Oh, Yugoslavia! How They Long for Your Firm Embrace Sociologists identify a trend across the Balkans they call Yugonostalgia, in which young and old yearn for the past as they struggle with a legacy of wars and economic hardship.
Memo Pad The airline delay rate has averaged 23.95 percent of all domestic flights this year through October, the highest in 12 years.
Interview: EU considers 'safeguards' for Turkish workers Cultural resistance andfear of integrating a large Muslim minority are leading Brussels to consider imposing restrictions on the free movement of Turkish workers when the country eventually joins the EU, Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn told EurActiv in an exclusive interview.
Rethinking Cyprus The chances of finding a settlement to the Cyprus dispute have increased recently, argues writes Hugh Pope, project director of the International Crisis Group (ICG), in the autumn edition of Private View.
'Balkan wars' move to UN court Battlefields are no longer the place to solve conflicts in the Balkans. In recent days and weeks, several bilateral conflicts involving countries in the region, which are also hindering their EU accession prospects, are moving to more dignified surroundings: the International Court of Justice at the UN.
Central & Eastern Europe: A Travel Roundup Olive harvesting in Albania, John Paul II monuments in Poland, a Soviet military hardware cemetery in Moscow and more: Central and Eastern Europe-based bloggers share their recent travel stories and photos.
Montenegro: Dependency on Russia Central Europe Activ reports that “the Russian aluminum king” Oleg Deripaska may close down his Podgorica aluminum plant, “which gives a half of Montenegro’s export capacity.”
Serbia: Asylum Seekers At Belgraded, a rather heated discussion of Serbian asylum seekers: their true numbers, origins and political views.
Montenegro: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Third ... In this submission, Amnesty International provides information under sections B, C and D as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic Review. Amnesty International raises concern over the lack of clarity over what is defined by Montenegrin law as a
Europe and Central Asia: Summary of Amnesty International’s ... This bulletin contains information about Amnesty International’s main concerns in Europe and Central Asia between January and June 2007. Not every country in the region is reported on; only those where there were significant developments in the period covered by the bulletin, or where Amnesty International
MANS Files Criminal Charges Agains Former Police Chiefs The Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector MANS filed, last week, criminal charges against Vladan Laković and Sabro Buzuković, both former heads of Ulcinj police department, for abuse of office and neglect of official duties in the case of usurped public land on the banks of Bojana River.
Easier Access to Healthcare for Disabled Persons The Montenegro Healthcare Fund adopted several new regulations over the past several weeks, to regulate the rights in the area of health insurance in accordance with the Law.
Montenegro Students Can Travel to Croatia Branko Lukovac, Ambassador of Montenegro to Croatia and the State Secretary of Higher Education of Croatia Radovan Fuks signed the Memorandum of Cooperation which covers, among other issues, the cooperation of the two countries in the field of doctoral studies.