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Time for EU to welcome Serbia
The arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic earlier this week has helped Serbia turn a page.
Most importantly, Karadzic, indicted for war crimes, was caught by Serbian authorities, signaling that the country has for a long time sought to purge its image of the tragic events that followed the collapse of the former Yugoslavia.
Now it's time for Europeans to show generosity toward the Serbian people who have demonstrated that they believe in the European vision. |
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COMMENTARY |
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The colorful Mr Gruevski
In Bucharest, Greece's diplomacy trapped the Slav-Macedonians and brought them face to face with their true dilemma: On the one hand is their concept of «Macedonianism» and the fantasy of a «United Macedonia» that this represents, on the other are the tangible benefits of accession to NATO and the European Union.
Nikola Gruevski (the prime minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) won a great electoral victory by promising to join these Western institutions without compromising on the name and identity issues. But he cannot keep his promise. |
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EDITORIAL:AthensPlus |
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It’s a jungle out there
The growing desperation with which Athenians watch their Hopefully, teams of social anthropologists are out in our streets, night and day, taking meticulous notes on the behavior of Athenian taxi drivers, working on studies that will shed light on one of the most bizarre groups in modern society and offer suggestions on how to remedy the situation. Because the eclectic horde that drives our yellow fleet is as unique and as fascinating as any undiscovered Amazonian tribe. But unlike primitive tribes that are suddenly thrust into the 21st century, Greek cabbies are a modern tribe that lives by the rules of pre-agricultural society. |
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