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When discussing the Balkans, the tolerant multiculturalism is allowed to act out his repressed racism.

Mr Milic says that when he took the job he was told that Al Jazeera's only interest in the Balkans was to fill a gap in the market.

That EU members often do not live up to the rules is no reason for the Balkans not to do so.

For the western Balkans the transition from years of disintegration and war never seems to end.

I believe that force can be justified on humanitarian grounds, as it was in the Balkans, or in other places that have been scarred by war.

Greek, referred to in southeastern Europe, Greece, on the Balkans, southwest near the Aegean sea Ionian sea and the Mediterranean's love.

In the Balkans he made a treaty with King Milutin of Serbia, but he had to face continued pressure from Bulgaria.

A resentful Serbia may be unable to start another war, but it could still cause trouble across the Balkans.

Take the Balkans. In mid-December, efforts to negotiate the peaceful separation of Kosovo from Serbia are likely to run out of road.

Germany has helped to stabilise the Balkans and is the only non-permanent member of the Security Council working on Iran's nuclear threat.

The Biden visit is an opportunity for America and the EU to push the western Balkans forward together. If they are up to it.

Back in the 1990s, the Balkans seemed so easy, at least to Mr Blair, if not to everyone.

the Balkans was a fabulous place to start. Why ? Well of course there was the issue of law and order collapsing.

The rest of the men came from other parts of Britain and mainland Europe, possibly from France, Germany, the Balkans, or the Mediterranean.

Spain is the only country in which a clear majority supports the idea of the EU giving financial assistance to the Balkans.

In two years it will be a century since the Turks were finally ejected from the Balkans after more than 500 years.

To the south, there are fellow Slavs and Orthodox Christians in the Balkans to be incorporated into a Greater Russian empire.

In the Balkans progress tends to be painfully slow.

Admittedly, there is no serious appetite for a new war in the Balkans, even among the most radical Serb nationalists.

And said the use of force was justified in the Balkans in the 1990s on humanitarian grounds.

Similarly, as a result of Kosovo, the Balkans changed. Countries there can think of a future in the European Union.

He accused Mr Clinton of squandering America's power by getting bogged down in the Balkans.

Backed by Slav Russia, Serbia saw herself as the only independent hope for Slavs living under foreign rule in the Balkans.

The Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, waxes lyrical about a "golden age" of the Balkans with Turkey.

It wasn't all good news in Europ, however . There was heavy snow in the Balkans, and parts of northeastern Italy on Monday and Tuesday .

Val: Oh really? Why we don't see Chinese or Russian soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan, Balkans and all over the Middle East.

As NATO dropped its bombs over Serbia, there was a genuine risk that conflict might engulf the Balkans and possibly Russia.

Only then can it be sure of a peaceful and happy future for both Kosovo and the rest of the western Balkans.

When it comes to fighting organised crime, the states of the western Balkans have much to do.

So, since the collapse of the Soviet Union, have former communist countries in the Caucasus and the western Balkans.

Stabilizing the western Balkans is regarded by the trans-Atlantic nations as a crucial step in bolstering long-term European security.

This huge shift in the daily life of the western Balkans is happening without fanfare. Few people have even noticed it.

Still, freedom was on the march in 16 countries, notably in the Balkans, where Montenegro is now considered free, and Kosovo is partly free.

ONLY a few months ago a deep gloom hung over the western Balkans.

China's state credit and export insurer, Sinosure, is to cover political risks, which still cannot be dismissed in the Balkans.

You had the creation of new states in Eastern Europe , the former Yugoslav republics and the Balkans , and the 'stans of central Asia .

More than the western Balkans and Turkey are at stake: watching in the wings are other would-be applicants, from Ukraine to the Caucasus.

Anyone who imagines that the Arab uprisings herald a short or smooth transition to democracy should take a glance at the western Balkans.

Yet from the Baltic to the Balkans, even politicians facing the most startling accusations of corruption seem not to suffer at the polls.

Even if these regions aren't part of the E. U. , they are becoming part of its sphere of influence . Just take the Balkans .

Albanians in the Balkans on the ancient inhabitants were descendants of Ilya. 4 century AD, was a part of the Eastern Roman Empire.

The number of "missing girls" doubled in Europe and Central Asia (mainly in the Balkans and the Caucasus), from a low base.

After the War, the Balkans remained as a divided and conservative peninsula.

The unique climate in the region makes it one of the most favorable for viticulture on the Balkans .

Many of these dishes are typical of the Balkans and indeed the Mediterranean, but some are local specialties.

Trade-offs between them are being proposed, some involving issues unrelated to the Balkans, such as Iran.

Across the Ottoman empire, from the Balkans to Anatolia to Palestine, Christians and Muslims mingled peaceably at shared sacred places.

For analysts of hate radio and its antidotes, the Balkans provide evidence of what works.

He also shows how the Western powers who intervened in the Balkans found themselves drawn into ugly tradeoffs.

If Serbia ends its EU bid, it will head into isolation, and may drag all of the western Balkans with it.

Enlargement of the EU and NATO has helped stabilise Europe's borderlands, with mostly European troops and police these days in the Balkans.

Around us [Bulgaria], it is better not to forget Bosnia and Kosovo, which are copies of those ideas in the Balkans.

Close to Istanbul, the hauntingly beautiful city of Edirne is Turkey's true gateway to Europe and the Balkans.

The truth is that all countries in the western Balkans are in some degree of trouble at the moment .

America remains involved in the western Balkans and on European energy security; shamefully, few Europeans are so attentive.

The Conservatives said Hague would discuss Afghanistan, the Middle East, Iran and the Balkans, during the Clinton meeting.

Elsewhere in the western Balkans, applications from Macedonia and Montenegro are pending, and Croatia's membership talks have stalled.

But I know if we let matters drift this could become the Balkans of the next world war.

Croatia is a crescent-shaped country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans.

That reflects the changes in the countries that have joined the EU and those in the Balkans that are eager to join.

Austria is the political, economic, cultural centres, the capital of Lower Austria. railway hub to the Balkans , the Danube port.

Its manager, Bojan Boskovic, talks of turning Novi Sad into the Edinburgh of the Balkans. He is speaking of culture, not politics.

EACH November the European Commission issues reports on candidates for European Union membership from the western Balkans.

It is a stereotype , but none the less true, that the Balkans is a powder keg needing only a single spark to explode.

EVERYONE in the Balkans loves a good conspiracy theory, especially one that involves energy pipelines and military bases.

The majority of the active cases, Myers said, involve Central and South America, Haiti, the Balkans and Africa.

Rasmussen also noted in a statement, NATO will remain committed to peace and stability in the Balkans.

It's on Russia's southern border, in a region as ethnically charged as the Balkans.

Many conflicts are fought between rival bands of shambolic, murderous guerrillas, as in the Balkans and Libya.

The successors of the eastern Roman Empire, they start in control of western Turkey, Greece and the Southern Balkans.

Perhaps it will serve as an exemplary model of sober remembrance in the Balkans in years to come.

The writer is author of The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers.

Koc's food-retailing business, Migros, has expanded throughout the Balkans and the former Soviet Union.

Visoki Decani is one of the most beautiful places in the Balkans. The church was built between 1327 and 1335.

The constant threat against Rome and the Italian industrial centers would cause unrest through the Balkans and other portions of Europe.

It also shows the hypocrisy and duplicity of the US policy in dealing with the Serb plight in the Balkans.

Even racism is now reflexive. Consider the Balkans.

In the Balkans, Mr Glenny argues, state power in several countries was virtually subordinated to criminal power.

BH is located in the western Balkans, bordering Croatia to the north and south-west, and Serbia and Montenegro to the east.

America and western Europe should certainly be criticised for failing to avert the terrible events in Rwanda and the Balkans .

Yet those who think the outlook for the Balkans is improving know it could easily deteriorate again.

Greek exports of fish, vegetables, and medical equipment lost ground to products from northern Europe and the Balkans.

There had been internecine warfare in the Balkans.

Now the Balkans have turned full circle, back to negotiations over Kosovo's final status.

Turkey is also active again in its old stamping-ground in the Balkans, especially in Bosnia and Kosovo.

But no Western government has the stomach for a protracted land war in the Balkans.

Nationals of the western Balkans (bar Kosovars) can get short-stay visa waivers to enter Schengen.

Throughout the 1990s the Americans and Europeans were extremely reluctant to get involved in the Balkans.

Brussels is indifferent at best, and divided at worst, when it comes to pressing issues in the Balkans.

Much as others in the western Balkans may resent it, Serbia and Croatia are the two countries that matter most in the region.

"The US is the opposite of the Balkans, " says the Lexington Institute's Mr Thompson.

Much as others in the western Balkans may resent it, Serbia and Croatia are the two countries that matter most in the region.

In the Balkans visas and passports are not a mere technicality, but the stuff of high politics.

And now the alliance is busier than ever: it keeps the peace in the Balkans and guards the sea lanes to Europe.

My respect for those who today follow the same path in Iraq and Afghanistan, Libya and the Balkans is unbounded.

Socor says that oil and gas pipelines advocated by Russia in the Balkans will add to Western Europe's dependence on Russian supplied energy.

The EU hopes of the western Balkans were looking poor, but have now brightened.

Just take the Balkans. Croatia, Serbia Bosnia, they're not members of the E. U. yet.

economics aside , political risk still clouds the outlook in the balkans and beyond.

In his memory, the New York Times reprinted an article Mr Holbrooke had written in 1999 about the Balkans.

In his memory, the New York Times reprinted an article Mr Holbrooke had written in 1999 about the Balkans.

Kosovars are now the only people in the Balkans without this.

lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers.

It could cut Germany's route to the East, unlock the Balkans and open up Russia via the Black Sea.

This would connect the gas-rich Caspian region with central Europe, via Turkey and the Balkans.

TRADE spats in the Balkans can be the harbingers of war.

What is not clear is whether people from one part of the Balkans are still interested in the others.

The next few weeks are busy in the Balkans.

We still have much to do in the Balkans.

It gave the Allies advanced air bases from which to bomb the Balkans and central Europe .

It gave the Allies advanced air bases from which to bomb the Balkans and central Europe .

Jane's Sentinel Security Assessments: The Balkans.

Much is going well in the western Balkans.

The ghost of the Balkans may return to haunt the continent .

This year the BBC closed its last local-language radio services in the Balkans.

The Middle East chuntered on, of course, and the Balkans smouldered.

Romania in the Balkans northeast of South-Eastern Europe.

Next comes some reordering of the Balkans.

We will remain dedicated to advancing stability and democracy in the Balkans and to resolving conflicts in the Caucasus and in Cyprus.

Travel note: I am back to the Balkans this week, attending conferences in Istanbul and Athens.

Travel note: I am back to the Balkans this week, attending conferences in Istanbul and Athens.

I recently returned from a tour of the Balkans.

9 New provinces added, including ones to the Balkans, Arabia, Africa and India.

A similar pull is at work in Turkey and the western Balkans, and even as far afield as Ukraine and the Caucasus.

Invincible saw action in the Falklands conflict, the Balkans and the Gulf in the late 1990s.

But the most spectacular cases are still in the Balkans.

The western Balkans are another source of danger.

For instance, when I started, there were wars in the Balkans.

a. With the Balkans again pacified, John could turn his attention to the East.

And it is true that a unilateral declaration of Kosovan independence could cause a new crisis in the Balkans .

And it is true that a unilateral declaration of Kosovan independence could cause a new crisis in the Balkans .

From October of 1940 to March of 1941, Germans conquered Balkans using the same proven tactics.

' If you ask, 'Where do the Balkans begin?

This is not what the country and the wider Balkans need.

Over the past ten years, civil wars over territorial conflicts in the former Yugoslavia have occurred in the Balkans.

In the Balkans and elsewhere, the aim of crisis management has been to create a space for politics to work.

Sofia Declaration on Good-Neighbourly Relations, Stability, Security and Cooperation in the Balkans;

War and Change in the Balkans: Nationalism, Conflict and Cooperation

in the Balkans, where our Atlantic alliance ended wars and brought savage war criminals to justice;

Special Envoys of the Secretary-General for the Balkans;

Political struggles in the Balkans are compared to ridiculous operetta plots;

2006 Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Europe Report - Balkans and South East Europe

The Ethnic Policies and their Problems in the Balkans

Special Committee on the Balkans;

Venetian territory in the Balkans

The Balkans Still a Threat to European Peace

The Balkans and the First World War