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- iHaveNet.com: Balkan Current Events
- EU Shouldn't Freeze Turkey Negotiations
- Satisfaction Levels Around Europe
- Tsipras Sketches Out Path for Greece
- Greece: EU Sleepwalking Toward Cliff
- What's Left of Europe
- Romania's Missed Opportunity
- Balkans: Still Digging Toward NATO
- Islamophobia in Europe
- Serbia Focuses on Reform
- Serbia's Strategic Ambiguity
- Bulgaria: Old Tanks & Modern Mayhem
- Greeks Leave Athens for Better Life
- The Stagnant Mediterranean
- Europe is No Longer Safe
- The Dayton Accords 20 Years On
- Ancient Greece's Restored Tower of Winds
- Development Crucial for Kosovo
- Could Yugoslav Wars Been Avoided?
- Celebrating Romani Resistance
- Fascists at the Gate
- Germany's Selective Memory
- Nations & Borders Always Messy
- Determined to Thwart ISIL
- The Acute Jihadist Threat
- Europe: The Social Immune System
- Deadly Terror in Turkey
- Where Support For Autocracy Strongest
- Greek Economy Grows Modestly
- Bosnia: Standstill & Significance
- The Global Militarisation Index
- How Greece's Creditors Trounced Syriza
- Greek Canary in the EU Goldmine
- Greece: Echoes of Battles Past
- NATO: Rebellion in the Ranks?
- How Hard Times Are Healing Bosnia
- We Cannot Afford to Forget Bosnia
- Europe, Unemployment and Instability
- The Politics of Fear
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Coverage, analysis, photo and video coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup from Brazil
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Check out the photos from the Group A matchup between Mexico and Croatia at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil - Mexico vs Croatia Pictures
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Check out the photos from the Group F matchup between Argentina and Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil
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Absent from the World Cup four years ago in South Africa, Croatia returns and will play in the 2014 World Cup tournament's first match against heavily favored Brazil
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Ten years after stunning the world by winning the UEFA Euro 2004 championship, and 20 years after its inauspicious World Cup debut, Greece is back on soccer's biggest stage. Pundits say Greece could advance past the group stage for the first time
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Croatia's coach Niko Kovac said that his team is positive after his team's 3-1 defeat to hosts Brazil in their World Cup Group A opening match
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The former Hellinikon International Airport site, a sprawling 600-hectare lot that closed in 2001, will soon be awarded to a private investor to develop it commercially, a reversal from original plans to develop it into Europe's biggest urban park
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Marko Hren has spent a lot of time thinking about the 'what if' and believes that peace activists might have been able to prevent the slaughter that spread through the former Yugoslavian region in the 1990s
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The challenge facing Romania is to create an economic dimension to its political and military relationship with the United States. A multidimensional relationship is inherently more self-sustaining than simply a political-military relationship
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Although Greece's government has said it will not ban the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, the Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights said there is enough evidence of the party's support for violence to outlaw the group
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With unemployment in Greece at 27 percent, it is not surprising to see both radical right- and left-wing groups gaining support from those who have become disaffected by the crises. The disenchanted are joining radical parties espousing a wide variety of ideologies
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Olympic gold medalist and Bulgaria's top wrestling coach Armen Nazaryan has started a hunger strike to protest the International Olympic Committee's move to drop the sport after the 2016 Olympics
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The recent dramatic attack on Bulgarian politician Ahmed Dogan who champions immigrant rights for Muslims and Turks wasn't a clear-cut case of ultra-right nationalism
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Risk Monitor's Stefan Popov is trying to change the image of Bulgaria as the Wild East frontier of the European Union
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Caught between ethnic identities and ethics, reporters in Southeast Europe are commonly intimidated into self-censorship
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Serbian Novak Djokovic needed just 54 minutes to beat American Andy Roddick, 6-2, 6-1, to advance to the third round of the Olympic tennis event against Lleyton Hewitt of Australia
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The ongoing economic crisis that has dropped hotel rates and food prices made Greece one of the most attractive destinations for tourists this year. Tourism revenues could hit record highs of as much as 12 billion euros this year
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The conflict in Syrian hits home for many in the Balkans as the diaspora and locals start to mobilise support
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A decision to move the Romanian Cultural Institute under parliamentary control sparked unprecedented reactions among the country's intellectual community
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The recent indecisive Greek elections could be summed up by two general themes: Greeks want to stay in, and expect help from, the eurozone
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Other countries have problems, but Greece's are an encyclopedia of bad behavior
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Lounging alongside the Adriatic Sea on the famed Dalmatian Coast, Split is Croatia's second-largest city, making it a bustling metropolis, serious port city, major transit hub, and top sightseeing destination
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Stockpiles of unstable ammunition have posed a constant threat to those living nearby, as Albania races to meet a dismantling deadline
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The Balkans are historically apart from Europe for two reasons. This has everything to do with the present crisis of Greece and the future of Greece's membership in -- or perhaps its departure from -- the European Union and its euro zone
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It's no accident that Greece is the most economically troubled country in the EU. The fact that it is located at Europe's southeastern back door also has something to do with it. For Greece's economic and political development bear marks of a legacy not wholly in the modern West
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Possible deposits off the coast of Albania and in Serbia have two nations hoping for an economic windfall
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Leaders in BiH, Kosovo and Serbia must take steps to put their countries on the right track and prevent the region from sliding backwards, EU parliamentarian Doris Pack says
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Although the Kosovo issue is painful for Serbia, the time has come to acknowledge reality and focus efforts related to the region's common strategic goals, Montenegro's foreign minister says
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Minorities throughout the Balkans are banding together and drafting constitutional type documents aimed at protecting and serving their rights
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Lack of communication among Albanian politicians has dampened the hopes for the country's EU prospects
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The adoption of European standards, economic projects and genuine regional co-operation are the focus of the proposed strategy
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Degrees in hand but no jobs and few prospects, many of Greece's young say they'll reluctantly abandon their near-bankrupt country and look for work and a new life in other countries. Others are just resigned
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Tensions along the border in northern Kosovo are high after KFOR announced plans to dismantle the barricades on roads leading to the border crossing of Jarinje and Brnjak
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The European Commission presented its annual Progress Report on Turkey, arriving at positive and negative conclusions regarding Turkey's stalled EU accession process
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While the renewed interest in Ottoman culture and history may be commercialisation to some, it can also provide a reference point for Turkish foreign policy and domestic politics
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Not too long ago, when the military acted as the enforcer of a rigidly secular system, a politician in Turkey could be punished merely for reciting religious poetry. Now, with the military's influence waning and moderate Islamists firmly in charge of the machinery of state, government agencies are trying to punish a cartoonist, Bahadir Baruter, for blasphemy
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Ankara's new independent image in Moscow could be threatened by the radar decision
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Political leaders stick to their scripts amid anger over austerity, uncertainty and the rising right-wing groups
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China is making it way through the Balkans, amidst the economic crisis in Europe.
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Greece's economy has suffered from both the financial crisis and austerity measures meant to resolve the crisis
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EU enlargement may be taking a backseat to financial concerns right now, but accession remains a strategic goal for several governments, despite the sometimes significant reforms it entails
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2011 was a tense and difficult year for most countries across the globe, including the Balkans.
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Political stalemate and the slow pace of reforms prompted the EU to reject Albania's candidate status last month -- a setback that has economic and political repercussions
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A deal to unify consular services abroad, to be followed by similar moves in all other sectors, is a source of concern for some about potential Albanian territorial aggression
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The EU is keen to see dialogue resume between Pristina and Belgrade; talks have been halted amid violence at crossing gates in northern Kosovo
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The railway deal aims to significantly reduce travel times, improve passenger and freight transport and increase competitiveness
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The Greek government said that it would ask parliament within a few days to approve a fresh package of austerity measures aimed at reducing the debt-laden country's bloated budget deficit
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The disintegration of Yugoslavia was a triumph of nationalist passions over political interests. If the latter had prevailed, the process would at least have proceeded peacefully. Some of those passions still remain, but the worst excesses have subsided
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International lenders are asking Greece to increase the pace of privatizing state enterprises to meet fiscal targets and complete unfinished reforms
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Bulgaria's younger generation is distinguished from those who lived during the communist era by an awareness of the rest of the world -- and how it perceives Bulgaria
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Like ghosts from the past, we see political violence, xenophobia, migrants being scapegoated and extreme nationalism creeping into our public debates -- even into our parliaments. This is a Europe diverging from its founding principles
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Police officers in body armour surround dark-skinned men on a busy street in Athens. It is a scene that has been playing out across the city since the government crackdown on illegal migration
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Experts predict more economic problems and challenges ahead for Serbia.
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The parliament voted to suspend President Traian Basescu amid fierce political infighting that sparked serious international concern
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Emerging extremist organisations in the Balkans are operating alongside existing extremist groups and may try to change the political and legal framework to fit their agendas
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One of the major problems plaguing the Balkans in particular is impunity. I talked with Milan Antonijevic, the director of YUCOM about the continuing human rights problems in Serbia, including the issue of impunity
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Money that the European Commission provides to Bulgaria to fund Roma inclusion projects is diverted elsewhere
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Serbia is the leader in the region in the possession of legal and illegal firearms, but other countries are not far behind
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Not too long ago, when the military acted as the enforcer of a rigidly secular system, a politician in Turkey could be punished merely for reciting religious poetry. Now, with the military's influence waning and moderate Islamists firmly in charge of the machinery of state, government agencies are trying to punish a cartoonist, Bahadir Baruter, for blasphemy
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The statistics about gun ownership regionwide are surprising and the results can be deadly. In Albania alone, for example, analyst Jonuz Kola estimated this summer that 6% to 9% of the population has a weapon in the home. Scores of accidental shootings occur, including that of a 9-year-old
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A spike in suicides is blamed on the economic crisis that could also bring down the country
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With an 18 billion-euro bailout, Greek banks are now staying afloat. But losses and political instability could easily sink the ship
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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
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Enraged Greek voters delivered a stinging rebuke to the two ruling parties that have dominated politics for four decades
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Greeks breathe a sigh of relief now, but economists say a day of reckoning still looms
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Though the main focus of his trip was on business and investments, Prime Minister Sali Berisha also gave Israel support on the Palestinian issue
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What made Europe a compelling political, economic, and social alternative wedged between Anglo-American free marketeers and Soviet nomenklatura is rapidly becoming a thing of the past
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For Greeks, October 28th is a revered day -- the anniversary of a 1940 response to Mussolini's demand that Greece surrender without a fight during World War II. But this year, Greeks are standing up to their government against what they perceive as sacrificing the country's sovereignty to foreign lenders
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Greece will write off 50% of its new debt, but workers, pensioners and the poor say it won't help them in the aftermath of pay cuts, tax hikes, slashed benefits and thousands of coming layoffs
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The dispute with Athens remains an obstacle despite success in meeting other criteria.
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The expectations of the last ten years that the states surrounding the Black Sea would follow the example of the Balkan region and shape themselves into a security community have not been realized. Perceptions of stagnation have replaced the hopes of a working and stable geo-strategic framework, based on a balance of cooperation and conflicts
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The European Commission has recommended Serbia to win EU candidate status, assuring it to grant EU entry to the Balkan state once it makes necessary progress in its relations with Kosovo, which has declared itself as an independent state
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Eduard Kukan, head of the European Parliament's delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo, spoke about the recent developments in northern Kosovo
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Meeting at a summit in New York, Balkan leaders delivered a strong message in favour of regional reconciliation and co-operation, despite lingering differences
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Speaking alongside leaders of the Balkan states at the New York Balkan Forum, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed the cultural and historical ties between Turkey and the Balkans, while calling on the region to overcome its troubled history to co-operate and integrate to form a common future
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Find out why Greece isn't salvageable, and why Europeans need at least 2 trillion euro to kick it out of the eurozone without triggering financial catastrophe
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The Greek Parliament approved a new property tax, aimed at helping the government of Prime Minister George Papandreou meet the budget target under a 110-billion-euro programme of rescue loans from the EU and the IMF
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Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos reported that the country's economic contraction would be worse than expected
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Albanian political prisoners recall the past in terms of unsettled issues, having received no apologies either from their tormentors or the state, while many are still unable to find graves of loved ones executed by the regime
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European Union accession hinges in part on progress in fighting pervasive corruption, prompting Serbia to roll out a whole new strategy
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Kosovo hopes to accelerate the process with an overhaul of the regulations
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Albania needs to calm its problems at home in order to move on the European integration, ministers say
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A fatal blast in Ankara and increasing violence in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast are overshadowing the country's long-awaited constitutional reform process.
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Whereas Turkey's foreign policy mantra used to be 'no problems with the neighbors,' Turkey now seems to want to become the chief bully in the eastern Mediterranean, escalating tensions between the NATO member and Israel, a key US ally
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The Serbia-EU Forum affirmed Serbia's European prospect, but also showed that Kosovo will be a major obstacle along that path
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Deterioration of ties between Turkey and Israel poses a heightened risk for the region, analysts say.
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There's a revolution taking place in the eastern Mediterranean and it's all about oil ... olive oil
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Turkish politicians are expressing concern that the country's booming economy is at risk as the nation's consumers binge on buying and borrowing while Europe struggles to put out the debt fire in Greece
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