Balkan Focus

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[Rob Miller @rob_miller]

My piece from last year's #marsmira http://bit.ly/orDJTv

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Serbian arms industry may drive it towards NATO membership: http://bbc.in/jwaDzd / via @marklowen

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New analysis @ Balkan Focus: why put Mladić in the dock? Gil McCall looks at why the #Mladic trial is still so important http://goo.gl/Q1J3p

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Is the story of the year beginning? “@balkanbrief: #Serbia: police arrest man believed to be Ratko #Mladic in Belgrade. DNA test underway”

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The Bosnian education system still fails minorities and girls, writes Mirna Skrbić on Transitions Online: http://bit.ly/hPByyI

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…here's a good article from 2007 about Koštunica's connections to the incident: http://bit.ly/eaT3FA

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Following the news that former Serbian PM Vojislav Koštunica will not be questioned about the 2003 assassination of then-PM Zoran Đinđić…

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Impressive work as always from @IWPR: http://t.co/usWNBH1

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@mr_fischer presumably he will be released, as Ganić was, if his extradition isn't going ahead.

[Institute for War and Peace Reporting @IWPR]

ICTY Tribunal: Tribunal, war-crimes defendant clash. http://bit.ly/gyYB2D

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Trying to get to the bottom of the Jovan #Divjak case? Gil McCall explains all and looks at the legal case for his extradition: goo.gl/ficgM

[Hrvoje Komljenović @HKomljenovic]

#Prosvjed je k'o neka open source revolucija, pod Creative Commons licencom - Share, Remix, Reuse — Legally. Prosvjed (CC) 2011.

[Ms Perić @msperic]

it is almost day 9 of #protests in #Croatia-Monday farmers will block main roadways in at least 8 counties with over 150 tractors! #prosvjed

[Demotix @Demotix]

Another Anti-government Protest in Zagreb http://t.co/CjIDvcr #AntiGovernment #Protests #Zagreb #Croatia

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New Balkan Focus analysis: @g_mccall takes an in-depth look at the legal issues around the extradition of Jovan #Divjak http://goo.gl/ficgM

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Interesting piece about 'Qaddafi's Yugoslav friends' @ the Economist's always-interesting Eastern Approaches blog: http://econ.st/fuWGKW

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This week's Weekly Briefing on Balkan Focus, featuring Serbian arrest warrants and Croatian protests: http://goo.gl/Xu7Lm

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@adrig7 sure! We should be publishing an article on the case at some point this week, so if you have some images that would be nice.

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Excellent article from Transitions Online, about how Željko Komšić's success potentially marginalises Bosnian Croats: http://bit.ly/e0hjoD

[Balkan Insight @BalkanInsight]

Lajcak to Face Down Bosnian Serb Leaders: EU envoy Miroslav Lajcak faces a tough meeting today wit... http://bit.ly/hQECIS #Balkan #News