Full Coverage: South East Europe

02.10.2009 Four actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated - Afghanistan, Bosnia, Guinea and Uganda - in September and none improved, according to the International Crisis Group.

27.05.2009 Post-independence Kosovo lacks effective international protection for minorities, which is worsening the situation for smaller minorities and forcing some to leave the country for good, an international human rights organisation warns in a new report.

11.02.2009 Greece has outlined an energy future of strong support for renewable energy, with development minister Kostis Hatzidakis ruling out investment in new coal-fired of nuclear power plants.

21.01.2009 Residents of a Bulgarian village have taken long-standing concerns about the introduction of cyanide technology at a Canadian-led gold mine to their government and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

13.04.2008 The West's recognition of Kosovo's independence has given fresh impetus to other separatist movements. Consider Abkhazia, says Shaun Walker.
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24.03.2008 Three Reporters Without Borders representatives, including secretary-general Robert Ménard, today unfurled a banner showing the Olympic rings transformed into handcuffs at the official Olympic torch-lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece (photo, right).
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12.03.2008 The Serbian government canceled a local women's peace march this Saturday, demonstrating escalating political turmoil and state repression of civil rights in response to Kosovo's recent unilateral declaration of independence, say rights advocates.

21.02.2008 The hand-woven memorial quilt honoring those killed during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre is garnering immense support from the Bosnian community in America and giving further impetus to the international campaign to arrest the Bosnian Serb general who oversaw the 1995 massacre.

20.02.2008 Do you believe that freedom of opinion, diversity, fairness, impartiality, basic knowledge, and research should be defining principles behind the news you get, asks Jan Oberg.

20.02.2008 A new service launched by the Romanian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology will enable self-employed and family businesses to register and carry out other procedures online. The service will also improve relations between local administrations and private entrepreneurs across rural areas and small cities.

18.02.2008 Kosovo has declared independence from Serbia, amid questions over recognition and support from the EU and United States and the threat of Serb retaliation.

06.02.2008 Chalmers Johnson looks at 60 years of misallocation of resources in the US to the establishment and maintenance of a military-industrial complex as the basis of the nation's economic life.

03.01.2008 David Young outlines the diplomatic wranglings the U.S. and E.U. will have to engage in during the next three months before they "give Kosovo the green light to unilaterally declare its independence."

27.10.2007 A citizen held electronic health card (eCard) will enable people to access online electronic prescriptions in Bulgaria. The pilot project will be tested by 1,000 patients who will use their eCard at both their GP and pharmacy.

12.10.2007 Bulgarian officials focused on economic gain this week and disregarded the drastic environmental costs as they launched construction of a large-scale tourism complex in the Rila mountains, one of the most biodiverse regions in Europe.

02.10.2007 The Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation and Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, with the support of the Oak Foundation and the Open Society Institute’s Human Rights and Governance Program, are pleased to announce that the Regional Conference on Legal Reform on Domestic Violence will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria on February 12–14, 2008.

13.09.2007 At his upcoming rock concert in Macedonia's capital Skopje, Tose Proeski will entertain over 25,000 people while promoting a five-year primary education project to refurbish Macedonian schools and revise outdated curricula.

22.08.2007 Despite countless global impediments to women's political participation and representation, activists are working tirelessly to secure unbiased opportunities for election and equal rates of political representation for women and men alike.

26.07.2007 Activists are demanding the cancellation of the Miss Roma International 2007 beauty pageant in Macedonia on the grounds that it will promote a racist image of beauty and undermine Roma women's struggle against poverty and prejudice.

24.07.2007 Both the Albanians and the Serbs feel humiliated, victimised and cheated by the mismanagement of the international players and it's time for a new approach to Kosovo, say Aleksandar Mitic and Jan Oberg.