RFE/RL Balkan Report
25.10.2012
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the countries of the western Balkans.
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Commentary: Picking The EU For The Nobel Peace Prize Was Wrong
Questioning the Nobel Peace Prize selection, contributor Tanya Domi asks how -- knowing what happened and did not happen to stop the wars in the Balkans -- the European Union can claim it has carried out an honorable diplomatic and military effort in the Balkans? More 
Bosnian Town Elects Woman Mayor, Islamic Head Scarf And All
Voters in a 40,000-resident town in Bosnia have elected a woman mayor who wears the Islamic head scarf -- thought to be a first in all of Europe but greeted casually at home. More A Muslim has maintained control of the mayor’s office in Srebrenica, the Bosnian town where 8,000 Muslim males were massacred by Serbian forces in 1995. More 
Ethnic Albanians Leave Serbia For The EU
Ethnic Albanians from the southern Serbian border town of Presevo set off for the EU. They are just some of the growing number of people from the Balkans seeking asylum in the European Union since the bloc lifted visa requirements for the countries of the former Yugoslavia in 2009-2010. Some EU members are pushing for the visa regime to be reimposed. More 
OSCE Cautiously Praises Montenegrin Elections
The ruling coalition's victory was smaller than in the 2009 elections, when it won enough votes to secure an outright parliament majority. More |
