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In the following exclusive interview, Balkanalysis.com Director Christopher Deliso speaks with Philip Giraldi, a former CIA deputy chief of base in Turkey. Through the interview, readers get a first-hand introduction to the cloak-and-dagger reality of undercover work in one of the world’s most important strategic areas. Iranian assassinations, Turkish eavesdropping and other eye-opening stories allow [...]

The knives are out. Nis, Serbia

Following a final day of negotiations between VMRO-DPMNE and the Albanian DUI, Skopje media confirmed today that the latter party will not be in the new government, despite the fact that it had won a majority of votes in the Albanian community. It was not immediately clear as to whether some other future deal or [...]

A tri-country expert meeting that could determine the future of Balkan oil transit is set to take place tomorrow in the Bulgarian capital. The meeting, which brings together representatives of Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania as well as the chief executive of the AMBO oil pipeline project, Ted Ferguson, had been delayed by one month because [...]

Mosaic at 2,600 meters. Georgian Military Highway, Georgia

By Mehmet Kalyoncu The Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement between the United States and Turkey, signed by the two sides on July 26, 2000, has recently been ratified by the Turkish government. The agreement rightly and by definition prohibits Turkey from exploiting the cooperation for any purposes which would directly or indirectly help her develop military [...]

By Jason Miko Whoever would have believed it? If you had been in the center of Ohrid town on Saturday morning, July 15, walking past the coffee bar Slavica, you would have noticed — if you could have even recognized them — the members of Roxy Music: Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay and (session musician) Guy [...]

The View from Trpejca. Lake Ohrid, Macedonia

Our Man in Yugoslavia: The Story of a Secret Service Operative By Sebastian Richie Routledge (2004), 191 pp., 15 contemporary photos, 3 maps Reviewed by Christopher Deliso Our Man in Yugoslavia: The Story of a Secret Service Operative is not only the intriguing and likeable account, for the first time, of the adventures of the [...]

By Ioannis Michaletos The Greek-owned fleet is the largest in the world. This notable fact was recently restated at the Posidonia International Maritime Congress, an event focusing on maritime affairs that has been held in Athens annually since the mid-1960′s. Today, the Greek fleet accounts for some 16 percent of the world’s tonnage- an amazing [...]