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04/05/2012

Features

Analysts: Bin Laden letters show al-Qaeda near collapse

04/05/2012

The slain terrorist leader was wrong about Arab Spring, experts believe.

Serbia retaliates with arrests on eve of election

04/05/2012

Two days after a war crimes case in Pristina ended with acquittals, Serbia charges Albanians with war crimes.

Greece experiments with science cuts

04/05/2012

Some researchers are sceptical of the new budget measures, apprehensive that further measures will cost Greek science in the long run.

Security in Mitrovica improving, but mayor urges caution

04/05/2012

Mitrovica's mayor faces a number of challenges, security-and budget-related, and keeps a close eye on the situation.

Press freedom lessens in Southeast Europe

04/05/2012

A new report by Freedom House shows a mixed picture of media freedom in Southeast Europe in 2011. Over the past 12 months, the situation worsened most significantly in Macedonia, while notable improvements were made in Kosovo and Montenegro.

Car insurance rates affecting Serbia-Kosovo freedom of movement

28/04/2012

A governmental agreement intended to protect cross-border travel is having the opposite effect, particularly on Albanians in Serbia.

Roundup

Turkish company buys ailing Montenegrin steel plant

02/05/2012

With 193m euros of debt, Montenegro's Zelejzara AD Niksic was bought by a Turkish company. Also in business news: the IMF will loan Kosovo more than 100m euros to create a cash buffer for the country.

Reportage

Kosovo counting on strong support from Turkey

30/04/2012

Kosovo and Turkey have what former Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu describes as "golden relations", strong political and economic ties bound together by religious and cultural affinities developed over more than five centuries of Ottoman rule.