South Serbia Deal Key to Stability
By laying down their arms, the UCPMB will send a message that their fight was for rights and not a change in borders.
By laying down their arms, the UCPMB will send a message that their fight was for rights and not a change in borders.
For years people in the Balkans complained that the West didn't pay enough attention to their problems. Now a well-ordered court in a well-ordered town has been established for them - and they don't like it.
Fear of Albanian guerrillas draws Belgrade and Skopje closer together
Two years of speculation, pontification and prescription are over - we now know what is going to happen in Kosovo
The European Union has in recent years inadvertently encouraged Bosnian extremists
Boosting the number of Albanians in the Macedonian police force could help to reduce inter-ethnic tension.
The Hague is keen to see local Bosnian courts take on more war crimes trials, but they will need help to do so
Europe and America both claim they want Belgrade to demonstrate full cooperation with The Hague. But the Europeans are taking a softer approach, with potentially softer results.
Will the new coalition government in Skopje be able to marginalise the extremists threatening to plunge the country into bloody conflict?