcast showed her difficult living situation, RFE/RL's Balkan Service reports. More |
