IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
As Kosovo goes it alone for the first time in local elections, the results are less significant than the voting process itself, as some Kosovo Serbs defy Belgrade’s boycott demand in a move that may cause a major rift between Serb communities in Kosovo, Igor Jovanovic and Anes Alic write for ISN Security Watch. By Igor Jovanovic and Anes Alic in Belgrade and Sarajevo for ISN Security Watch Kosovo’s...
What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
From CNA with my emphases and comments: Bosnian Cardinal denies claims of Vatican commission for Medjugorje Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nov 20, 2009 / 11:45 am (CNA).- Cardinal Vinko Puljic, Archbishop of Sarajevo and President of the Bishops’ Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina denied press reports yesterday which claim that the Vatican is creating a commission to [...] Post from: WDTPRS...
Dave's Part (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
THEY found another mass grave outside Srebrenica this week. But that’s not a particularly unusual event; some 70 such makeshift cemeteries have come to light since the massacre of thousands of Muslim men and boys in that town in July 1995. The Balkans is famously a part of the world where history impacts on the present, and in that context, the 14 years that have elapsed since the Dayton Accords...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The former Yugoslav republics have distributed half of the property of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRJ) and the remaining part will be discussed late February on the next meeting of representatives of the former republics in Sarajevo, head of the expert group for the implementation of the Agreement on Succession Issues Goran Knezevic said Wednesday. He said that there are 123 diplomatic-consular...
icWales (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The teenage defender was hurt when he was kicked on a foot playing for Wales in their Uefa Championship under-21 defeat against Bosnia in Sarajevo last night.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Portugal reached next year's World Cup finals in South Africa after a 1-0 win in Bosnia-Herzegovina tonight gave them a 2-0 aggregate victory over the Balkan country in their two-legged playoff. Midfielder Raul Meireles scored a 56th-minute winner for the Portuguese to silence a raucous 15,000 home crowd in the cauldron of the Bilino Polje stadium in the city of Zenica, north of the capital Sarajevo....
The Ball is Round (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Tipping can tarnish your reputation and leave you with egg all over your face. But what the hell, I'm going to go for it on this occasion and am tipping Bosnia to eliminate Portugal in the World Cup play off this evening. Portugal lead 1-0 from the first leg but weren't too convincing in that game and Bosnia hit the woodwork on three occasions. I'm not sure that the Portuguese will be up for it on...
The Sofia Echo (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Vice President Angel Marin goes to Belgrade and Sarajevo.
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Portugal will face a hostile atmosphere and a confident opponent when it meets Bosnia-Herzegovina in the second leg of their World Cup playoff...
Irrefutable Proof ICTY Is Corrupt (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Sarajevo | 12 November 2009 | Peter Robinson Legal advisors to Radovan Karadzic do not want to participate in his defence in the future, because the Hague Tribunal has refused to pay them for the work undertaken so far. Radovan Karadzic,...
University of Guelph News (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
A University of Guelph historian is featured in a series of lectures by prominent and up-and-coming Canadian intellectuals speaking on topics related to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. Prof. Matthew Hayday discusses Canada's evolving national identity in "They Like Us, They Really Like Us! Defining Canada Through International Accomplishments" in a podcast that is part of the Intellectual...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
• Winger says Portugal will not go to defend one-goal lead • Sides meet tomorrow to decide World Cup qualification Winger Simão Sabrosa has promised Portugal will not sit back and look to defend their one-goal advantage against Bosnia-Herzegovina when the teams contest the second leg of their World Cup qualification play-off in Zenica tomorrow. Bruno Alves scored the only goal of...
ActiveHistory Updates (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The assassination at Sarajevo was merely the flashpoint of a much deeper conflict between Serbia and Austria, as explained here… ---Related Articles at ActiveHistory:The Causes of World War One: Austria v. Serbia: Imperialism and NationalismCauses of World War One – Factual TestHitler’s Foreign Policy: SimulationCauses of World War One: Worksheets for GCSE / IGCSEInteractive Newsfeed...
the Literary Saloon (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
At Swans Walter Trkla asks the peculiar question: In The Cellist Of Sarajevo Is Fiction A License To Lie ? wondering: Does an author of fiction owe a duty to the reader to present history accurately, or does the fact that he claims this is fiction absolve him from that moral responsibility? Well, he doesn't really wonder, finding: Galloway uses events in history that are still untested by evidence...
Ed Levine Eats (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
[Photo: Robyn Lee ] The best shaved ice in Flushing may be at Ten Ren [TGWAE] Maialino's malfatti: "So tender and intense-flavored compared to regular pork." [The Skinny Pig] The Sarajevo burger at Old Bridge (or "Stari Most") in...
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