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.
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.
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.
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.