RFE/RL Balkan Report
4/26/2012 6:18:31 PM
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the countries of the western Balkans.
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Sarajevo Takes Over Tunnel Of Hope
This week, the "Tunnel of Hope," which served as Sarajevo's main connection to the outside world during the 44-month siege that began the Bosnian war of 1992-95, was taken over by the Canton of Sarajevo and the Memorial Fund. More 
Interview: European Parliament Chief Says Tymoshenko's Treatment 'Unacceptable'
Martin Schulz, who became president of the European Parliament earlier this year, has described Ukraine's treatment of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko a "disgrace" to the country. More 
Youth Art Groups Struggle To Build Cooperation Between Serbia, Kosovo
Attempts by young Serbian and Kosovar artists to bridge the gap between their countries and communities are being thwarted due to lingering fears and entrenched animosities. More 
Bosnian Donor Conference Seeks 500 Million Euros
A one-day United Nations donor conference in Sarajevo is seeking to raise 500 million euros to build homes for some 74,000 people who are still displaced after the 1990s conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina. More 
Montenegrins Wave Underwear In Protest
On April 18, members of the Network for Affirmation of the Nongovernmental Sector (MANS) found a unique way to protest recent actions by the government of Montenegrin Prime Minister Igor Luksic. More 
Macedonia On The Brink As Leaders Try To Calm Ethnic Tensions
Macedonian leaders are trying to curb the threat of renewed ethnic violence in their country amid speculation over recent killings that has fueled tensions. More Macedonian riot police have clashed with stone-throwing youths angry at the murder last week of five men near the capital, Skopje. More 
Slayings Have Macedonia On Edge
Ethnic tensions resurface in Macedonia following the announcement of the murder of the five men on the outskirts of the capital, Skopje. More 
Serbian Workers Unblock Danube
Serbian shipping company workers have begun lifting a blockade of the Danube, one of Europe's main arteries, after reaching an agreement with their employer to receive unpaid salaries. More |
