July 30, 2004
In the spirit of democratic debate, we are pleased to offer this counterpoint to Lбszlу Szentesi Zцldi’s recent article on the Hungarian minority in Vojvodina, by none other than Nebojsa Malic. An ill wind blows in Serbia’s northern province, says Lбszlу Szentesi Zцldi, reporting that the Hungarian population in Vojvodina is complaining about recent violence [...]
July 29, 2004
Balkanalysis.com readers this month bought a combination of old Balkan favorites, adventurous additions as well as completely unrelated items from our affiliate, Amazon.com. We quickly go down the list here in order to show the best of the bunch, as well as some other engrossing works on themes of interest to lovers of the Balkans. [...]
July 28, 2004
With this article from Lбszlу Szentesi Zцldi, a Hungarian journalist and foreign affairs adviser in Budapest, our readers are treated to the Hungarian view on current relations with Serbia. Formerly a reporter for Hungarian Television and Duna Television, Lбszlу is presently editor of Budapest’s Magyar Nemzet newspaper. Vojvodina, the northern province of Serbia, is one [...]
July 28, 2004
Every so often, a protest is held against the government in one of Europe’s restive “transition” countries. On the off-chance that the CIA is not behind the event, the mass media is at a loss for how to describe it. And so, when protests aren’t considered important enough to be portrayed as say, a triumph [...]
July 26, 2004
After a night of ominous thunder and rain in Skopje, with the great referendum protest looming in just 4 hours, there is already grumbling that President Branko Crvenkovski – established wheeler-dealer that he is – has been able to fix things with the weather to ruin the big event. However, whether or not the rain [...]
July 24, 2004
One of the most popular features we’ve added to the Balkanalysis.com website over the past few months has been the eBay on-line auction service. While we suspect most of the company’s business comes from computers, cameras, autos and boats, we’ve made a commitment to our readers in that we highlight on these pages only Balkan-related [...]
July 23, 2004
Ever since the Macedonian government decided to wed decentralization of power with territorial realignments, the 64 million dollar question has been whether or not the people would someday rebel. Up to now, the gradual whittling away of the country has been met with at most dark grumblings and complaints. Yet while continuing to richly deserve [...]
July 23, 2004
The mother of a Bulgarian contractor beheaded in Iraq is blaming the US for her son’s death, reports Novinite.com. The death is only the latest in a wave of killings that is making countries involved reconsider their presence in Iraq.Interviewed on Bulgarian radio, Maria Lazova, mother of murdered driver Georgi Lazov, wept, accused the Americans, [...]
July 22, 2004
Macedonian PM Hari Kostov has promised to step down if opposition forces pushing a referendum against the government’s decentralization plan succeed. Meanwhile, the government’s underhanded tactics to sell the plan were detected by the local media this week, causing more reason to criticize a policy which opposition leader Nikola Gruevski last week said would create [...]
July 21, 2004
By Paul Theroux; 472 pages (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003) Reviewed by Michael McCarthy Love him or hate him, there’s no ignoring veteran travel writer Paul Theroux. He’s been called a misanthropic complainer and things a lot worse; now you can call him an old misanthropic complainer too, because on the verge of his 60th birthday [...]
