Stories about Croatia from January, 2009
Croatia: Grobnik
Living Life in the eX-Yugoslavian Zone writes about Grobnik, Croatia's “birthplace of warriors.”
Middle East, Balkans: Comparing the Conflicts
Marko Attila Hoare and Jasmin Ademovic discuss at Greater Surbiton whether “Israel today [is] like Serbia in the 1990s.”
The Balkans: Urbanization
The Unforgiving Minute writes about urban development in the Balkans and elsewhere.
Croatia, Slovenia: Border Dispute and the EU
Sleeping With Pengovsky writes about “the Slovene-Croat diplomatic crash which happened shortly before new year, when Slovenia effectively blocked the continuation of Croatian EU accession negotiations” – here and here.
The Balkans: Harold Pinter and Milosevic
Marko Attila Hoare of Greater Surbiton writes about Harold Pinter's association with the International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic and explains why he feels “roughly as sad about Pinter’s death as Pinter was sad about the deaths of the tens of thousands killed by Milosevic or for the hundreds of...