Week In Review
Russia shuts off gas tap to Ukraine
02/01/2009
A row over the price of natural gas similar to one three years ago led to a cutoff of Russian gas supplies to Ukraine on Thursday.
Macedonian students say university violates their free-speech rights
02/01/2009
Macedonian students protested the closure of a campus radio station and professors' intervention in their traditionally spirited Oration Evenings.
Serbian court confirms sentences for Djindjic's killers
30/12/2008
Serbia's Supreme Court on Monday upheld the sentences of nine people convicted of murdering Zoran Djindjic, but reduced those handed down to three other participants
Serbian government split over gas deal
30/12/2008
Despite being hailed as the deal of the century for Serbia, the energy agreement with Russia and the sale of Petroleum Industry of Serbia (NIS) to Russia's Gazprom are causing huge controversy in Belgrade and serious cracks in the Serbian government.
Ohrid conference targets faster EU accession
30/12/2008
Participants from ten countries in the region discussed efforts to achieve faster EU accession at a conference in Macedonia.
Kosovo set to ban Serbian, BiH imports
29/12/2008
A ban on imports of goods from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina begins on Thursday, in response to the two countries' decision to block products from Kosovo.
BiH's internal demarcation line aids criminals
29/12/2008
Thanks to the country's dual police system, lawbreakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina can often escape arrest just by fleeing from one entity to another.
"Buzmi" a Christmas centerpiece
29/12/2008
In our ongoing series of articles about holiday traditions in the Balkans, we look at the customs observed by Kosovo's Catholics.
