Crossing Divides
IWPR’s Balkan Crisis Report has worked to build good journalistic practice in the region over five years of momentous change, but challenges still lie ahead.
21 Feb 05
Albania
Jobless Kosovars Head Abroad
Five years after heading home in hope of a new life, Kosovar Albanians are again packing their bags
21 Feb 05
Comment: Albanian Independent Press Squeezed
Government almost routinely filing legal charges against publishers, journalists and civic groups.
21 Feb 05
Vojvodina Hit by Wave of Ethnic Attacks
Minorities report increasing number of assaults by Serb nationalists.
21 Feb 05
The Internationals and the Balkans: Time for Change?
Is the international presence in the Balkans in need of restructuring – or major surgery?
21 Feb 05
Serbian Roma Battle Silent Prejudice
The barriers may be less overt than in some countries but this desperately poor community still faces enormous discrimination.
21 Feb 05
Comment: Serbia Gets Another Chance
Newly appointed reform-minded president merits Europeans and American support.
21 Feb 05
Croatian Minister Pays Up to Keep Journalist Out of Jail
Justice minister’s controversial decision to stop a journalist from going to prison has put the country’s libel laws under the spotlight.
21 Feb 05
Macedonians Threaten Revolt Over Decentralisation
Street protests calling for a plebiscite on laws that Macedonians say grant too much to Albanians have brought ethnic tensions to boiling point.
21 Feb 05
Comment: Protests May Destroy Ohrid Deal
Opposition marshalling forces of nationalist hysteria in desperate attempt to regain power.
21 Feb 05
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