 RFE/RL Balkan Report 5/6/2010 6:42:28 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 . |
 EU Police In Kosovo Arrest War Crimes Suspect A European Union police spokeswoman in Kosovo says a man has been arrested on suspicion of committing war crimes during the 1998-99 Kosovo war. More  Ethnic Hysteria And Status Quo Discrimination In Bosnia Over the course of the past few months, several high-ranking officials from the Council of Europe have warned that Bosnia-Herzegovina could be suspended from the body due to its failure to launch urgent constitutional reforms. More  Interview: Tito 'Symbol Of Better Times' For Ex-Yugoslavs, Historian Says Thirty years after his death and nearly 20 years after the disintegration of the Yugoslavia he helped create, Yugoslavia's longtime ruler Josip Broz Tito still commands affection and respect, a unifying figure in a now deeply divided region. More  Thirty Years After Tito's Death, Yugoslav Nostalgia Abounds Thirty years after the death of Josip Broz Tito, nostalgia is running high in the former Yugoslavia for life under the communist leader. More  Sarajevo Marks Deaths Of Serb Soldiers A few hundred people gathered in Sarajevo today to commemorate the deaths of Serb soldiers killed in a May 3, 1992, attack on a Serb-led Yugoslav Army convoy. More  Montenegro Aluminum Plant Invaded Hundreds of disgruntled workers have taken over an administrative building at Montenegro's Podgorica Aluminum Plant (KAP) to protest the planned layoff of dozens of workers. More  Montenegrin Firms' Debts Burden Economy Montenegro's central bank says that most of the country's businesses are in such a poor financial state that only a handful of the country's 15,000 companies would qualify for a loan. More  Georgian Opposition Mulls Legal Action Against President The three-party opposition Alliance for Georgia yesterday presented the conclusions of the British business intelligence and corporate investigation company GPW with regard to a taped telephone conversation implicating Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in the controversial broadcast on March 13 by the pro-government TV channel Imedi of a fake documentary about a purported new Russian invasion of Georgia. More  The Dynamics Of Apology And Forgiveness In The Balkans The conundrums of forgiveness and apology require a sustained debate – founded on mutual recognition, regardless of ethnicity – that involves often neglected and maligned voices. More The BBC has a video profile of a quirky 12-year-old Serbian boy with a knack for contrarian views in Belgrade. More  The Suicide Of Multiethnic Sarajevo? Sarajevo has always been proud of its multiethnic culture and argues that this diversity is the root of the country’s strong contribution to world culture. But since the 1992-95 war, Bosnian Muslims, feeling abandoned by the West, have grown closer to Islam, and Sarajevo has slowly but surely lost its multiethnic image. More  NATO Moves To Make Afghans 'Masters Of Own House' NATO foreign ministers today wrapped up their two-day jaunt to Estonia by laying the groundwork for Afghan forces to start progressively taking control of security in the country, starting this year. More  NATO Looks To Evolve Without Shedding DNA The first day of the NATO foreign ministers meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, was dedicated to the future of the alliance. Day two will tackle Afghanistan in talks conducted together with non-NATO nations contributing ISAF forces and relations with Russia -- albeit with no Russian officials in attendance. More |
