http://www.neurope.eu The Balkan Line - New Europe News: The European News Source. en-us Copyright The Media Company S.A. info@neurope.eu (New Europe) kgougakis@neurope.eu (Kostas Gougakis) Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:34:00 +0300 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:34:00 +0300 New Europe New Europe 5 http://www.neurope.eu/images/logo.jpg http://www.neurope.eu 100 35 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90182.php Kosovorsquo;s independence was called as a special case by the Western powers while Russia had warned it as a dangerous ldquo;precedentrdquo; earlier this year but European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Tuesday October 14 dismissed Moscowrsquo;s ldquo;Kosovordquo; comparison with the ldquo;South Ossetia and Abkazia rdquo; as baseless. Addressing a joint... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Opinion http://www.neurope.eu/articles/90182.php Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/83833.php  Which presidential hopeful will best lead the US into a new era will not necessarily be the best for its foreign policy in the Balkans. The US has maintained hegemonic policy in the Balkans throughout the 1990s fueling turmoil and just recently supported another break-up in the region - Kosovos... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Opinion http://www.neurope.eu/articles/83833.php Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/83514.php With most Western Balkan states heading towards EU membership its worrying that a well-known drug trafficking route running through the heart of the region is a driving factor of Europes black economy and is adapting to new economic demands. The traditional Balkan Route used by organised criminals to import drugs... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Opinion http://www.neurope.eu/articles/83514.php Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/83293.php  The initial thrill that Kosovo Albanians expressed last week after their long-awaited declaration of independence may soon die down as the real challenges of state-building surface. There is no turning back. They are now faced with working alongside the EU to transform their dilapidated contentious state into a self-governing internationally-respected... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Opinion http://www.neurope.eu/articles/83293.php Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/80217.php I have read your article entitled Bosnias status quo finale November 18th by Elisabeth Maragoula and would like to take this opportunity to clarify the position of the government of Republika Srpska RS on the issues that have been mentioned in the article. The RS government is not against streamlining... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Opinion http://www.neurope.eu/articles/80217.php Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:44:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/80081.php Anticipating tomorrows political arena in the Balkans is nearly impossible; but one thing is for certain: Bosnias political status quo is not functional. The country is facing its worst political crisis in the last 12 years which is fuelling an economic downturn and heightened ethnic tensions. The Dayton Accords ended... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Opinion http://www.neurope.eu/articles/80081.php Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:05:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/79829.php Insecurity over their future status intensifying ethnic loyalties a flawed arena for elections and below par social and economic conditions are several of the difficulties Kosovo citizens are facing as they mull voting on November 17 in the provinces third parliamentary elections alongside municipal elections.Debate over Kosovos status - in... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Opinion http://www.neurope.eu/articles/79829.php Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:28:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/78826.php In the wake of the nationalist struggle for Kosovo the recent failure of the Serb government and police to prevent neo-Nazis from causing a ruckus in the multicultural city of Novi Sad is a serious problem as things may soon heat up among even-more threatening groups. The Vojvodina-based neo-Nazi group... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Opinion http://www.neurope.eu/articles/78826.php Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:55:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/78585.php More than eight years after NATO pounded Serbia and Montenegro with cluster bombs in the Kosovo war the organisation last month finally released its target data including 218 sets of coordinates so groups like the Serbian Centre for Demining can get down to work to save more lives from being... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Opinion http://www.neurope.eu/articles/78585.php Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:46:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/78351.php Travel through Europe is slated to get easier and cheaper for Balkan citizens but much more is needed. When Milosevic was in power the lines in front of the embassies were explained by the political circumstances in the former Yugoslavia. Today is 2007; Milosevic is not in power anymore and... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Opinion http://www.neurope.eu/articles/78351.php Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:52:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/77872.php Calls by international envoys last week for ldquo;fresh ideasrdquo; and ldquo;realistic proposalsrdquo; for Kosovorsquo;s future status may be too late. The diametrically-opposed Belgrade and Pristina delegations made no progress meeting separately with troika envoys US EU and Russia on September 18 and 19 in bridging the gap between their respective... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Opinion http://www.neurope.eu/articles/77872.php Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:06:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/77845.php Last weekrsquo;s headlines of a shootout at a jewellery store outside Pristina and a fatal clash with police in neighbouring FYROM former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia near the Kosovo border are examples of regional insecurity. Distrust is mounting as impatience builds over the question of Kosovorsquo;s future - status quo... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Opinion http://www.neurope.eu/articles/77845.php Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:55:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/77554.php The Kosovo issue may just make or break the European Union. With more than 1.6 billion Euro in EU funds poured into Serbias southernmost province since 1999 Kosovo still has rampant crime higher than 40 percent unemployment and no tangible state status. While the current status quo is unsustainable a... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Opinion http://www.neurope.eu/articles/77554.php Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:48:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/77217.php In a last-minute bid to push Belgrade and Pristina to agree on a final status for Kosovo troika envoys met in Vienna separately with the two delegations on August 30 in what looked like more dead-end talks. This fresh 120-day round of jawboning diplomacy comes following Russias threat to veto... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Opinion http://www.neurope.eu/articles/77217.php Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:34:00 +0300