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Regional conference targets organic productionRepresentatives of several countries in the region gathered in Skopje to help promote organic agriculture. Also in business news: Sarajevo is hosting its third annual Business Forum and Croatia's economy is expected to shrink by 1% this year.Audio Story
ICT Girls' Day in the BalkansThe Girls' Day event is aimed at encouraging girls and young women to consider a career in information, communications and technology. [Nada Bozic/SETimes]Blog review
Election, runoff stir debate in SerbiaSerbia's presidential election runoff is scheduled for May 20th, although the current ruling party will likely remain in power. Bloggers debate the results of the election.
- Region tackles the failure of the flax tax
- Voters upset over politician property index verdict in BiH
- Chances of talks between Kosovo, northern Serbs look dim
- Driving is an unconventional job for women in Skopje
- Still no government for Greece as eurozone exit fears mount
- Kosovo wary of new Serbian government
- Ruling party opts for broad changes in state institutions
- Court rules against ethnic segregation in BiH schools
- BiH weighs prospects of formally recognising Kosovo
- Region gears up for summer tourist season
- Greek coalition hopes fade, new elections loom
- NATO members, partners meet to discuss shaping region’s peaceful future
- Football final brings fame, money to Bucharest
- Democrats, Socialists agree on new Serbian government
- Croatia, region, face rising energy prices
- Radical Islam poses regional threat
- Montenegro seeks more Turkish investments
- UN tribunal grants Haradinaj provisional release
- Investigations pile up for Croatia's Sanader
- Analysts: Romania should steer away from populism
- Kosovo president rejects code that criminalises libel
- Al-Qaeda considered name change to lure Muslims
- Veterans facing challenges from 1990s conflicts
- Journalist's jail sentence raises media freedom concerns
- High interest rates put regional countries at risk
- Turkey's influence on BiH, Balkans is growing
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Abdullah Gul, Ali Ahmeti, Ante Gotovina, Bamir Topi, Boris Tadic, Emil Boc, Fatmir Sejdiu, George Papandreou, Gjorge Ivanov, Goran Hadzic, Gordana Jankulovska, Hashim Thaci, Ivo Sanader, Karolos Papoulias, Milorad Dodik, Mirko Cvetkovic, Nebojsa Radmanovic, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nikola Gruevski, Oliver Ivanovic, Ramush Haradinaj, Rasim Ljajic, Ratko Mladic, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Slobodan Milosevic, Tomislav Nikolic, Traian Basescu, Vojislav Kostunica, Vojislav Seselj, Vuk Jeremic, Zoran Milanovic
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