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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:57:23 -0500
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Subject: Balkan Insight No. 127

	Balkan Investigative Reporting Network No.127, March 13, 2008
Politics | Kosovo Status | EU Focus | Business Insight | Life & Style
Balkan Insight is a weekly analytical online publication produced by The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN.   PREMIUM CONTENT AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS ONLY! SUBSCRIBE NOW Analysis Macedonia Crisis Imperils NATO Bid Days before Bucharest summit, collapse of ruling coalition threatens to scupper Skopje’s plans to join the Atlantic alliance. By Sinisa Jakov Marusic in Skopje Read more: http://balkaninsight.com/en/main/analysis/8603/ Print Kosovo Transition Off To Muddled Start While Kosovo’s government and the EU mission are eager to assume power, the UN is reluctant to bow out. By Krenar Gashi in Pristina Read more: http://balkaninsight.com/en/main/analysis/8379/ Print Shamed Albania MP Lashes Out At Exposure A deputy from Albania's ruling party assaulted a Balkan Insight editor when he was grilled over a fake law degree. By Besar Likmeta in Tirana Read more: http://balkaninsight.com/en/main/analysis/8578/ Print   Comment Serbs Face Hard Questions in May There is everything to play for in an election in which neither nationalists nor pro-Europeans have convincingly imposed their vision on voters. By Vladimir Todoric in Belgrade Read more: http://balkaninsight.com/en/main/comment/8600/ Print Macedonia Dispute is Not About a Name Even if the two countries agree on a compromise title for the former Yugoslav republic, their disputes will not be solved. By Takis Michas in Athens Read more: http://balkaninsight.com/en/main/comment/8539/ Print   In Depth Ex-Bosnians Battle Deportation Threat Some of the 661 Bosnians recently stripped of their citizenship are contesting their planned deportation back to the Middle East. By Nidzara Ahmetasevic in Sarajevo Read more: http://balkaninsight.com/en/main/analysis/8577/ Print   Business Insight Energy Scarcity Tests Balkan Ties A dip in the Balkan region’s locally-generated power supply has moved energy policy up the diplomatic agenda, as seen in Bulgarian-Macedonian talks over the past week. By Nikolay Petrov in Sofia Read more: http://balkaninsight.com/en/main/analysis/8587/ Print   Real Estate Property Buyers Shrug Off Serbia’s Turmoil Record real estate prices in Belgrade and other Serbian cities are more characteristic of an economy taking flight than a country facing crisis. By Sanja Djordjevic in Belgrade Read more: http://balkaninsight.com/en/main/life_and_style/8589/ Print   BALKAN INSIGHT EDITORIAL TEAM Editor-in-Chief, Gordana Igric goca@...; Editor/Trainer, Marcus Tanner marcusgt@...; Assistant Editor, Ana Petruseva ana@...; The opinions expressed in Balkan Insight are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the publication or of BIRN. BIRN is supported by the Dutch Foreign Ministry, the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, the C.S. Mott Foundation, the Balkan Trust for Democracy, the Rockefeller Brothers foundation and the German Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa). If you have received this newsletter by mistake or no longer wish to receive Balkan Insight, please click here to unsubscribe from our list.   For further details on Balkan Insight and other BIRN projects visit http://www.balkaninsight.com. For details on other BIRN projects visit http://www.birn.eu.com or contact goca@...	In Brief Macedonia Leader Hints At 'Name' Compromise Serbian President Calls New Elections Macedonia Leader Urges Govt Dialogue Albania PM Condemns Attack on BIRN Editor Kosovo "Brain-Gain" Campaign Macedonia Government in Crisis Kosovo's International Hurdles Debated Head of EULEX Arrives in Kosovo Croatia 'To Join EU by 2010' Bulgaria Medics Issue Strike Threat Croatia Postpones Fishing Zone Serb Nationalists Mark Mladic's Birthday NATO Backs Adriatic Charter States Kosovo Serb In War Crimes Arrest Croatia & Montenegro Seek Dispute Ruling Muslim Cleric Urges Montenegro Apology Belgium Invests €100 Million In Bulgaria Colgate To Stop Romania Production Serbia Central Bank Ups Interest Rates Bulgaria Paedophile In Shooting Rampage Thousands Remember Slain Serb PM BIRN Protests Attack On Its Journalist Kosovo Seeks Support At Islamic Summit Macedonia Government Collapses Fresh Talks over Macedonia Name UN Urges Serbia To Cooperate On Customs Serbia’s Stock Market Slides Bosnia Police In Karadzic Raid Shamed Albania MP Lashes Out At Exposure Croatia To Recognise Kosovo 'Next Week' Did You Read? Through Bosnia and Herzegovina British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans recounts his travels through Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1875 insurrection. Read more Print Tourism An Increasingly Popular Destination The Balkans is becoming increasingly popular with holiday-makers from Western Europe. Read more Print Did You Watch The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider In a film full of autobiographical allusions, director Pirro Milkani, takes us on a journey with an Albanian film student in 1960s Czechoslovakia and how the struggle between socialism "with a human face" and that of "an iron fist" leaves him with a personal dilemma. Reviewed by Besar Likmeta Read more Print

 

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