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Kosovo, Gypsy Curse or PTSD: What Really Triggered Serbia's Massacre?

Sasa Milosevic | Posted 04.22.2013 | World
Sasa Milosevic

Many Serbs are not truly interested in the political fate of Kosovo, instead seeing themselves as hostages of Kosovo's drama for decades. It is arguable that these new pressures provoke old wounds and revive dormant traumas.

Serbia And Kosovo Reach Historic Deal

Reuters | Posted 04.19.2013 | World

By Aleksandar Vasovic and Justyna Pawlak BRUSSELS, April 19 (Reuters) - Serbia agreed to cede its last remaining foothold in the count...

Kosovo Activists Project No Coal on World Bank Building

Justin Guay | Posted 04.18.2013 | Green
Justin Guay

You would think the choice to reject dirty energy projects would be easy, given the rhetoric coming from the Bank and its president, Dr. Kim, on the need to fight climate change. But talk is cheap, and Kosovars are sick of the World Bank talking clean but acting dirty.

Tea & Bosnia With Lady Thatcher

Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey | Posted 04.17.2013 | World
Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey

Lady Thatcher invited me to her home as the Special Envoy as well as BiH UN Ambassador. The home, conversation, and the tea served was what one would expect: neat, direct, and English.

Denying Genocide Won't Promote Reconciliation

Richard Dicker | Posted 04.11.2013 | World
Richard Dicker

A public debate at the UN on April 10 will serve up a revisionist denial of the worst killings in Europe since the end of World War II: the ethnic slaughter in the former Yugoslavia that horrified the world in the 1990s.

The Secret History of Yugoslavia

John Feffer | Posted 04.08.2013 | Books
John Feffer

The Secret History is a compelling account of the court intrigues of a treacherous emperor in a crumbling empire.

Finding a Normal Path in Serbia

John Feffer | Posted 03.19.2013 | World
John Feffer

Even today, the country in Europe with the largest population of internally displaced persons (IDP) is Serbia. More than a decade after the end of the wars in former Yugoslavia, more than 200,000 people remain in limbo in Serbia.

Five Years of Kosova Independence

Rep. Eliot Engel | Posted 04.21.2013 | World
Rep. Eliot Engel

February 17 marked the fifth anniversary of Kosova's independence. It has been a honor and a pleasure to stand by the people of Kosova as they have moved from tragedy to triumph over the last 20 years. But the struggle is not yet over.

Kosovo Celebrates 5 Years Of Independence

AP | NEBI QENA | Posted 02.17.2013 | World

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo celebrated the fifth anniversary of their declaration of independence from Serbia with a parade of poli...

New Ads Highlight World Bank's Deadly Coal Plans for Kosovo

Justin Guay | Posted 04.08.2013 | Green
Justin Guay

Despite the World Bank president Dr. Kim's high-profile calls to tackle climate change, the institution continues to barrel forward with its support for a dirty new coal plant in Kosovo. Local civil society has made its opposition to these plans abundantly clear.

Serbia's Path to Europe

John Feffer | Posted 03.20.2013 | World
John Feffer

For many in Serbia, the real question about EU integration is not the relationship with Pristina but what kind of state Serbia wants to be. Back in October, I talked with Srdjan Majstorovic, the deputy director of the EU Integration Office, about this issue.

World Bank-backed Coal Plant Threatens Water Crisis in Kosovo

Justin Guay | Posted 03.19.2013 | Green
Justin Guay

The canal, the economic heart of Kosovo, supports households and agricultural activities in this young nation. Negative impacts on this critical water source would threaten the very fabric of life in Kosovo.

Nursing Transparency in Former Soviet Republics

Kenneth F. Bunting | Posted 03.04.2013 | World
Kenneth F. Bunting

In this email response to the director of a freedom of information NGO in the Republic of Georgia, Giorgi Kldiashvili, civic-minded and engaged Americans may see little that is new to them. But, perhaps, it will serve as a reminder about the derivation of some of our precious freedoms.

Serbia's Future: Back to the Past?

John Feffer | Posted 02.05.2013 | World
John Feffer

Sonja Biserko does not mince words about what Serbia must do to change course. We were talking on a warm Saturday afternoon in late September in one of the many cafes of the Terazije, the pedestrian concourse that runs through the middle of Belgrade.

Worldwide, Communities Defying King Coal's Global Expansion

Justin Guay | Posted 01.20.2013 | Green
Justin Guay

For the past few years, the Beyond Coal campaign has been working with local activists across the United States to finally move our country off coal. But now coal companies are in a dead sprint to build 1,231 new dirty coal-fired power plants worldwide.

With Paralysis Seizing the UN on Syria -- Is It Time for NATO to Take a View?

Michael Kay | Posted 12.24.2012 | World
Michael Kay

Whilst China and Russia besiege the Security Council by placing their own national interests ahead of the Syrian population, the other three fifths who hold permanent status may just have another card to play.

Rivals Clash on Foreign Policy

David L. Phillips | Posted 12.23.2012 | Politics
David L. Phillips

Despite sharp rhetoric, the debate revealed striking areas of agreement between the candidates.

Setting The Stage: The Kosovo National Ballet (PHOTOS)

Seyward Darby | Posted 09.22.2012 | Arts
Seyward Darby

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Dozens In Hospital After Violent Kosovo Clashes

Reuters | Posted 08.28.2012 | World

By Fatos Bytyci and Aleksandar Vasovic PRISTINA/BELGRADE, June 28 (Reuters) - More than 50 people were injured in clashes on Thursday ...

Kosovo: It's Business, Not Personal

Fron Nahzi | Posted 06.18.2012 | World
Fron Nahzi

Even under these dark rumors of Asanaj's complicity in illicit deals, the Kosovar public has demanded justice for his hideous death. They were looking for a compassionate face to a system that has failed them time after time.

Peacekeepers Clash With Angry Serb Protesters

AP | ZVEZDAN DJUKANOVIC | Posted 08.01.2012 | World

ZVECAN, Kosovo — NATO-led peacekeepers on Friday exchanged fire with angry Serb protesters seeking to prevent international troops from removing...

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

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 05.30.2012 | Religion
Stephen Schwartz

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?

A Mother's Dream From War to Peace

Andrée Simon | Posted 07.10.2012 | Impact
Andrée Simon

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.

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

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 05.30.2012 | Green
Mary Anne Hitt

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.

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

AP | FLORENT BAJRAMI | Posted 04.13.2012 | World

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...