Middle East

Kosovo: UN Lays Down Conditions

Last month's violent riots have not shaken the internationals' determination to make Kosovo's leadership play by their rules.

21 Feb 05

A recent shootout has provoked demands for a revamp of Kosovo’s international police

21 Feb 05

Workers struggling to make ends meet at home are heading for western European countries in unprecedented numbers.

21 Feb 05

Love is in the air in the Balkans - if the Eurovision Song Contest is anything to go by.

21 Feb 05

The international community’s flagging interest in the Balkans could undermine media development and democracy in the region.

21 Feb 05

Failure to join PfP programme could result in dismissals and even constitutional changes to Republika Srpska.

21 Feb 05

Brussels worried by slow pace of reform of judiciary and high level of corruption.

21 Feb 05

Wave of arrests for violence elicits hostility from most local people.

21 Feb 05

Unable to afford hospital treatment, impoverished villagers are turning to local magicians for cures.

21 Feb 05

European institutions to start spending serious money to defend Serbia’s borders, seen as a bridgehead for illegal immigrants.

21 Feb 05

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