By Bernd J. Fischer It has been nearly two years since the death in The Hague of Slobodan Milosevic, the last of the twentieth century Balkan strongmen. The former leader of Serbia had been sent from Belgrade to face trial
By Ilir Meta One of the comments I received a few days ago, after I saluted the initiative undertaken by the European Commission on starting the visa liberalisation negotiations with Serbia, was: Ok, they removed the visas for Serbia, but
By P쭬umb Xhufi “UNMIK Fatigue,” would probably best describe the general state of politics and morale in today’s Kosovo. The most convincing message has now been sent out by the elections of November 17th. The poor turnout in an election
By Dardan Velija Kosovo is going through a deep transition phase. The Kosovar society has never in the history undergone a bigger transformation than the one during these eight years, since the entrance of NATO tropes. The passage from transition
“I am very happy to address this distinguished Assembly. Thank you for extending me the opportunity. I return to Albania today with emotion, a country which, as an Italian and European citizen, I have always felt very close to me.
By VEBI VELIJA All political analysts now agree on the fact that the collapse of communism occurred parallel to the eruption of ethnical issues. National Rights overshadowed Human Rights, and the struggle for power assumed the features of a fight
By Klodjan Seferaj Albania recently announced plans to build its first nuclear power plant, with the government approving a proposal by the US-based firm Westinghouse. The move has the potential to transform the country נplagued by chronic power shortages נinto
By Alba ȥla Kosovo leaders must have forgone all the exhaustion produced by the electoral campaign and the close following of the election days and must have beamed with pleasure at the multiple praising received from the international community. Quiet
TIRANA, Nov. 21 – Opposition Socialist Party has made a request for a motion of Prime Minister Sali Berisha on the last progress report of the European Union. That report deserves a serious debate in the parliament to answer all
By Eda Derhemi During the recent months of negotiation between the Serbian government and the Kosovar Albanian representatives, the newspapers and TV news broadcast in Prishtina, Belgrade and Tirana have been filled with reports of hostile declarations from both Serbian
