A selection of Premium articles from BalkanInsight.com:
- Brussels Losing Patience With Macedonia’s Hardline Leaders
Nikola Gruevski is scoring points at home with his populist style and confrontational diplomacy but the EU is far from impressed.
- Croatia’s Sanader Accused of Fathering Corrupt Culture
Before there is any question of a trial, some experts are already pronouncing the ex-premier guilty of presiding over an extensive system of financial favours based on plundering state assets.
- Serbia’s Maverick Foreign Minister Fights For Political Life
Vuk Jeremic is battling to win a vice-presidential post in the ruling Democratic party, but recent gaffes over the Nobel prize and rifts with his boss haven’t helped his chances.
- Dick Marty, Controversial Investigator
Swiss senator has won plaudits in many countries for championing human rights and taking on the CIA over renditions – but among Albanians he is best known for opposing Kosovo’s independence.
- A Bomb Has Finally Exploded in Albania’s Face
In light of the Council of Europe report on KLA crimes in Albania, Tirana must stop ducking responsibility for such abuses and start investigating crimes, whoever committed them.
- Report Links Top Kosovo Officials to Organ Harvesting
A damning report obtained by Balkan Insight names the Kosovo premier as the boss of a crime gang that sold body parts, carried out assassinations and dealt drugs.
- Richard Holbrooke, Balkan Peacemaker
Veteran US diplomat played decisive role in ending wars in Bosnia and Kosovo but questions remain about the legacy of US-led settlements in both countries.
- Opposition Try to Scale Serbia’s ‘Media Blockade’
Parties plan protests in 2011 over the question of fair access to national broadcasters, which has meantime forced them to develop new strategies to reach audiences.
- White Christmas Gives Bosnia’s Winter Wonderlands A Lift
Bosnia’s two best known winter resorts, Bjelasnica and Jahorina, are gearing up for a bumper crop of visitors this year, buoyed by early heavy snowfalls and lower prices.
- Balkan Insight’s Culture Watch Special
* Turning Macedonia’s Fearful World Into Art
Velimir Zernovski discusses tackling prejudice and phobia in art – and insists that there’s never been a better time or place to be socially engaged artist.
* Turkey Breathes New Life Into Serbia’s Ottoman Relics
Ankara is helping to restore the few remaining Ottoman monuments in Serbia not wiped out in a nationalistic frenzy years ago – and most Serbs seem delighted.
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