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Awaiting an independence day The battle between autonomy and complete independence has reached its finishing stages close to the shores of the Adriatic. The autonomy lobby includes Serbia backed by the Russia while the independence lobby is filled with allied westerners like the European Union and the United States. Yesterday, the deadline for the extended [...]

Awaiting an independence day The battle between autonomy and complete independence has reached its finishing stages close to the shores of the Adriatic. The autonomy lobby includes Serbia backed by the Russia while the independence lobby is filled with allied westerners like the European Union and the United States. Yesterday, the deadline for the extended [...]

It is a near criminal offense to tie up disabled persons, especially children in their cribs to prevent self-inflicting injuries. But, this is a common occurrence in Serbian psychiatric units. Years of civil wars across the region since the 1990s have made Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia) struggle for economic recovery. The report by the US-based human [...]

. If European leaders were hoping that the Balkans would not burst into flames once again, it seems they are in for a disappointment. Only days ago the situation was different. The pro-west Tadic had won the Serbian presidency and there was hope all around that Serbia would be coaxed into accepting Kosovan independence, which [...]

Kosovo, a long disputed region of Southeastern Europe has finally declared independence after a tumultuous period of violence and bloodshed. Kosovo was earlier recognized as an integral part of Serbia under the name of Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, but what comes as a result of inter-ethnic clashes and the marked conflict with Serbia [...]

The events played out in Kosovo seem to be the handiwork of two master puppeteers, one the US and the west; the other Russia. One might say that it is a local Serbian problem. True, but Serbia and Kosovan Serbs would not become so emboldened as to attack UN policemen without the tacit backing of [...]