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EDITORIAL: ON EUROPE’S
DOORSTEP
By Sonja Biserko
The Balkan region, slowly but surely, enters under the aegis of the
European Union. By giving the green light to negotiations on Stabilization and Association
Agreement with Serbia-Montenegro, the European Union has finally rounded off its Western
Balkans policy. At the same time, it has started to negotiate accession with Croatia and
Turkey, and announced the SAA with Bosnia-Herzegovina. With this package the EU has
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ON EUROPE’S DOORSTEP:
AUTISTIC TRADITIONAL ELITE
By Teofil Pancic
Well, we had that Book Fair not long ago, and, as usual, odds and ends
were there for all and sundry – Cyrillic and Latin alphabets, Serbian and foreign
languages, clever books and stupid books, clever authors and stupid authors, and their
respective readers…with hamburgers galore. And, only the latter were beyond doubt or
question: they were doubtlessly tasteless and thin, but at... |
ON EUROPE’S DOORSTEP:
EURO-SKEPTICISM A LA SERBE
By Velimir Curgus Kazimir
ow it feels to be with one foot in Europe? Rather, comfortably, judging
by headlines run by domestic media. Well, this is how October optimism look like: WE ARE
COMING, EUROPE! (Blic, October 11, 2005) EUROPE WANTS US, THE REST DEPENDS ON US (Blic,
October 11, 2005) SaM WITH ONE FOOT IN EU (Danas, October 4, 2005) A BIG DAY (Danas,
October 8-9, 2005)... |
ON EUROPE’S DOORSTEP: PATRIOTISM
ON THE MARKET
By Bojan Al Pinto Brkic
Five out of seven – generally, not a bad score for a country. No
matter whether it had to do with economic development indicators, commercial application
of scientific achievements or the degree of environmental protection, one would say that
this score promises a brighter future. Five out of seven is just as fine in sports. It
shows that a nation is physically fit and competitive... |
ON EUROPE’S DOORSTEP: BRUSSELS AND THE VENETIAN ANCHOR
By Igor Peric
With the impending expiry of the projected three-year term of the state
union and the referendum moratorium it seems that Brussels would, preferably, once again
put the Montenegrin issue on ice. The EU officials as good as say that in public.
Displaying a minimum of diplomatic consideration they indicate that the certainty of a
European... |
ON THE EVE OF KOSOVO NEGOTIATIONS: BETWEEN THE VALLEY AND THE FORREST
By Miroslav Filipovic
Riza Halimi, long time Albanian leader from the Serbian south goes
through a difficult time. Skillfully balancing between Pristina, Belgrade and the Forrest,
he remained an indisputable authority for quite a long time. Unfortunately, the Serbian
administration did not know how to preserve this Albanian, worth gold for peace in the
Presevo valley... |
