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By: Global Voices na srpskom » Balkan: Makedonija i Crna Gora Priznale Kosovo

Global Voices na srpskom » Balkan: Makedonija i Crna Gora Priznale Kosovo — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:11:11 +0000

[...] Douglas Muir, novinar A Fistful of Europe, primećuje da ’ovo izgleda podiže broj zemalja koje su priznale Kosovo na tačno 50’. Muir je u opštim crtama opisao koliko je ovaj događaj značajan: [...]

By: Global Voices Online » The Balkans: Macedonia and Montenegro Recognize Kosovo

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:47:28 +0000

[...] “coincidentally, this raises the number of countries recognizing to exactly 50.” He described the significance of the event in general terms: […] Macedonia and Montenegro are small countries, but they have outsized [...]

By: Protests in the Balkans « The 8th Circle

Protests in the Balkans « The 8th Circle — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:31:21 +0000

[...] For Serbia, Montenegro’s decision to recognize Kosovo is especially painful since Montenegro only separated from Serbia in 2006, but it may be precisely because of that that the government in Podgorica opted to recognize Kosovo’s independence. Of course, Macedonia’s decision is hardly less problematic since it, too, used to be part of Yugoslavia. Douglas Muir, at Afoe, has more on this. [...]

By: adaniel

adaniel — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:28:34 +0000

Clashes Erupt in Montenegro over Kosovo

By: Douglas Muir

Douglas Muir — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:10:44 +0000

Richard, that probably deserves a post of its own.

Doug M.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:14:32 +0000

What do you make of the case before the International Court of Justice on the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence?

By: Randy McDonald

Randy McDonald — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:12:48 +0000

“35 years later and almost zero progress!
And they had our sovereign State to back them up all the way and hard!”

An independent Kosovo has secured recogition from more than one state–it has gotten the G-7 countries, for instance.

By: Ermir Ismaili

Ermir Ismaili — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:28:55 +0000

You’re right Mr Muir, as usual. Except the RFE article. The “Change in direction” part is a comlete fallacy. Serb people and their political class are far from the change the author tries to sell the readership. I am too knowledgeable on Balkanistan issues to buy that.

As far as Montenegrins are concerned, they have done a good job on distancing themselves from the Serb identity. I have witnessed it personally. By calling them blood brothers, the Serbs serve us one more proof that they live in a different reality.

Let’s see what happens today (13) in Podgorica. Serbs have their own definition of “peaceful rally”.

For further recognitions we can only wait and see who will replace Bush in January.

Oh and the (semi-analphabet) “orthodox brother” is quite amusing. Don’t cut them, please.

By: yannis dimitriadis

yannis dimitriadis — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:03:03 +0000

as for the recognition of kossovo, Albania had no other way of absorbing that piece of land, except having it recognised as independent from Serbia… You are all working for the big albanian picture and you don’t even know it, or even worse… you believe we don’t know it!!!
well… breaking news for you: neither fyrom, nor kossovo will ever be globally recognised!
look at the case of Cyprus.
35 years later and almost zero progress!
And they had our sovereign State to back them up all the way and hard!
and which is the sovereign state behind kossovo and fyrom…?
albania…? the lake of kondoliza…?

By: yannis dimitriadis

yannis dimitriadis — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:57:51 +0000

who said that FYROM is a EU member to be…???!!!
don’t you people follow up the news???
there is not a single chance for that morphoma to become either NATO or EU member until it aknologes historical, cultural and political facts.