Features

USAID helps 198 Macedonian Roma students get high school diplomas

17/11/2008

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Financial and academic aid has helped hundreds of Roma students earn their high school diplomas, and many are now continuing their studies at Macedonian universities.
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Head of BiH Islamic community meets Pope Benedict XVI

17/11/2008

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Grand Mufti Mustafa Efendija Ceric, head of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Islamic community, attended a three-day meeting of the Catholic-Muslim Forum in Vatican City.
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Conspicuous consumption in Albania

14/11/2008

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What happens when Western luxuries meet Balkan salaries?
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Roundup

Science and Technology: Athens hosts Science and Technology Festival

17/11/2008

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Athens' Zappeion Palace will host a Science and Technology Festival. Also in science news: Turkey's tourism portal is one of the Web's most popular sites, and Macedonia ranks high in lung cancer-related deaths.
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Reportage

Local elections in Turkey seen as a crossroads

17/11/2008

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A fierce battle for influence in Kurdish-dominated regions pits Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party, which hopes for a strong reform mandate, against a party linked to PKK terrorists.
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