Balkans

Comment: Serbia Seeks An Exit from History

Now the epoch of Milosevic is over – and it surely is – Serbs must learn to free themselves from the burden of history and the destructive desire to make and remake it, over and over again.

10 Nov 05

Culture Wars Throw Pop Singer Onto The Political Stage

Alleged plans to appoint Serbian pop-folk singer Zorica Brunclik as the country's new Minister of Culture could mark the start ofMilosevic's all-out war on the arts. Or it could be just another attempt to win over lazy voters and swamp the opposition ahea

10 Nov 05

No Welcome In Belgrade For Serbs Fleeing Kosovo

Serbian families escaping from Kosovo have bought a one-way ticket to Belgrade and what they hoped would be refuge - but have found themselves at the door of an inhospitable host.

10 Nov 05

Definitely Not The Party To Be Seen At

The new state-approved management of the formerly independent Radio B-92 held a party to mark the station's tenth birthday on September 8 - despite the fact that, before they took it over in March, B-92 was a major thorn in the regime's side.

10 Nov 05

Neither Stability, Nor Elections

The Pact for Stability of Serbia is slipping off the agenda, the opposition parties are moving apart again, and the Group of 17 'experts' is scaling down their once ambitious plans. It all suits Slobodan Milosevic.

10 Nov 05

Serbia's Schools Teach New Lessons In War

Serbian schoolchildren have a bundle of new books for their libraries - a gift from Serbia's self-styled 'Uncle Education Minister - but the lessons they teach are all about war, hate and patriotic militarism.

10 Nov 05

Arrest Fever

As more and more senior war crimes suspects end up in The Hague, speculators wonder who will be arrested next.

10 Nov 05

Romania's Danube River Protest

Romanian shippers blockaded the Danube last week in protest against trade losses incurred as a result of the war in Kosovo.

10 Nov 05

Yugoslavia's Diplomats Stay At Home

The clerks at the Yugoslav Foreign Ministry have nothing to do - their bosses are barred from travelling and almost no-one wants to visit them - which somewhat handicaps their work.

10 Nov 05
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