John Simpson
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Initiatives launched against the system of border bribes have failed, and in the meantime Serbia’s economy is suffering.
Foreign investors seemingly unfazed by Serbia’s numerous economic and political problems.
There are growing signs that Belgrade is prepared to do the tribunal’s bidding.
How tight do the government’s purse-strings have to get before it starts cutting funding to industrial giants?
Activists who helped topple Milosevic played a key role in the formation of the Ukrainian protest movement - but can now only watch events and wait from afar.