Balkans

Comment: The Great Leap Forward

Serbs are taking the tribulations of their lives in their stride and are learning to love their president ever more dearly.

16 Nov 05

Currency Wars

Podgorica's stark offer to Serbia on Thursday to abandon the federal structure or accept the results of a Montenegrin referendum on independence, came just days after it signalled its intention to launch its own currency.

16 Nov 05

Great Expectations

In the aftermath of the Sarajevo summit, there is hope that the international community will finally take a regional approach to the Balkans.

16 Nov 05

Trouble at The Top

Members of Kosovo's provisional government are angry over the international community's refusal to accord them even temporary legitimacy.

16 Nov 05

Open Field For Gligorov Succession

As Macedonia's veteran president Kiro Gligorov prepares to bow out of politics, would-be successors are jockeying for position in what is an increasingly open race.

16 Nov 05

Croatia's Long Hot Summer

A succession of foreign visitors have being turning up the heat on Zagreb over war crimes. And things look set to get hotter still.

16 Nov 05
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