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Up in the clouds. Lake Sevan, Armenia

According to a report from A1 TV yesterday, Izet Mexhiti, the young Albanian mayor of Skopje’s Cair municipality, has proposed that 20 percent of the city’s streets should be renamed to honor the many heroes of the Albanian people. Among these heroes, apparently, are Bill Clinton, Wesley Clark and Tony Blair- the prime architects of [...]

By Mehmet Kalyoncu The assassination of Hrant Dink, one of the most prominent Turkish Armenians and the editor-in-chief of bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper Agos outside his newspaper’s office was a deplorable act by any definition. Yet it was not an unexpected one, given the selection of the target and its expected/actual impact on Turkish society [...]

Grand central station. Vladicin Han, Serbia

By Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu* One important geopolitical consequence of the demise of the Soviet Union was the rise of intense political and commercial competition for control of the vast energy resources of the eight newly independent and vulnerable states of Central Eurasia: the sub-region of Central Asia, consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan; [...]

By Ioannis Michaletos An exclusive and elite group of Greek firms, operating at a high international standard, have prominently enlarged their presence inside and outside of Greece, notably investing in the neighboring Balkans. The following list comprises these top Greek players, companies that will be probably be involved with the most major Greek economic deals [...]

A matter of trust. Lake Ohrid, Macedonia

By Christopher Deliso The Macedonian Ministry of Economy has announced an open tender for consulting firms interested in devising a tourism strategy for the country, based upon research into current global industry trends and local possibilities. The tender is available on the bottom of the homepage of Exploring Macedonia, the country’s national tourism website. Clicking [...]

Venetian memories. Methoni, Greece

Local sources in the Macedonian Muslim stronghold of Labunista have disclosed today for Balkanalysis.com details of a new altercation instigated by foreign-directed fundamentalists- as well as previously unknown exclusive information regarding a series of arrests made earlier this winter by Italy’s anti-terrorist police in the northern cities of Trieste and Treviso, directly involving Macedonian Muslims [...]