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17/10/2005News
17/10/2005
- Romania battles to prevent outbreaks of bird flu virus; disease reportedly contained in Turkey
- Montenegro pro-independence campaign kicks off
- US ambassador reiterates BiH's future depends on complete ICTY co-operation
- KFOR holds three-day drill in Kosovo
- Ashdown denies rumours about abolishing RS
- Croatian Parliament unanimously passes resolution for EU accession talks
- Albanian authorities suspend sale of state-run telecom
- Macedonia's Buckovski visits Netherlands
- Bulgarian Finance, Interior Ministries check property of alleged mafia bosses
- Romania finalises talks with World Bank on strategic partnership strategy
- Strong quake jolts Greece, Turkey
Features
Remains of hundreds of Srebrenica victims unearthed from BiH mass grave
17/10/2005
The remains of 482 victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre have been unearthed from the third-biggest mass grave found in BiH so far. Forensic experts completed exhumations at the site on Sunday.
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A new era dawns for Turkey and Europe
17/10/2005
As a result of this month's historic deal on accession talks, Turkey now finds itself on what is likely to be a long, bumpy road towards EU membership. The Union faces some new realities of its own.
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Five years after democratic changes, Serbs still struggle economically
17/10/2005
Expectations were high after the ouster of Slobodan Milosevic in October 2000. In the five years since, Serbs have endured a difficult transition, laying the groundwork for what they hope will be future prosperity.
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Roundup
Business roundup
14/10/2005
A review of business and economic news from the Balkans since 14 October:
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Reportage
Serbia takes tentative steps towards fighting corruption
17/10/2005
A number of recent scandals have highlighted the importance of tackling the problem of corruption in Serbia-Montenegro. A Supreme Court judge who freed gangsters for money, senior military officers who inflated prices of military equipment, and doctors who sold disability pensions for profit represent only a few examples of pervasive graft, fraud and misuse of position -- a characteristic problem of a society in transition. Announcing a "decisive battle against corruption", authorities appear to be trying to change the general impression that they lack the political will to tackle the problem. So far, reports SETimes correspondent Georgi Mitev-Shantek, the rhetoric has been more impressive than the results.
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