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Fight the good fight (The Economist)

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FROM the Sea of Azov to Aleppo, fighters from the western Balkans are at war. So worried are their governments that laws have been passed to make fighting abroad illegal, and their security services co-operate with foreign ones to monitor them. The numbers are small, but the Balkans looms relatively large on foreign battlefields. Orthodox […]

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Small Balkan scandal (The Economist)

By   /  14/11/2014  /  International  /  No Comments

The EU’s mission in Kosovo is ensnared by corruption claims Nov 15th 2014 | From the print edition KOSOVO is agog and Brussels horrified. Allegations have been made that a judge was bribed in a murder case and the European Union’s police and justice mission, Eulex, failed to investigate properly. Maria Bamieh, the former British […]

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Europe or Russia? (The Economist)

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Vladimir Putin’s visit and a football match rekindle rows in Serbia Oct 18th 2014 | BELGRADE | From the print edition UNDER Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s prime minister, the country is caught between its European ambitions and his autocratic drift. This week’s visit by Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, highlights Serbia’s dilemmas. Its main strategic goal is […]

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Who will be indicted for war crimes? (The Economist)

By   /  08/08/2014  /  International  /  No Comments

War crimes in Kosovo Aug 9th 2014 | PRISTINA | From the print edition THIS is Kosovo’s holiday-and-wedding season, but some in the small Balkan state don’t feel much like celebrating this year. On July 29th Clint Williamson, an American prosecutor leading a special European Union task-force investigating war crimes, came out with a damning […]

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