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The Fireworks of the Global Economic Crisis

05 January 2009 | By Besar Likmeta in Tirana

The economic crunch could have some good side effects after all.


Two Kosovo Serbs Injured In Mitrovica
05 January 2009 |

Two Kosovo Serbs were attacked by a group of Albanians in Mitrovica, local police say, the latest skirmish in the tense divided town.

Macedonia PM: “Name” Silence Echoes Nazi Era
05 January 2009 |

The European Union's silence over Greece' veto to Macedonia’s NATO membership bid echoes the complacency of Europe to the agressive policies of Nazi Germany before World War Two, Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski told local media.

Justice Report Meets its Goals This Year
05 January 2009 |

 In 2008 BIRN-Justice Report visited ten cantonal and district courts publishing series of articles under Local Justice under Spotlight title. It also started broadcasting Radio Justice.

By Merima Husejnovic




Justice Report




Top story

Macedonia PM: “Name” Silence Echoes Nazi Era

Skopje | 05 January 2009
Nikola Gruevski
Nikola Gruevski 

The European Union's silence over Greece' veto to Macedonia’s NATO membership bid echoes the complacency of Europe to the agressive policies of Nazi Germany before World War Two, Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski told local media.


Two Kosovo Serbs Injured In Mitrovica

Belgrade | 05 January 2009

Two Kosovo Serbs were attacked by a group of Albanians in Mitrovica, local police say, the latest skirmish in the tense divided town.

Croatia EU Timeframe Not Set In Stone - Slovenia

Zagreb | 05 January 2009

The timeframe for the end of Croatia's European Union accession negotiations should be taken lightly, said Slovene President Danilo Tuerk, pointing to the outstanding issue of Slovenia's border dispute with its southern neighbour.


Analysis

Montenegro Real Estate Boom Turns to Bust locked

| 26 December 2008 | By Milorad Milosevic in Podgorica

As once buoyant property market cashes, country awakens from year-long post-independence party to nasty hangover.

Macedonia Carries its 2008 Burdens into 2009 locked

| 25 December 2008 | By Sinisa-Jakov Marusic in Skopje
Skopje, Macedonia
Skopje, Macedonia

The country’s chances of meeting the priorities that it missed in 2008 next year look slim.

Albanians Rediscover Joy of Holidays in Balkans locked

| 22 December 2008 | By Ben Andoni in Tirana
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik

Holidaymakers who once rushed Westwards or to North Africa with their swimsuits and towels are now taking vacations closer to home, lured by the deals on offer in the neighbourhood.

A Year of Progress over War Crimes

| 24 December 2008 | By Aida Alic in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo

In 2008 the War Crimes Chamber of the State Court worked intensively on processing war crime indictees, resulting in a number of arrests and indictments and jail sentences totalling more than 600 years.

 

In less than a week Romania's capital set three new records, which are now to enter Guinness Book of World Records.


Macedonia presented the first in a series of  tourism promotion adverts that will start running on CNN this week to showcase the Balkan country's cultural and natural treasures.


Albanian businessman Saimir Mane has brought the master franchise for the real estate firm RE/MAX International, for both Albania and Macedonia, the company announced on Friday.



More and more clubs in Belgrade are catering to the growing popularity of Salsa, Tango and Rumba.


Read the articles by the ten journalists selected from Southeast Europe to participate in the 2008 programme of the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence here.


A 16-year-old former reality show contestant won Albania's song festival on Sunday, securing a ticket for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow.