The Republic of Macedonia is 20 years Old

By Sam VakninAuthor of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" The Republic of Macedonia is 20 years old: an adult with the problems and promises that characterize early puberty. The country now has a young and dynamic leadership which has succeeded to transform ...

Can the Albanians in Macedonia be Bought off?

The once and future Prime Minister of Macedonia, Nikola Gruevski, has surrendered large swathes of his government to his Albanian coalition partners, DUI, the political incarnation of the rugged insurgents who roiled the country in an armed conflict in 2001. Even the...

Kosovo Unveils Statue in Honour of Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton was a special guest in Kosovo today to attend the unveiling of a 11 foot statue in his honour.  Majority Ethnic Albanians see Bill Clinton as a national hero. Kosovo, a former Province of...

Out of hiding, many Kosovars escape Islam to embrace Christianity

"By Fatos Bytyci KLINA, Kosovo (Reuters) - Hundreds of Kosovar Albanians gather on Sundays to attend religious services in a still unfinished red-brick church in the Kosovo town of Klina. Turning away from the majority Muslim faith imposed by the Ottoman Turks centuries ago,...

Kosovo leaders kidnapped Serbs and sold their organs, UN pressured not to pro...

"Kosovo leaders kidnapped Serbs and sold their organs, UN pressured not to prosecute them"Sensational and totally ignored by the main stream mediaWhile one of the leaders of Kosovo Albanian terrorists - Ramush Haradinaj - was cleared of charges by UNTribunal, a former war...

Mixed Reports of the US Embassy Riots in Belgrade

On Thursday, rioters set fire to the US Embassy in Belgrade. News sources are mixed, however, as to the significance of this event. The BBC's coverage highlights what they view as the reluctance of Serb authorities and gendarmes to crack down on the violence. "Gangs of...

Serbia Sends "Strong Protest" over EU mission While Kosovo Celebrates

Kosovo's independence will be marked appropriately with joy and razor wire. " Kosovo will be the 6th state carved from the Serb-dominated federation since 1991, after Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Montenegro, and the last to escape Serbia's embrace.The Serbs vow...

50 Cent Plays Concert in Kosovo

Is 'the ghetto' the same worldwide? Curtis 'Fiddy' Jackson suggests that his own American gangsterpeneur experience allows youth in violence-plagued regions such as Kosovo, Iraq, Israel, and Beirut to identify...

EU Hopes to be Hero in Kosovo

As we speak the EU is having what will probably be the shortest European Union summit so far, with it having started at ten and due to get out shortly after lunch. Many hope this is a sign that the ‘new EU’ promised by the tightening-up of the reform treaty has arrived....

Free Kosovo – without a fight

"Kosovo's Serbs say the province is the cradle of their civilization and ought to remain part of Serbia, while Albanians will accept nothing less than full independence. Even skilled mediator Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland appointed as a UN special envoy in...

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