Republika Srpska’s leader Milorad Dodik has come up with a crafty way of dealing with the fact that the ethnic-territorial definition of the three-person BH Presidency has been proclaimed to be an abuse of human rights by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. He proposes a simple change. […]
Over at Business and Politics. Thus: Remember the Bible parable of the Prodigal Son? He squandered his fortune but saw the error of his ways and crept back home. He was warmly welcomed by his father, who explained the significance of his repentance to an older brother unimpressed by the […]
Under the Lisbon Treaty the European Union has a new External Action Service, led by Baroness Ashton. And as expected, it is struggling to trundle out of the hangar and get on the runway. The main issue in the arguments over setting up the EAS is not all about how […]
Is one argument against using unmanned predators to attack enemy targets that they are just too accurate? How about this other one: if eg the USA does not have to go through battle processes by putting troops in danger on the ground as in medievel times, that is either unfair or makes […]
At the risk of boring everyone, here is an excellent interview with Jovan Divjak about the Dobrovoljacka St killings and the politics of it all now. It’s in Bosnian/Serbian (not as Google says Croatian), but if you use the Google Translate button you’ll get more than enough of it in […]
What really happened in chaotic Sarajevo in and around Dobrovoljacka Street on 3 May 1992? The range of views appears to be broadly as follows: Core Serbia/’Serb’ Claim: perfidious massacre of JNA soldiers attempting to withdraw from Sarajevo under UN colours as per an agreement duly reached with the Bosniac leadership, […]
Dnevni Avaz in Sarajevo reports that the UK court has ordered that Ejup Ganic stay in prison for a further week, apparently to give Serbia more time to present evidence against him for the Dobrovoljacka St massacre in 1992. A protest demonstration is to be held outside the British and […]
The Daily Telegraph weighs in on Ejup Ganic: Bosnia has demanded his release and supporters claimed Britain had allowed itself to be used as pawn in the long-running battle between the two former Yugoslav nations. The Telegraph quotes both an unnamed spokesman for Lady Thatcher and Robin Harris, her former speechwriter: "She […]
Update: Balkan media are reporting this afternoon that Ganic’s request to be released on bail has been refused by the court in London. B92 says that he may remain detained until 14 March when the deadline for submitting relevant documents expires, but wonders whether there may be a problem with […]
My Google Spam is doing a noble job in heading off lots of emails from somewhere or other purporting to issue diplomas: BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT! Is your lack of a degree holding you back from career advancement? Are you having difficulty finding employment in your field of interest because […]
