The Holocaust did not take place only in the well known concentration camps of central Europe. Here is a good website about the Semlin Judenlager, just across the river from downtown Belgrade, where several thousand Jews were murdered with the support of a mobile gas van: On 29th May 1942, German Foreign […]
The subject of the massive KAP aluminium works in Montenegro is always fascinating. It is a huge plant by the standards of tiny Montenegro, hence its fortunes (or otherwise) weigh heavily on the local political mind. And because aluminium production requires colossal amounts of electricity, the problems of pushing that […]
A witty observation attributed to Croatia’s late President Tudjman had it that when one travelled East from Zagreb, the next properly Christian city one came to was … Manila. In other words, Croatia was (he believed) civilised Europe’s frontier with sprawling Asiatic, un-Christian despotism and cruelty. Yet as recent events have shown, maybe […]
Lord Ashdown and Richard Holbrooke have penned a long joint letter to the Guardian warning about the risks of the international community taking its eye off the Bosnia problem. They focus on what they see as the basic aim of Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik: His long-term policy seems clear: to place his […]
From Balkan tabloid Kurir: Zašto stjuardese moraju da budu lepe? Da bi avion mogao da se digne! Hoho. It helps to be Serb to get it.
A neat summing up of attitudes round the region as Macedonia and Montenegro recognise Kosovo. Key argument: It also helps that Montenegro supported a Serbian initiative in the UN seeking a ruling by the International Court of Justice on Kosovo’s February independence declaration. The General Assembly adopted that resolution on […]
Serbia’s ingenious ploy to play for time on the Kosovo question – and to muddy the waters of those countries contemplating recognising Kosovo’s independence – has paid off handsomely. Serbia today won the vote in the UN General Assembly to refer the issue to the International Court of Justice for an […]
Take a look at the Heritage/WSJ 2008 Economic Freedom rankings. Bosnia and Herzegovina languishes in a dismal 121st place overall, below even Tajikistan. If you compare Bosnia with all other ‘European’ countries its individual ratings under the key different indictaors measures are not too bad – until it comes to Property […]
In the Instapundit live coverage of the excellent Palin/Biden debate last night there was this: Reader David Rensin emails: "He didn’t just call the citizens of Bosnia ‘Bosniacs’, did he?" Yeah, he did… … Plus, Stephen Green emails: "Jim Dunnigan and Austin Bay use the word ‘Bosniaks’ in reference in Moslem […]
President Tadic has hinted that Serbia will contemplate partition of Kosovo if "every other possibility is exhausted". Oops. What he meant to say was that he was not suggesting partition, merely mentioning a purely hypothetical possibility. If all other possibilities are exhausted. Hypothetically speaking. Down the road Montenegro is being […]
