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As Power of Media Rises, the Deadliest Year for Journalists

David Hoffman | Posted 05.01.2013 | Media
David Hoffman

May 3rd marks World Press Freedom Day. While we pause to honor those journalists who have been killed or imprisoned, it is important to realize the growing role media play in global politics and the changes that are redefining what it means to be a journalist.

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...

The Orwellian Warfare State of Carnage and Doublethink

Norman Solomon | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics
Norman Solomon

The same U.S. news media that are conveying the preciousness of children so terribly harmed in Boston are scarcely interested in children like Guljumma.

Life Under Sanctions

John Feffer | Posted 04.17.2013 | World
John Feffer

If you want the people of Iran to rise up against their leaders, why give the leadership an easy target to blame for the economic conditions that adversely affect the standard of living of average people?

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.

Democracy Is Not Enough

John Feffer | Posted 03.29.2013 | World
John Feffer

It has not been easy for the countries of East-Central Europe to establish stable, functioning democracies. Strong-arm leaders -- like Victor Orban in Hungary or, until recently, Vaclav Klaus in the Czech Republic -- have persistent appeal.

A Tale of Two Reforms

John Feffer | Posted 05.18.2013 | World
John Feffer

Slovenia and Bulgaria are, respectively, the best-case scenario and the cautionary example of "transition" states. Both have struggled to transform communist-era economic and political structures. Both are now members of the European Union and NATO.

Erased and Forgotten

John Feffer | Posted 05.12.2013 | World
John Feffer

One of the most remarkable and disturbing aspects of the Erasure in Slovenia was that it took nearly a decade before it became a public issue.

Becoming Erased

John Feffer | Posted 05.11.2013 | World
John Feffer

When Yugoslavia fell apart in the early 1990s, most people simply became citizens of what had once been constituent republics: Croatia, Bosnia, and so on. But for some, it was not a simple process at all.

High Times in Yugoslavia

John Feffer | Posted 05.06.2013 | World
John Feffer

In 1968, protests erupted around the world. The protestors, most of them part of a new generation, demanded an end to war and dictatorships. Yugoslavia experienced youth protests in 1968 as well, though they too proceeded along a different trajectory.

The Oracle of Belgrade

John Feffer | Posted 02.16.2013 | World
John Feffer

When I sat down with Sonja Licht in Belgrade in 1990, it was like visiting the Oracle at Delphi. And her predictions of the future were not bright at all.

Reconnecting the Balkans

John Feffer | Posted 02.12.2013 | World
John Feffer

In this interview, Vojko Volk talked about the challenges that Slovenia currently faces, particularly in the economic realm. On this issue in particular, he has had some second thoughts over the years.

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.

Following the ICTY Verdict, What Does the Future Hold for Those Working Towards Reconciliation in the Balkans?

Julie Biro | Posted 01.28.2013 | World
Julie Biro

Reconciliation in the Balkans will only be possible through work being carried out by the region's civil society on the ground. Time will be needed in order to overcome the shock and to rediscover the energy necessary in building a shared memory of this painful past.

Reasons to Stay Together

Jasmina Tesanovic | Posted 01.05.2013 | World
Jasmina Tesanovic

Where is the good in the atomization of the world? In building walls, constructing differences, implementing ideologies, confronting religions, imposing control through language? We have plenty of experience of that.

What's Not at the Museum of Broken Relationships

John Feffer | Posted 12.22.2012 | World
John Feffer

Maybe the end of Yugoslavia was just too obvious a broken relationship to memorialize. Maybe it was too controversial. Or maybe it would have generated enough items to necessitate another entire museum space.

Revisiting the Clinton Doctrine

Robert Hardaway | Posted 08.19.2012 | Politics
Robert Hardaway

However one might feel about the Clinton presidency as a whole, one salient fact highlights his two four year terms in office -- namely that he never sent massive contingents of ground troops to deal with a perceived foreign threat.

Who Profits From Acts of Design?

Jasmina Tesanovic | Posted 09.25.2012 | World
Jasmina Tesanovic

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Fit To Be Tried For Genocide

Reuters | Posted 09.12.2012 | World

AMSTERDAM, July 13 (Reuters) - The war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic will resume on Monday after doctors determined that ...

Mladic Threatened To Kill Civilians, Says U.N. Official

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 07.10.2012 | World

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Gen. Ratko Mladic threatened to wipe out the civilian populations of enclaves in eastern Bosnia, in a chilling foreshadowing...

Bosnia: Shame on Us All

Rebecca Tinsley | Posted 07.08.2012 | World
Rebecca Tinsley

On the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Bosnian war we should feel anger and shame because 'the international order' is still ignoring those warning signs when they occur. We should also acknowledge the human consequences of the West's failure in Bosnia.

Women To Win Record Number Of Seats In Election

AP | Posted 12.05.2011 | World

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia -- Women are set to walk away with a record number of seats in Slovenia's parliamentary election. Preliminary results Monday indi...

Croatian Serb Leader Pleads Not Guilty To Balkan War Crimes

AP | By MIKE CORDER | Posted 10.24.2011 | World

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The wartime leader of rebel Serbs in Croatia pleaded not guilty Wednesday at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal to charges of ...

Serbia Arrests Last Balkan War Crimes Fugitive

AP | JOVANA GEC | Posted 09.19.2011 | World

BELGRADE, Serbia — He was on the run for seven years, the last Serbian fugitive sought by the U.N.'s Balkan war crimes tribunal. Goran Hadzic, ...

U.N. Court Upholds Yugoslav War Crimes Spokeswoman's Conviction

AP | Posted 09.18.2011 | World

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- An appeals court of the U.N. Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has upheld the conviction of a former prosecution spokeswoman for ...