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Thankfully the Center for Preventive Action’s recent release of its Preventive Priorities Survey: 2014 doesn’t include the Balkans on its list of conflicts that could break out or escalate in the next year. So why am I still drawn to the Balkans in my study of conflict analysis and resolution? There certainly are a number […]
August 20, 2013
My summer reading has taken my reading list on a bit of a turn toward the revolutionary… Reza Aslan, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth From the Publisher: Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history’s most influential and enigmatic characters by examining Jesus through the lens of the […]
December 9, 2012
Erza has a new website! erzaaruqaj.com “Nationalism, no matter if it is Albanian or Serbian, will only lead to further conflicts, insecurity, and possibly even to territorial partitioning (such as possible separation of Northern Kosova).” Erza Aruqaj
November 26, 2012
Publication Date: April 10, 2012 “The people of Kosovo—both the cleansed Albanians and the demagogically exploited Serbs—now know who their political and humanitarian friends were. One of the most outstanding European and parliamentary advocates has been Dr Denis MacShane. This will surprise none who know of his record on human rights. The book will stand as […]
April 22, 2012
Serbian Court Releases Kosovo Trade Unionist Hasan Abazi was released from custody after his family paid 20,000 euro in bail and the veteran trade unionist has since crossed the border, heading home. Video: Press Briefing Hasan and Haki Abazi News Story below by Fatmir Aliu at Balkans Insight A court in Vranje on Friday released Hasan Abazi, […]
April 10, 2012
via Daniel Serwer Dačić’s shameful revenge A friend of Hasan Abazi, an Albanian labor unionist arrested in Serbia March 28, has provided the following update: After 13 days in prison, the ILLEGAL detention of Hasan Abazi continues without word from the Serbian government regarding the case other than obtuse and inflammatory statements made in the media by […]
April 2, 2012
via B92 in English Hasan Abazi, who was arrested at the Končulj administrative crossing, has been remanded in custody for a month, the Higher Court in Vranje says. Abazi’s defense counsel Mladen Vasić has also confirmed the information. “He was remanded in custody based on Gnjilane District Court’s decision from 2005,” he explained and added that his client was suspected […]
March 30, 2012
Hasan Abazi in Solitary Confinement via Balkans Insight The President of Kosovo’s Metalworkers Union, Hasan Abazi, has been placed in solitary confinement, says his lawyer, even though he has yet to appear in court. Fatmir Aliu Pristina / Vranje A veteran trade unionist from Kosovo, who was arrested on Wednesday by Serbian border police for “espionage” during […]
March 29, 2012
Via BalkansInsight and personal contacts After Kosovo Police arrested four Serbs members of illegal parallel institutions for allegedly carrying material to be used for Serbian local elections within the Republic of Kosovo, Serbia retaliates with a politically motivated arrest of Hasan Abazi. As of the writing of this post, Mr. Abazi has still not seen […]
March 20, 2012
By The Commentator on 19 March 2012 The World Bank is in danger of forgetting its remit. Letting Kosovo’s economy grow is imperative. Without going too jargon crazy about the abundance of lignite coal in Kosovo, it’s worth highlighting how a wealthy Californian academic and his green-eyed ideological fellow-travellers are colluding to stop impoverished Kosovans getting fast […]
Pathfinder 
December 31, 2013
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