Balkans

Magazine articles on politics and society in the Balkans.

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TIME Europe November 20, 2008 Jeff Israely	Greece's Immigrant Odyssey For tens of thousands of desperate immigrants from central Asia and the Middle East, the Greek islands have become the new back door into Europe. As authorities in Athens struggle to cope with the influx, can Greece regain control of its borders?
TIME Europe August 20, 2008 Andrew Purvis	Tivat: The Next Monaco Its current appearance notwithstanding, Tivat is fortuitously situated on the so-called Venice-Corfu leg, the fastest-growing cruise destination in the Mediterranean
TIME Europe May 8, 2008 Andrew Purvis	Kosovo's Curse Mitrovica may be in Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia three months ago, but Belgrade politicians insist that it's still Serbian.
TIME Europe February 28, 2008 Purvis & Anastasijevic	Serbia: Separation Anxiety Since Kosovo's declaration of independence on Feb. 17, thousands of demonstrators across Serbia and Kosovo have taken to the streets to protest Western recognition of the breakaway province.
TIME Europe February 21, 2008 Dejan Anastasijevic	Birth of a Nation Just like its slightly older siblings -- Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia and Montenegro -- Kosovo rose from the ashes of the former Yugoslavia.
TIME Europe November 28, 2007 Andrew Purvis	Kosovo: Into the Unknown Not everyone agrees on Kosovo's proposed independence.
TIME Europe November 28, 2007 Jeff Israely	Kosovo: One in a Million The same mix of passion and purpose that made this undersized kid stand out in a dusty refugee camp eight years ago has a very different significance today.
TIME Europe October 4, 2007 Andrew Purvis	Kosovo: Separation Anxiety U.S. backing for Kosovo's independence and Russian backing for Serbian unity is encouraging both sides to dig in their heels.
TIME Europe August 30, 2007 Adam Smith	Olympic Flames Fierce wildfires have blazed across Greece for the past week, torching villages and killing 63 people amid the country's worst such disaster in decades.
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 Prevelakis & Spinellis	The Athens Affair How some extremely smart hackers pulled off the most audacious cell-network break-in ever.
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