EU Focus: Bulgaria Faces EU Entry Hurdles
Brussels worried by slow pace of reform of judiciary and high level of corruption.
21 Feb 05
Middle East
Kosovars Shrug Off Blame for March Riots
Wave of arrests for violence elicits hostility from most local people.
21 Feb 05
Desperate Albanians Place Faith in Old-Time Healers
Unable to afford hospital treatment, impoverished villagers are turning to local magicians for cures.
21 Feb 05
Europe's Leaky Outer Frontier
European institutions to start spending serious money to defend Serbia’s borders, seen as a bridgehead for illegal immigrants.
21 Feb 05
Jobless Macedonians Risk All in Baghdad
Poverty driving young men to take dangerous, highly-paid work in Iraq.
21 Feb 05
Albania: Pollution Keeps Tourists Away
Shipping accident off Albanian coast does further damage to country’s tourism industry.
21 Feb 05
Boom in Sandzak Capital Turns to Bust
Economic collapse in Novi Pazar threatens to expose region’s simmering social and ethnic tensions.
21 Feb 05
Bosnian Serbs Punish SDS at the Polls
Voters disillusioned with nationalist hardliners give them a wake up call.
21 Feb 05
Scenting Corruption, Investors Shun Romania
Foreign business will think twice about coming to Bucharest until country cleans up its act.
21 Feb 05
Comment: Bulgaria's Border Blues
Bribery and corruption appear routine among officials on what may soon be the gateway to the European Union.
21 Feb 05
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