Overcoming the combined legacy of almost half a century of communism, a decade of apartheid-like discrimination and a year-and-a-half of war requires an on-going and long-term partnership between Kosovars and the international community.
The present situation in Kosovo makes learning impossible: there are no
Kosovo is a legal vacuum, with uncertain laws, missing judges and
Ethnic Albanian demands for independence and continued reprisals against
The international community remains dogged by the question of when to hold
Recent days have brought further changes to the already complicated Bosnian political scene. The ruling Bosnian Muslim coalition has broken apart opening the door for the leading opposition Social Democratic Party to claim more power.
European Union (EU) oil, intended for the opposition controlled towns of Nis and Pirot, was still being held up by Yugoslav customs control at Presevo on Friday morning.
Former Yugoslav Army chief Momcilo Perisic says squads of well-paid, battle-hardened troops are setting up base in Montenegro - loyal only to Belgrade and promising only trouble for the tiny republic.
France has dismissed Serbian claims of a French plot to kill Slobodan Milosevic. They may find it harder to explain their links with some of the alleged assassins arrested this week. For there is really is a French connection.
Macro-economic indicators are good in Albania, despite the impact of the Kosovo crisis. But rampant crime and corruption, combined with a questionable political will, continue to deter critical foreign investment.
