Kosovo

Sarajevo, 1992-2012: What Future For A Broken Society?

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Bill Clinton, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Bosnian War, Dayton Accords, Sarajevo, Kosovo, Hague Tribunal, Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Partition, Genocide, Religion News

A society that once stood for peace and mutual respect is, for now, free of ongoing collective violence, but has also been shorn of its legacy of intercommunal cooperation. What progress has been made for the ordinary people of Bosnia-Herzegovina?

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A Mother's Dream From War to Peace

Andrée Simon | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Motherhood, Violence Against Women, Kosovo, Mother's Day, Refugees, War, Impact News

This Mother's Day, and every day, my greatest dream for my children is peace and stability. That may not seem like much, but to me, it's everything.

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"Our Land, Our Decision": Kosovo Protests World Bank and U.S. Plans for New Coal

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Environment, Energy, Kosovo, Sierra Club, Coal, World Bank, Coal Plants, Kosovo Coal Plants, Green News

While the U.S. has stopped building new coal plants and has rejected 166 proposed coal plants in the past decade, some of our government institutions are, inexplicably, trying to force new coal plants on other countries.

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PHOTOS: 5-Year-Old Child Rescued In Kosovo Avalanche, Death Toll At 9

AP | FLORENT BAJRAMI | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Video, Kosovo, Asmira Reka, Kosovo Avalanche Rescue, Child Rescued Avalanche, Avalanche Rescue, Kosovo Avalanche, Europe Cold Snap, Cold Snap, European Cold, Ap, World News

RESTELICA, Kosovo (AP) — Rescuers have pulled a 5-year-old girl alive from the rubble of a house flattened by a massive avalanche that killed both h...

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Why Is the State Department Pushing Coal On a Tiny Eastern European Country?

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Energy, Kosovo, Coal, State Department, Kosovo Coal Power, Green News

It is clear that exploring alternative energy options that don't threaten people's health, raise their rates, or threaten unsustainable levels of debt are simply not in the cards at the State Department or the World Bank.

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Alleged Mastermind Of Human Smuggling Ring Charged In N.Y.

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Armchair Detective, Human Smuggling, Smuggling, Trafficking, Kosovo, Deme Nikqi, Organized Crime, Deme Nikqi Arrested, Deme Nikqi Huffington Post, New York, Human Trafficking, Crime News

NEW YORK -- The reputed mastermind of a migrant smuggling ring that allegedly smuggled hundreds of undocumented immigrants from Eastern Europe into th...

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PHOTOS: Photographer Captures Gritty Serbian Life

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Boogie, Photography, Kosovo Independence, Boogie Photography, Nato Bombing, Kosovo, Albania, Genocide, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia, War Photography, Yugoslavia Genocide, Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal, Arts News

The photographer Boogie has found much success with his cinematic portrayals of the grittier side of urban life. He has documented the tortured existe...

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NATO, EU Condemn Serbian Militant Attacks

AP | By SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Kosovo Independence, Kosovo Peacekeepers, Serbia Peacekeepers, Serbia Violence, Kosovo, Nato, Serbia Attacks, Serbia, Nato Serbia, European Union, Serbia Kosovo Border, Serbia Militants, World News

BRUSSELS -- The European Union and NATO on Thursday condemned attacks by Serb militants in Kosovo that have injured 50 NATO peacekeepers and jeopardiz...

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Kosovo: Madam President to the Rescue

Fron Nahzi | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Corruption, Clinton, President Barack Obama, Balkans, Kosova, Kosovo, Un, Eu, World News

With no prior political experience, Ms. Jahjaga went from obscurity to prominence in a matter of days, literally, which may have proven to be a blessing in disguise for her and Kosovo.

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11 Wounded In Clash Between Serbs And Nato Troops

AP | ZVEZDAN DJUKANOVIC | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Kosovo Independence, Nato Serbs, Kosovo, NATO Troops, Serbia, Serbs Kosovo, Former Yugoslavia, Nato Peacekeepers, World News

MITROVICA, Kosovo — NATO peacekeeping forces clashed with Serb protesters in northern Kosovo on Tuesday, leaving 11 people wounded, officials sa...

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Woman on a Mission: Discovering The Affair by Lee Child

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Lee Child, Kosovo, Army, Jack Reacher, The Affair, Marines, Books News

The Affair is rife with testosterone and riddles, laden with beautiful women and bad men, and although brutal, cynical, and provoking, it is a richly satisfying good read.

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EU Forced To Fly Forces To Kosovo Border Crossings

AP | NEBI QENA | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Serbia Kosovo, Kosovo, Albania, Serbia, Hashim Thaci, Serbia Kosovo Border, European Union, Nato Peacekeepers, Serbs, Eu Kosovo, World News

PRISTINA, Kosovo — European Union police in Kosovo used helicopters to ferry staff sent to take charge of border crossings in the north after mi...

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"Victory" in Libya: No Model for U.S. Foreign Policy

Doug Bandow | Posted 10.31.2011

It took the greatest military alliance in history five months to push the Libyan rebels across the finish line. Nevertheless, Western politicians are claiming victory.

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21-Year-Old Kosovo Albanian Admits Killing 2 U.S. Airmen At Airport

AP | DAVID McHUGH and DAVID RISING | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Arid Uka, Kosovo, Nicholas J. Alden, Frankurt Airport Shooting, Frankfurt Airport, Germany, Zachary R. Cuddeback, World News

FRANKFURT, Germany — A Kosovo Albanian man confessed Wednesday to killing two U.S. airmen at the Frankfurt airport, saying in emotional testimon...

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NATO Sends Reserve Force To Kosovo

AP | NEBI QENA | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Serbia, Serbia Kosovo Border Crisis, Serbia Kosovo Border, Serbia Kosovo Relations, Kosovo, Kosovo Serbia Relations, Nato, World News

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Serb protesters briefly stopped NATO's top commander on Tuesday night as he tried to ease tensions in Kosovo after a week of ...

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Kosovo Prime Minister Says Won't Back Away In Serbia-Kosovo Border Crisis

AP | NEBI QENA | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Kosovo Serbia Border, Serbia, Servia Kosovo Border, Serbia Kosovo, Kosovo Serbia, Kosovo, World News

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said Monday he won't back away from his drive to extend authority over the Serb-run nort...

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Mongol Rally: A Defense of Backroads

Grif Peterson | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: Kosovo, Sarajevo, 2big2fail, Mongol Rally, Mostar, Split, Balkans, Travel News

Driving from Split to Mostar by car, we were able to witness the tops of Catholic churches transition slowly to the tips of minarets.

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Serbia Calls For Peace Deal In Kosovo Crisis

AP | By DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: Serbia Kosovo Peace Deal, Kosovo Independence, Kosovo Peace Deal, Kosovo, Kosovo Peace Agreement, Kosovo Crisis, Nato, Kosovo Ethnic Violence, World News

BELGRADE, Serbia -- After a heated 10-hour debate, Serbia's parliament passed a resolution early Sunday calling for a peaceful resolution of the natio...

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PHOTOS: U.S. And Kosovo Students Unite To Restore Jewish Cemetery

Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Good News, Kosovo Jewish Cemetery, Pristina, Students Restore Jewish Cemetery, World News

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) – American and Kosovo students have cleared out debris out of the neglected Jewish cemetery, a lone remaining sign of the dwin...

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Kosovo Islam In Crisis

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Libya, Islam, Arab Spring, Kosovo, Muslim Spring, Sufism, Kosovo Independence, Islam in Kosovo, Radical Islam, Kosovo Muslims, Kosovar Albanian MuslimsArab Spring, Serbian Nationalism, Religion News

Rather than a new outpost of radical Islam, Kosovo may have become the first place in Europe where the spirit of the "Muslim Spring" inspires an outcry against corruption and the accommodation of radicalism.

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Turkish, Israeli Nationals Trafficked Organs, E.U. Claims

AP | By NEBI QENA | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Moshe Harel, Yusuf Sonmez, Turkey, Kosovo, Balkans, European Union, Eu, Israel, Organ Trafficking, World News

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- A European Union prosecutor in Kosovo has indicted a Turkish and an Israeli national for involvement in an international network t...

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Is Life in America More Insane Than a War Zone?

Kelly Moore | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Libya, Bosnia, Sarajevo, War, Misurata, Kosovo, Sniper Alley, Arab Spring, Suffering, World News

Indeed, war is a great equalizer. You all suffer (more or less) equally and there is nothing quite like the camaraderie inherent in suffering.

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Are The Lessons of Kosovo Spreading to Libya?

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Libya, Nato, Kosovo, Libya Airstrikes, Brussels, Muammar Qadaffi, Misurata, Russia, Libyan Rebels, Tripoli, Milosevic, Belgrade, Naples, Reese Schonfeld, World News

The latest reports from NATO sure do read a lot like reports on the NATO raids on Belgrade in 1999, when NATO planes hit infrastructure targets, ending the war in Kosovo and ultimately forcing Serbian President Milosevic to relinquish power.

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The New Face of Microfinance

Nicole Skibola | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Bootstrapping, Bay Area Medical Academy, Kosovo, Microloan, Microfinance, Opportunity Fund, Simonida Cvejic, Impact News

With acknowledgment and talk of new microfinance savings products, financial inclusion for individuals and small businesses will hopefully become a reality for millions of Americans.

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The Non-Imperial Presidency: Obama and Libya

William Bradley | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Libya, Britain, Barack Obama, France, Afghanistan, Nato, George W. Bush, Moammar Gaddafi, Lyndon B. Johnson, Italy, Vietnam, Qatar, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Al Jazeera, United Nations, Thomas Jefferson, Benghazi, Misurata, Tripoli, Kosovo, Restrepo, Tim Hetherington, World News

Newscaster: The failure of today's pre-dawn Special Forces raid in Tripoli to catch or dispatch Moammar Gaddafi leaves the Obama Administration with a...

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