Preparing for Winter
With winter approaching, international agencies are rushing to ensure basic shelter, but are hampered by logistical bottlenecks and bureaucratic delays.
10 Nov 05
Balkans
Montenegro Bides its Time
This week's meetings between Serbia and Montenegro have left the small republic in a state of confusion. Is Djukanovic backing slowly away from the idea of independence or buying himself space and time to cut free from the federation?
10 Nov 05
Montenegro Makes the Most of the Fortunes of War
A small town on Montenegro's border with Kosovo has become a paradise for smugglers and a blessing for the Kosovo Albanians desperate to buy back the passports and cars they lost in the spring. Meanwhile, there is a roaring trade in construction materials
10 Nov 05
State Serves Up Fresh Insults Daily In New War Of Invective
The state media is whipping up traditional Serb homophobia by accusing the opposition of 'suspected attraction to the same sex'. It's just part of a strategy to further divide and demoralize critics of the regime, and now the police are playing the same g
10 Nov 05
Hate Speech In Pristina - The Kosovo Media Wars Could Start Here
A KLA-linked news agency created a firestorm when it launched a vicious attack on a leading independent publisher and political personality. The media wars inside Kosovo may be only just beginning.
10 Nov 05
Accident Or Assassination Bid? - A Field Day For Conspiracy Theorists
Vuk Draskovic is certain that Sunday's miraculous escape from a car crash Sunday that killed four of his colleagues was an attempted assassination. Speculation that it could drive Draskovic into the arms of the opposition is rising.
10 Nov 05
'Power Wars' Between Romania And Bulgaria
Romania and Bulgaria, both candidates for early European Union accession talks, have traded insults in the past week over what their media have called the "power war".
10 Nov 05
Belgrade University Rebels Silenced By 'Dictatorship Of The Deans'
For weeks a 'dictatorship' of state-appointed deans and chancellors ensured that Serbia's universities failed to live up to their rebellious reputation and stayed out of the opposition's current anti-regime protest campaign.
10 Nov 05
Bosnia's Draft Election Law Exposes Dayton's Flaws
Bosnia's draft election law has exposed some of the flaws in the Dayton Agreement and generated calls to change the peace accord from groups which have to date been its strongest supporters.
10 Nov 05
Shooting Confirms Need For Kosovo Serb National Council
Momcilo Trajkovic's shooting on Sunday has confirmed the importance of the newly formed Serb National Council for Kosovo's remaining Serbs.
10 Nov 05
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