Next Government Faces Mountain of Expectations
Whoever takes office will have to deal with growing public frustration over jobs, energy and schools, as well as final status.
16 Nov 05
Balkans
Building on the Airlie Agreement
The Airlie Declaration, by Kosovo Albanian and Serb representatives, has raised hopes for reconciliation. But only the participants can make it work.
16 Nov 05
An Impossible Choice
Miroslav Filipovic has been jailed for seven years for choosing to stick by his professional principals.
16 Nov 05
The Serbian X-Files
It's official: McDonald's toys are satanic! Well, that's if Agent Mulder, aka Col. Svetozar Radisic, new spokesman of the Yugoslav Army, is to be believed.
16 Nov 05
The President In Hospital, Croatia On The Eve Of Elections
After weeks of denial and misinformation, the truth is out - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman has been fighting for his life in the Dubrava hospital in Zagreb for more than two weeks.
16 Nov 05
Milosevic's Procrastination Keeps Election Threat At Bay
Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic scoffs at the opposition and its demand for early elections. Serbia will have to wait until his allies have finished piling up legislation designed to entrench his political position.
16 Nov 05
Macedonians And Their Father Figures
Macedonia's mainstream parties hoped for a quieter life by putting up junior candidates as successors to the country's overweening father figure, president Kiro Gligorov, but the contest only heralds deeper crises.
16 Nov 05
The Kosovo Numbers Game
So how many people were killed in Kosovo? Opponents of the NATO bombing campaign claim estimates were wildly exaggerated through cynical propaganda. But the totals for confirmed dead are mounting.
16 Nov 05
Serbian Justice On Trial
The prosecution of a Kosovo Albanian human rights activist on terrorism charges has exposed serious gaps in the rule of law in Serbia.
16 Nov 05
Comment: Facing The Challenge Of Corruption
Reports of corruption in Bosnia should not lead to the reduction of reconstruction and redevelopment aid.
16 Nov 05
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