 RFE/RL Balkan Report 8/5/2010 6:11:45 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 . |
 The Kosovo Precedent Kosovo, as observers were unanimous to observe in the wake of the International Court of Justice's ruling, forms the tip of the iceberg of global separatism, and the ruling may well have opened Pandora's box. More  Themes Of War And Reconciliation Featured At Sarajevo Film Festival Themes of war, remembrance, and reconciliation resonated in a city that still bears the scars from Bosnia-Herzegovina's 1992-95 war. More  Serbia Vs. Serbia Nenad Pejic says a very public attack on one of Belgrade's best-known commentators might compel many in Serbia to take a good look at their country and themselves. More  Kosovo Ruling Accelerates Erosion Of European Order The decision by a UN court on Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence will not have immediate consequences. But it has become another element in the general erosion of the European order that has been ongoing since the end of the Cold War. And the long-term consequences of this erosion are impossible to predict. More  Eastern Europe's Frozen Conflicts Look To Kosovo Ruling While the International Court of Justice says has said its ruling approving Kosovo's declaration of independence is unique to Kosovo, the ruling is being regarded in more universal terms. And nowhere more so than by parties involved in secession crises or frozen conflicts themselves. More |
