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The Patten Letter

Comment: EU Realising State Union Can't Survive

Brussels appears to be coming round to accepting that Serbia and Montenegro would be better off as independent states.

Comment: Macedonia Referendum: Step Backwards on Road to EU

Country’s European integration hopes in jeopardy if progress on decentralisation stalls.

Comment: Changing Face of Balkan Diplomacy

From the Berlin Congress to the Ohrid agreement - the pros and cons of western engagement with the region.

Devolving War Crimes Justice

Local prosecutors and judges have to focus on building up their capacity for domestic war crimes prosecutions.

Comment: Tough Times for Kosovo's Non-Albanians

Serbs, in particular, lack basic physical security in what remains a violent environment.

Fury Over Threat to Canyon Isolates Montenegrin Leader

Potential flooding of UNESCO-listed site unites old political foes.

Watergate-Style Spying Scandal Rocks Zagreb

Revelations that the secret services placed the president under surveillance have pushed Croatia to the brink of a constitutional crisis.

Afghans Deliver Verdict on Karzai

President Karzai gets mixed reviews after his first year in office.

Cable TV Ban Angers Afghans

A supreme court ruling may result in a new dilemma for President Hamed Karzai.