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Police stage high stakes crackdown against illegal gambling
21/05/2012
Long shielded by law enforcement in the Western Balkans, gambling operations are now in police cross-hairs.
Montenegro works to best leverage new WTO membership
19/05/2012
After seven years of negotiations, Montenegro has become part of a global association that should help jumpstart the economy. But it's going to take some doing.
Balkan countries get poor marks for health care in European survey
18/05/2012
Macedonia fell five places in the Euro Health Consumer Index, while Croatia moved up six slots as the best performer in health care among eight Southeast European countries.
Regional conference targets organic production
16/05/2012
Representatives 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.
Region tackles the failure of the flat tax
15/05/2012
Regional governments had hoped to increase foreign investment and domestic consumption, but the flat tax has not had the desired effect.
Macedonia hopes to catch NATO's attention
14/05/2012
NATO representatives will meet in Chicago this month.
NATO members, partners meet to discuss shaping region’s peaceful future
11/05/2012
Army chiefs of staff from the region came together to discuss new ways to use defence resources.
Radical Islam poses regional threat
10/05/2012
Security experts said radical Islamists are becoming active throughout the region and are using last month's massacre in Macedonia as an excuse.
Journalist's jail sentence raises media freedom concerns
08/05/2012
Prosecutions and attacks against journalists place Montenegro at the bottom of the region in terms of press freedom.
US asks for help in finding WWII missing soldiers
05/05/2012
The US government is seeking dozens of missing soldiers from WWII -- some of whom they think may have ended up throughout Southeast Europe.