Balkans

Magazine articles on politics and society in the Balkans.

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Scientific American August 21, 2006 Sally Lehrman	Missing No Longer An international commission forges ahead to identify genocide victims. The political situation is far from settled in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and ethnic and nationalistic tensions still simmer.
TIME Europe July 24, 2006 Anthee Carassava	Relics' Return As a U.S. museum agrees to return ancient artifacts to Greece, Athens draws up a further list of items it wants back from other countries.
TIME Europe June 5, 2006 Pelin Turgut	Dishonorable Deaths A spate of "honor" killings (the practice of men killing their female relatives for perceived immoral behavior) in south east Turkey are disguised as suicides.
TIME Europe June 5, 2006 Dejan Anastasijevic	Yugoslavia, R.I.P. Montenegro has split from Serbia. Now both can focus on common aims.
Geotimes May 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Volcanic Rocks Linked to Cancer Beyond lava, ash and toxic gases, scientists can now add cancer to the list of hazards posed by some volcanoes. Some medical geologists think that fibrous material inside ancient volcanic rock in Turkey has led to almost half of the deaths of residents in two of the region's villages.
TIME Europe May 1, 2006 Anthee Carassava	The Faith that has No Place After years of worshipping in squalid makeshift mosques, Muslims in Athens await an official house of prayer.
Reason April 2006 Alexander Zaitchik	Mostar's Little Dragon How the kung fu movie star Bruce Lee became a symbol of peace in the Balkans.
TIME Europe March 27, 2006 Andrew Purvis	Time To Lay The Ghosts As Slobodan Milosevic is buried, the war-crimes court in the Hague urges Serbia to hand over the remaining top villains.
TIME Europe January 9, 2006 Anthee Carassava	Stubborn Charges Has the British intelligence service been torturing prisoners in Greece?
BusinessWeek December 12, 2005 Jack Ewing	Filmmaking's Battle in Bulgaria Eastern Europe has credibility as a setting, but buying a Sofia film lot has proved a challenging role for U.S. producer David Varod.
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