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.
17 May 05
Balkans
Kosovo House Sales Cement Ethnic Divide
Property prices are shooting up on Kosovo's border with Serbia and speculators moving in as ethnic Albanians from Serbia proper move south to purchase the homes of departing Serbs.
17 May 05
Yugoslav Military Flex Muscles In Montenegro
The stand off at Podgorica airport last week highlighted a stream of small-scale confrontations between Belgrade and Podgorica that is increasingly successfully undermining Montenegro's efforts to make its own way in the Balkans.
17 May 05
Albania And Kosovo Celebrate Independence Day
Albania is reluctant to openly support the Kosovo Albanian demands for independence but Albanians on both sides of the border threw themselves into celebrations for Albania's first official Independence Day on November 28.
17 May 05
Tudjman's Legacy Weighs Heavily Round Croatia's Neck
With the demise of its President, Croatia has a chance break with the past and move politically out of the Balkans and into Western Europe. But Franjo Tuijman's legacy will make the years to come difficult ones...
17 May 05
Serbia Bids Au Revoir To France With String Of Bizarre Charges
The arrest of five mercenaries allegedly hired by France to kill Slobodan Milosevic has triggered a flood of bizarre allegations intended to shift the blame for Belgrade's misdeeds onto the backs of the alleged 'assassins'.
17 May 05
The Noose Tightens On Serbia's Independent Media
One year on from the introduction of the Law on Public Information, the Serbian government has stepped up pressure on the independent media yet further, calling for a "decontamination" of the press.
17 May 05
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